Automatic Bagging & Mailer Systems
Equipment for loading and sealing products in pre-opened bags, poly mailers, or vertically formed film packages.
- Tabletop and automatic baggers
- Ecommerce and fulfillment mailers
- Vertical bagging and overwrapping
Equipment Category
Packaging Automation Equipment
Equipment for bagging, forming, filling, packing, protecting, sealing, strapping, wrapping, palletizing, and documenting products and loads.
Explore standalone machinery and connected packaging technologies selected around the product, package format, production volume, protection requirements, available space, and downstream workflow.
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What Is Packaging Automation Equipment?
Packaging automation equipment performs one or more of the production steps used to prepare products for storage, fulfillment, distribution, or shipment. A system may bag an individual product, create a package from rollstock, form and load a case, add protective material, seal or strap the package, wrap a pallet, or document the completed load.
The correct equipment depends on the product, packaging material, finished package, production volume, level of operator involvement, protection requirements, job variety, floor space, and equipment before and after the packaging step.
From Product to Finished Load
- 01
Form & Fill
Create the package and load the product using automated baggers, mailer systems, horizontal flow wrappers, or vertical form-fill-seal equipment.
- 02
Pack & Protect
Erect cases, form cartons, load products, create right-sized corrugated packaging, and add the cushioning or protective method required for shipment.
- 03
Close & Secure
Seal cases with tape or glue, then secure cartons, bundles, or pallet loads with the appropriate strapping method.
- 04
Wrap & Palletize
Build and stabilize pallet loads, apply stretch film, and document the finished load before storage or shipment.
Explore Packaging Automation Equipment Types
Each pathway groups equipment by the packaging step it performs.
Form-Fill-Seal & Flow Wrapping Systems
Horizontal and vertical equipment that forms packages from rollstock, fills or loads the product, and completes the seal.
- Horizontal flow wrapping
- Vertical form-fill-seal
- Dosing and infeed integration
Case Forming, Cartoning & Case Packing
Systems for erecting cases and trays, forming cartons, loading products, and creating right-sized corrugated packaging.
- Case and tray forming
- Cartoning and case packing
- Box-on-demand production
Protective & Specialty Packaging Systems
Equipment for cushioning, void fill, cold-seal packaging, shrink packaging, skin packaging, and other protective methods.
- Paper and air dunnage
- Cold-seal packaging
- Shrink and skin systems
Case Sealing, Taping & Strapping
Close corrugated cases and secure packages, bundles, and pallet loads using tape, glue, or plastic strapping.
- Uniform and random case sealing
- Automatic and semi-automatic strapping
- Battery and pneumatic tools
Stretch Wrapping & Palletizing Equipment
Equipment for wrapping, stabilizing, strapping, and building pallet loads before storage or shipment.
- Turntable, rotary-arm, and orbital wrapping
- Robotic palletizing
- Combined wrapping and strapping
Right-Sized Packaging
The Right Choice Box Machine
Produce made-to-measure corrugated boxes on demand instead of forcing every order into a limited selection of stocked carton sizes. The Right Choice Box Machine helps high-mix packaging operations create boxes closer to the required dimensions while reducing dependence on oversized cartons, excess void fill, and large inventories of pre-made boxes.
- Approximately 10 to 15 seconds per custom box
- More than 50 preloaded box styles
- Corrugated widths up to approximately 98 inches
ATP’s private-label box-on-demand solution, manufactured by Edda.
Packaging Automation Manufacturers
A selection of the manufacturers and technology providers supporting ATP packaging applications. Additional manufacturers appear on the equipment-type pages.
What Determines the Right Packaging Equipment?
Product and Package
Document the product dimensions, weight, shape, fragility, orientation, packaging material, and required finished package.
Production Volume and Job Mix
Review average production, peak demand, package formats, product changes, operator involvement, and expected growth.
Protection and Load Requirements
Determine how the product must be contained, cushioned, sealed, strapped, wrapped, stabilized, or documented.
Existing Workflow and Facility
Review upstream equipment, downstream handling, floor space, utilities, material staging, line controls, operators, and available installation space.
Packaging Automation Equipment FAQs
What types of packaging automation equipment does ATP provide?
ATP provides selected equipment for automatic bagging, form-fill-seal, flow wrapping, case forming, cartoning, case packing, protective packaging, sealing, strapping, stretch wrapping, and palletizing. Available equipment depends on the application and current manufacturer portfolio.
Can ATP automate only one part of an existing packaging process?
Yes. Many operations begin by addressing one bottleneck, such as bagging, case erecting, sealing, strapping, stretch wrapping, or palletizing. ATP can evaluate how a standalone machine may fit with the existing workflow.
Can equipment from multiple packaging manufacturers work together?
Equipment from multiple manufacturers can often be coordinated, but mechanical layout, product handling, controls, line speed, safety, utilities, and equipment compatibility must be evaluated.
What information does ATP need to recommend packaging equipment?
Helpful information includes product samples, package dimensions, packaging materials, production volume, required speed, current labor steps, protection requirements, available floor space, existing equipment, and photographs or video of the process.
Find the Right Packaging Equipment
Tell ATP Equipment Solutions what you are packaging, how the process works today, where the bottleneck occurs, and what the completed package or pallet must accomplish.