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Lidding Machines

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  • BAKERY & BISCUITS, CHEMICAL FARMACEUTICAL, NON FOOD

Vimco lidding machines automatically form, position, and fix cardboard lids onto trays and display boxes in a single continuous cycle, transforming the flat die-cut blank into a precise lid perfectly integrated with the tray.

This solution eliminates the need to manage pre-formed lids, simplifies line logistics, and ensures a more efficient, orderly, and reliable process. Forming directly inside the machine guarantees consistent alignment and accurate hot-melt glue application, ensuring a stable closure and a high-quality aesthetic result.

Vimco offers different applications depending on the type of lid to be formed, from standard solutions to robotic ones.

Fast and intuitive format changeovers and seamless integration downstream of the forming machine or loading island ensure operational continuity, maximum flexibility, and high performance.

  • Speed: up to 20 ppm per head
  • Fixing systems: hot-melt
  • Materials: solid board, corrugated board
  • Format changeover: manual · automatic
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Advantages

Why choose Vimco lidding machines

Each Vimco lidding machine is sized according to the process specifications: tray format, required production rate, and blank characteristics. Below are the concrete advantages this choice brings to your line.

Lid forming and application in a single cycle.

The machine forms the lid, aligns it with the container, and continuously fixes it with hot-melt adhesive. There are no separate stations between forming and application: the cycle is single and continuous.

The lid is formed inside the machine.

The flat die-cut blank enters the machine, where it forms the lid, which is then applied directly to the tray. No pre-assembled lids need to be stored, reducing storage requirements and simplifying upstream line management.

Suitable for trays and display boxes with separate lids.

The lidding machine handles containers in which the lid is a separate component rather than integrated into the box. Archive boxes, trays for large-scale retail distribution, display boxes: different formats, same operating principle.

Single or double head based on the actual production rate.

Up to 20 ppm with a single head, up to 40 ppm with a double head. The choice does not depend on a predefined range option, but on the actual rate of your line and the characteristics of the blank.

Electronically adjustable speed with no mechanical intervention.

The production rate is adjusted electronically without stopping the machine. The process remains stable even when speed variations occur along the line.
Advantages

Why choose Vimco lidding machines

Each Vimco lidding machine is sized according to the process specifications: tray format, required production rate, and blank characteristics. Below are the concrete advantages this choice brings to your line.
The flat die-cut blank enters the machine, where it forms the lid, which is then applied directly to the tray. No pre-assembled lids need to be stored, reducing storage requirements and simplifying upstream line management.
The machine forms the lid, aligns it with the container, and continuously fixes it with hot-melt adhesive. There are no separate stations between forming and application: the cycle is single and continuous.
Up to 20 ppm with a single head, up to 40 ppm with a double head. The choice does not depend on a predefined range option, but on the actual rate of your line and the characteristics of the blank.
The lidding machine handles containers in which the lid is a separate component rather than integrated into the box. Archive boxes, trays for large-scale retail distribution, display boxes: different formats, same operating principle.
The production rate is adjusted electronically without stopping the machine. The process remains stable even when speed variations occur along the line.
Possible applications

In which sectors do our machines operate?

Food

Trays for food products with separate lids for large-scale retail display. The machine forms and applies the lid directly in line, at the end of product loading. The multiple-head version reaches the production rates required by high-volume lines.

Chemical & Pharmaceutical

Containers with separate lids for powder or granule products. Accurate positioning and hot-melt closure ensure sealing performance throughout the entire logistics cycle. The machine handles different formats with internal adjustments.

Non-Food

Archive boxes and paper reams exit already formed and only require lid application. The lidding machines fit into the cycle without modifying the existing layout: no additional stations and fast format changeover between different references. Suitable for high-volume production with different format variations.