Intermittent motion cartoner for confectionery packaging
For manufacturers needing versatile packaging solutions, this cartoner efficiently handles various products and carton sizes, ensuring seamless integration into diverse production lines.

Packages and Seals Diverse Consumer Goods
The X Series from IMA Group features a robust range of intermittent motion and servo-driven cartoners designed to handle the needs of diverse packaging sectors, including confectionery, food, and personal care. Utilizing both mechanical and robotized feeding systems, the X Series efficiently performs cartoning processes such as feeding, insertion, pick-up, opening, closing, and rejection. With its compact footprint and flexible balcony design, it adapts seamlessly into existing production lines, managing up to 140 cartons per minute while accommodating multiple carton and product sizes. The equipment is engineered to support applications ranging from chocolate bars and candy boxes to tea bags and e-commerce packages. Built with a strong mechanical structure, the X Series ensures low maintenance costs. Available in servo-driven versions for enhanced precision, these cartoners align with sustainability goals by supporting recycled cardboard usage. The system’s efficient handling capabilities and cost-effective operation make it an ideal choice for packaging companies seeking reliable and versatile solutions.
Benefits
- Enhances operational flexibility with the capability to handle various carton sizes and product types.
- Reduces labor costs through automated mechanical and robotized feeding systems.
- Minimizes production downtime due to its compact design and easy integration into existing lines.
- Lowers maintenance expenses thanks to a durable mechanical structure.
- Boosts sustainability efforts by allowing the use of recycled packaging materials.
- Applications
- Food,Home care,Nonwoven,E-commerce,Tobacco,Confectionery,Beverage,Coffee,Tissue,Personal,Tea,Dairy
- End products
- Cream cheese packs,Beverage boxes,Shampoo bottles,Coffee pods,Tea bags,Baby wipes,Cigarette packs,Facial tissue packs,Vape cartridges,Small e-commerce packages,Chocolate bars,Facial masks,Soap bars,Yogurt containers,Candy boxes,Cosmetics boxes
- Steps before
- Product preparation,Product sorting
- Steps after
- Packing,Carton sealing,Product labeling,Product distribution
- Input ingredients
- Output ingredients
- Market info
- IMA is known for its expertise in manufacturing automated packaging machines and solutions, particularly for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, tea, and coffee industries, offering innovative, high-quality equipment and comprehensive customer service.
- Production output
- X1 – X2 up to 140 cartons/min,XL1 – XL2 up to 90 cartons/min
- Carton dimensions
- Width 15-105 mm (X1 – X2) | 15-165 mm (XL1 – XL2) | Height 12-90 mm (X1 – X2) | 12-100 mm (XL1 – XL2) | Length 65-220 mm
- A+B
- 195 mm max (X1 – X2) | 240 mm max (XL1 – XL2)
- Feeding systems
- Mechanical and robotized
- Servo-driven version
- X1,XL1,X2,XL2
- Footprint
- Compact
- Sustainability
- Use of recycled cardboards
- Maintenance costs
- Low
- Working mechanism
- Intermittent motion
- Integrated steps
- Feed,pick-up,insertion,closing,rejection
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Intermittent
- Automation level
- Servo-driven
- Flexibility
- Wide range of product sizes and carton dimensions
- Compactness
- Compact footprint
- Feeding system
- Mechanical and robotized
- Maintenance requirements
- Low maintenance costs
- Recycled material compatibility
- Recycled cardboards
- Mechanical structure
- Strong mechanical structure
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Carton dimension sizes
- Width
- Carton dimension sizes
- Height
- Carton dimension sizes
- Length
- Machine structure
- Strong mechanical structure
- Machine version
- Servo-driven
- Motion type
- Intermittent
- Feed systems
- Mechanical / Robotized
- Product variety handling
- Wide range
- Carton dimension versatility
- High
- Machine versions
- X1 / XL1 / X2 / XL2 (servo-driven)
- Footprint
- Compact
- Design
- Balcony
- Cardboard type
- Recycled
- Output rate
- Up to 140 cartons/min (X1,X2) / Up to 90 cartons/min (XL1,XL2)