NSM manufacturer Minebea Intec’s EWK checkweigher has been integrated as an OEM solution into Smurfit Kappa’s Bag-in-Box disposable packaging system. For Smurfit Kappa’s end customer, one of Japan’s largest winemakers, the weighing solution provides important quality control of the filled wine.
Smurfit Kappa Group produces both high-quality Bag-in-Box packaging systems and the associated packaging machines at its production facility in France. The company needed a packaging line with a high-performance filling machine to meet the high-quality demands from the Japanese winemaker. The checkweigher has been in operation in Fujisawa (south of Tokyo and Yokohama) since December 2021 and ensures high-quality wine filling in three-liter bags. The fully automatic process includes the supply of bags, the separation and opening of the bags, air extraction as well as filling with wine, sealing and packing in the cardboard box. After packaging, the EWK checkweigher from Minebea Intec takes over the weight control of the line. All bag sizes used in the system with a volume of 1.5 to 20 liters can be reliably checked thanks to the large weighing range of the EWK checkweigher and the proven EMFR load cell technology.
