This packaging machine does not use separate plastic bags to produce inliners for octatainers (orthogonal containers made of corrugated cardboard; photo). Instead, the plastic film for the inliners comes from a roll. The company’s Stretch Hood cuts and seals the film, which allows the length to be adjusted freely. The packaging machine then crumples up the inliner in order to guide it over the edge of the octatainer. The inliner falls into the center of the container by its own weight and fits perfectly against the side wall during filling, after which, the inliner is sealed and the lid put on the container. After this, the stretch hood applies a film around the container to secure it. Both operations — creating and inserting the inliner, and securing it — are thus performed by a single machine, avoiding time-consuming and problematic manual operations. — Beumer Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Beckum, Germany