This MAX Kettner machine is a packing machine — sometimes referred to as a case packer or crate packer — designed to automatically place bottles into plastic crates or cartons as part of a bottling or packaging line. MAX Kettner is a well-established German manufacturer of secondary packaging machinery, producing equipment widely used in the beverage, dairy, and food industries for packing, unpacking, and conveying products in high-volume production environments.
Built in 2002 and currently located in Germany, this used machine is configured as a crate packer rated at a throughput of 500 cycles per hour. It operates with two packing heads, each handling either 20 or 24 bottles per cycle, making it suited to high-capacity glass bottle operations — notably, the machine is designed to work with glass bottles only. A T-flange table quick-hitch system is incorporated into the construction, facilitating relatively straightforward format changeovers.
The electrical specification calls for a supply of 230/400 V ± 5%, at 50 Hz ± 2%, with an active power draw of 11 kW and an apparent power of 15 kVA. The machine has an overall footprint of 4,170 mm in length by 2,550 mm in width, stands 2,650 mm tall, and weighs 4,300 kg.
Format flexibility covers a maximum product height of 360 mm, a maximum plastic crate height of 380 mm, and a maximum cardboard box height of 500 mm. The machine is supplied complete with a filled crate inspector in the form of a Krones Checkmat unit, which inspects packed crates to verify correct filling before they proceed downstream.
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