CASE STUDY: CAN PEELABLE MEMBRANE

CHALLENGE Cut peelable membrane with a folded tab and seal it to a metal ring that can be sealed to style used for peanut packaging. This lid was designed to replace all metal that could be torn open leaving a ragged edge possibly endangering consumers. The newly designed lid has rolled metal edges on the metal ring to which a peelable membrane was sealed.

SOLUTION RESULTS Bernal’s system engineers designed a turn-key system Multiple systems were provided that manufactured to produce production volumes of sealed and inspected this product to very demanding specifications on a lids. The system cut the tab, folded and tacked production basis. Up time and scrap rates exceeded the tab, and vacuum transferred multiple lanes of the customer requirements. This customer initially membrane to heated metal rings traveling on a featured came to Bernal with a request to cut the membrane metal belt and ironing a seal between the membrane shape. Further discussions revealed the entire and the metal ring to ridged specifications. 100% of process which included multiple separate operations the rings were inspected for pin hole and seal leaks that Bernal ended up integrating into one production at speed prior to delivering the rings into horizontal system eliminating costly labor and part handling. The batches for packaging. Tab die cutting, membrane die new lids solved an issue with the previous design used cutting, ring feed and transfer were all registered to each to package various food products where raw metal other to maintain precise tolerances edges were a safety hazard for children.

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