Some machines are born on the drawing board. The KC-V8 Large was born from a customer request: a customer wanted to know whether we could also carton folding cartons larger than our previous format range.
Starting point
Our compact vertical cartoning machines are designed for flexibility, easy operation and cost-effective production. For many applications that is exactly right. But the request showed: the format range had to be extended upwards – without the machine losing its strengths. It had to remain compact, robust and practical.
This is a typical special machine task. Instead of designing a completely new machine, we further developed a proven concept specifically for the new requirement.
The solution
Technically, the KC-V8 Large sits between the KC-V8 and the KC-V10. It adopts the compact basic concept of the KC-V8 and opens it up to larger formats. This closes a gap: for customers for whom the format range of the KC-V8 is not enough, but who do not need a larger line like the KC-V10.
The format range is deliberately designed differently from the KC-V8. The focus is on large folding cartons, not the smallest possible format:
- Folding cartons from 60 × 30 × 80 mm to 200 × 100 × 250 mm
- approx. 45 cycles per minute
- Format change in approx. 15–30 minutes
So not a new machine philosophy, but a practical further development: the compactness and flexibility of the KC-V8, combined with a larger format range.
Modular like all Kappler machines
The KC-V8 Large follows the same modular system as our other cartoning machines. Depending on the application, it can be extended, for example with:
- automatic product feeding
- Leaflet inserter
- printing and coding systems
- camera systems for quality control
- customer-specific special modules
This way it can solve a single packaging task compactly or run as an extensively equipped line. As with all Kappler machines, what counts is what matters in everyday production: robust design, easy operation, good accessibility, maintenance-friendly construction and short changeover times.
What we learn from this
Special requests often show early on which requirements are emerging in a market. A solution built for one customer later becomes interesting for others too. The request has turned into a model series of its own: the KC-V8 Large is now available to all customers who carton large boxes or heavier products – such as seeds, detergent tabs or multipacks.
Do you have a packaging task for which there is no standard solution yet? Talk to us.
