Folding and Holding It Together

To begin, Signature Folder/Gluers, manufactured by AIM, feature a unique design that simplifies the makeready process. The machine uses a solid-beam photo sensor to detect a carton, and can begin the back folding process from the rear edge of the carton versus the front edge of the carton.

"What this means to the operator is that he/she no longer needs to measure the cartons' dimensions each time he/she does a new makeready," Wilcox said. "There is less time spent per makeready, resulting in more throughput."