Automation

Automation

Efficient processes through integrated

and intelligent automation

Robotics

Robotics

Automation

at B&B

Automation

at B&B

Automation

at B&B

With well-thought-out automation solutions, we enhance the efficiency of your packaging processes - from pouch manufacturing to pallet-ready bulk packaging. Our modular systems integrate seamlessly with B&B bag making machines, reduce manual interventions, and increase process reliability, quality, and output. These include autonomous material flows via AGV, robot-assisted packaging with LEAP, and camera-based in-line quality controls.

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Red background with geometric shapes, modern design.

Advantages

AT A GLANCE

Advantages

at a Glance

Advantages

at a Glance

Smart automation for efficient and reliable packaging processes.

Quality:

Reproducible quality thanks to inline inspections and automatic ejection.

Productivity

Fewer manual handling steps, lower error rate - Higher productivity through continuous automation

Perspective:

Future-proof through modular expandability

(e.g. LEAP, AGV connection)

Future-proof through modular expandability (e.g. LEAP, AGV connection)

Industrial robots in a production facility: automation and efficiency. Robotics in manufacturing.

Robotics

Side gusset bags

LEAP

LEAP

LEAP integrates several robotic cells into a continuously operating packaging process, including intelligent buffer sections for decoupling cycles. Pack and palletizing patterns can be freely configured directly on the HMI, allowing for format and layout changes without programming effort. The operation is intentionally kept simple: users do not need special programming knowledge, but work with clear recipes and guided dialogues. Thanks to the seamless inline integration in B&B lines, LEAP also takes over quality control in the process and automatically ejects faulty units – ensuring stable cycles and reproducible results.

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Red background with geometric shapes, modern design.

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Line Extension
Automated Packaging

Overview

Line Extension
Automated Packaging

Overview

Efficient packaging solution with maximum flexibility and sustainability.

Periphery and Handling

Designed for the transfer of bag stacks from upstream machines (e.g. SFB/TCS). The robot automatically switches between two palletising cells when a box is filled; interlayers can be automatically placed from a magazine

Pack images

You can determine the packaging images yourself and adjust them according to your wishes using simple tools.

Performance and format range

Expandable and customizable for formats, materials, and application quantities

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Technical Details

Technical details

Flexible and powerful solutions for individual requirements.

Performance:

up to 200 bags per minute

Two palletizing cells

for continuous operation (switch operation)

for continuous operation

(alternating operation)

Formats:

Stack widths approx.

180–450 mm

Stack lengths approx.

520–1200 mm


Typical packing configuration

5-25 bags per stack

Cardboard box with black products, on a pallet. Ready for dispatch.
Cardboard box with black products, on a pallet. Ready for dispatch.
Cardboard box with black products, on a pallet. Ready for dispatch.
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Automation

Quality control

Quality control

Our camera-based inspection solutions monitor critical quality features directly in the process. Defective bags are automatically detected and rejected – for consistently high quality at maximum line performance. Examples of checks:

• Print mark/pitch inspection (+ optional readjustment)
• Cross-cutter, perforation and die-cut inspections
• Splice detection
• Snippet detection
• Detection of the reclosure opening
• Automatic web guiding
• Stack quality

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Red background with geometric shapes, modern design.

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Quality Control
Overview

Quality Control
Overview

Efficient packaging solution with maximum flexibility and sustainability.

Immediate error detection and exclusion:

Immediate error detection and exclusion:

100% control of relevant features in real time

Quality documentation:

Quality documentation:

Documentation and traceability via data export

(e.g. OPC UA)

Reduce complaints:

Reduce complaints:

Less waste, stable processes, lower complaint rate

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Bag quality control at high speed

Bag quality control at high speed

High-speed bag quality control

Intuitive user interface

Intuitive

User interface

Integration of the camera module into the visualization and recipe management of the main machine.

Custom setup

Custom setup

Custom

Setup

Individual inspection of various bag properties.

Quality in focus

Through a trend overview, the

operator has the quality features in view at all times and is warned when a feature falls out of tolerance. Action can be taken before scrap is produced.

Control applications

Slider, Zipper, Patch, Spout, Welding, Folding, Pinch, Flat Bottom, Laser Perforation, Rounded Corners, Bottom Hole, Fold Depth, Handle, etc.

Replacement of manual control

Not only do you save on staff, you also have access to a meaningful overview of your production data at any time. Quality control is the important intermediate step towards fully automatic packing of the bags into the carton.

Not only do you save on staff, you also receive a clear overview of your production data at any time.

Quality control is the important intermediate step towards fully automatic packaging of the pouches into the carton.

Retrofittable system

Upgrade for already existing B&B machines, e.g. side gusset bag and stand-up pouch machines. Also applicable in the area of secondary packaging for example.

Used for carton control.

Upgrade for already existing B&B machines, e.g. side gusset bag and stand-up pouch machines. Also applicable in the area of secondary packaging for example.
Used for carton control.

Egress but sustainable!

Intelligent product tracking ensures that only the faulty bag is ejected.

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Automation

AGV

AGV

Our AGV concepts create a seamless flow of materials between warehouses, bagging machines, and robotic cells. This ensures that raw and packaging materials, as well as finished cartons, automatically reach the right place – safely, efficiently, and scalably.

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Red background with geometric shapes, modern design.

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AGV

AT A GLANCE

AGV Overview

Efficient packaging solution with maximum flexibility and sustainability.

Relief of staff:

Autonomous transport between storage area

and robot cells

Autonomous transport between storage area and robot cells

Flexible route control:

Higher security on the shop floor

Individual supply:

Feeding and alignment as needed

Connection to line and pallet cells possible

Connection to line and

palletising cells possible

Easy scaling with increasing volumes

Simple scaling with increasing volumes

Industrial robot in a production cell. Automated production with a robotic arm.

Automation

Side gusset bags

Box Former

Box Former

The box former takes care of the automatic erecting, folding, and positioning of boxes on pallets, providing them reliably to the downstream LEAP packaging cell. This creates a stable, continuous flow of materials – ideal in combination with AGVs for supplying blanks and transporting fully filled cartons.

Red background with geometric shapes, modern design.
Red background with geometric shapes, modern design.

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Box Former Overview

Box Former
Overview

Efficient packaging solution with maximum flexibility and sustainability.

Quality assurance:

Constant, reproducible cardboard quality for stable packaging processes

Smooth process:

Reduced manual effort and lower susceptibility to disruptions

Constant production:

Higher line performance through continuous

paperboard supply

Higher line efficiency through

continuous cardboard supply

Modular:

Future-proof through modular expandability

Future-proof through modular

expandability

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B&B Machine Benefits

B&B Machine Benefits

B&B machines stand for well-thought-out packaging technology that operates reliably in daily use and integrates seamlessly into your production environment. The result is a solution that fits today and remains flexible enough to grow with your requirements tomorrow.

B&B machines stand for well-thought-out packaging technology that operates reliably in daily use and integrates seamlessly into your production environment. The result is a solution that fits today and remains flexible enough to grow with your requirements tomorrow.

Your advantages

at a glance

Efficient packaging, seamless integration, reliable operation

Recipe management

This guarantees you the highest reproducibility and reduces the duration of a format change to a minimum.

Intuitive HMI

Various options for setting quality and machine speed, including the ability for data export (such as OPCUA) for machine monitoring.

Modular Design

Future security through rapid responses to changing markets is ensured by the modular design of the B&B machines.

40 years of experience

Through decades of processing monomaterials, our machines in film processing are advanced in every respect.

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