Automatic carton erector with hot glue sealing
Streamline your packaging line with precision carton forming and sealing, ensuring fast, reliable setup and secure closure for a diverse range of bottle and carton sizes.

Forms and Seals Cartons for Beverage Packaging
The FORM 3000 from APE Impianti is an innovative high-speed carton forming and sealing system designed specifically for beverage manufacturers, wineries, breweries, and distilleries. This system offers precise forming and hot glue sealing for RSC and American cartons, making it ideal for packaging a wide variety of glass bottles, including wine, craft beer, and spirits. Utilizing advanced electronic motion control and brushless motors, the FORM 3000 ensures efficient, continuous operations with minimal maintenance. Capable of processing up to 24,000 bottles per hour, this machine integrates seamlessly with existing production lines, offering automated format changes via an intuitive HMI interface. Its robust construction supports long-term reliability and energy efficiency, with a design customizable to support diverse packaging needs across multiple beverage types.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with high-speed operation, handling up to 24,000 bottles per hour.
- Reduces operating costs through minimal maintenance requirements facilitated by advanced brushless motors.
- Increases flexibility with automated format changes, allowing quick adaptation to different bottle and carton types.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, ensuring smooth operation and compatibility.
- Optimizes packaging consistency with precise carton forming and sealing for reliable product protection.
- Applications
- Beer bottles,American cartons,Wine bottles,Cartons,Packaging,Rsc cartons,Plastic crates,Glass bottles
- End products
- Lager beer bottles,Fruit juice glass bottles,Cardboard wine cartons,Reusable plastic crates for returnable glass bottles,Mineral water glass bottles,Beer multipack cartons,American standard packaging cartons,Craft beer bottles,Sparkling wine bottles,Rsc corrugated cartons,Red wine bottles,Spirits glass bottles
- Steps before
- Bottle Filling,Bottle Labeling
- Steps after
- Wrapping,Palletizing,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- bottiglie,cartoni RSC,cartoni americani,casse in plastica,alveari
- Output ingredients
- bottiglie confezionate,cartoni chiusi,casse confezionate,alveari automatici
- Market info
- Speed
- up to 24,000 bottles/h
- Automation
- Full automation with HMI control
- Motor Type
- Brushless
- Carton Type
- American RSC
- Gluing method
- Hot glue closure
- Integration options
- Bottle sorting with SUPER DIVIDER
- Changeover
- Automated,rapid format change
- Robot type
- Anthropomorphic
- Automation level
- Fully Automated
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Changeover time
- Quick changeover via HMI
- Cleaning method
- N/A
- Energy efficiency
- High through use of advanced motors
- Modularity
- Integrable with other systems
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Filling purpose
- Bottle packaging
- Carton style
- RSC / American
- Control panel type
- HMI panel
- Discharge method
- Glue for sealing
- Control panel type
- HMI
- Integration possibilities
- System of bottle tracking (SUPER DIVIDER)
- Automation
- Brushless motors,automatic format change
- Flexibility
- Configurable for processing plastic crates
- Robotic integration
- Pick and place robot module available