While the purchase cost of the machine is of course important, consider the following total cost of

ownership and total cost to package the product factors when reviewing pricing and cartoning

machine specifications for your project

The lowest priced cartoner usually DOES NOT produce the lowest cost per unit to package the

product.

A major consideration of the cartoner purchase is of course cost.

But the real cost is the total cost to package the product.

These components include the costs associated with the cartoner long after the purchase.

Considerations in total overall costs to package the product include:

product at rated speeds with minimal rejects.

reliability and produce product without tweaking, adjusting or banging with a hammer.

robust design considerations pays off big time, resulting in increased speeds and thus increased

output per shift, per week, per month, etc.

DURABILITY-Make sure the cartoner is robust and will stand the test of time. Cartoner reliability and longevity should be measured in decades, not months or years.

For further information and outstanding cartoning solutions contact us at:

Telephone: 224 628 4867 Email: info@pmpmachine.com Website:www.pmpmachine.com

An often overlooked cost advantage in carton filling is the sift proof carton glue option.  The first thought when cartoning powders or granular product is to use the bag in box method.  This of course works quite well but adds the cost of filling and producing the bag that will be used for the product and then requires loading the bag into the carton. Along with the additional cost of the bag material, packagers should consider the cost of operating and maintaining the bagger equipment.

An excellent option to the traditional bag in box filling method is to eliminate the bag completely along with all of the related costs and direct fill into the carton with a sift proof carton sealing configuration.

Consider the potential cost savings that can be realized by employing the sift proof carton sealing option along with direct filling into the carton.

Eliminates the purchase and maintenance costs of the bagger. 

Eliminates the costs to purchase bag material especially during the spikes in the costs of petroleum based products. 

Eliminates the costs required to load the bag into the carton. Direct filling into the carton via a integrated volumetric filler, auger or scale unit eliminates the manual loading of bags or the often complicated auto push loaders that contain many parts and jam areas.

PMP Machine does caution the purchaser to consider using only experienced cartoning machinery suppliers when opting for the sift proof carton option since the application requires custom designed glue heads to apply the proper glue bean pattern to the cartons to insure a tight seal.

Here is a typical PMP sift proof head that will be custom designed and built for your application.

 Contact PMP Machine to further discuss your Sift Proof Cartoning Requirements.

PMP is excited to announce the availability of our new Auto Bottom Carton Erector Model AB1400!

This auto bottom carton erector automatically removes carton from magazine, forms and locks the carton.

The auto carton erector can run independently or be integrated with downstream filling equipment.

You can view the new carton erector on the PMP website page.

With budget's still tight, purchasers must often decide between purchasing a new cartoner or a used cartoner. Purchasing a used cartoner often saves both time and money. Success with the purchase of a used cartoner however, will often depend on the experience, knowledge and honesty of the seller involved.

PMP as an example only provides cartoners and maintains an excellent track record of providing used cartoning solutions to our customers. Make sure your supplier can provide after sale support such as spare parts, on site service if required, and can answer your cartoning questions.

We have also had the unfortunate experience of "rebuilding the rebuild" provided by other suppliers that our customers turned over to us to get it right.

Please choose a cartoning supplier wisely when purchasing a used cartoner and the result will be a trouble free experience both during and most importantly after the sale.