Flex-Line Automation Inc.

3628 Union School Rd Chester, IL 62233 United States

We are an experienced integrator, ready to relieve your stress with our experience and partners. We offer parts sales as well as fully engineered and integrated systems bringing together conveyors, robots, cobots, mobile robots, AGVs, feeders, wrappers, and more. We have over 30 years of experience in helping manufacturers move products. We are FlexLink strategic partners as well as partners and CSIs for multiple robot lines. As an integrator we work with you to design the best solution for your needs without pigeon holing you into one type of solution like a manufacturer would. Reduce your headaches and have us make everything work together for you!

Transportadores

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Conveyors Product Image

FlexLink tabletop conveyors are built of stainless steel and aluminum. Company also offers hygienic solutions, mK belt and chain conveyors, Titan heavy duty roller conveyors and more. Featured products include the FlexLink conveyor system, designed for flexibility of product handling for industries that require delicate handling for smaller, more sensitive products like pharmaceuticals, aerosol cans, personal care products and more.

See the Conveyors page on this company's website.

Types of Conveyors

  • Bucket Conveyors
  • Conveyor Components and Accessories
  • Flighted Conveyors
  • Guides, Rails & Adjustment Systems
  • Infeed & Discharge Conveyors
  • Magnetic Conveyors
  • Modular Conveyors
  • Roller Conveyors
  • Tabletop Conveyors
  • Vibratory Conveyor

Features:

  • Buffering
  • Cases
  • Chain
  • Collating
  • Entry-level/budget models available
  • Hygienic (low-moisture)
  • Incline/decline
  • Indexing
  • Inverting
  • Jam control
  • Mesh
  • Non-stick
  • Packages
  • Polymer
  • Raw product
  • Sorting
  • Steel
  • Vertical
  • Washdown (wet)

Manipulación de productos y envases

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Product & Package Handling Product Image

Flex-Line Automation is an authorized FlexLink System builder of conveyors. Company offers custom designed FlexLink Conveyor systems to help customers move boxes, cans, cartons, bags, and more. Systems can elevate, accumulate, lowerate, flip over, and more.

See the Product & Package Handling page on this company's website.

Types of Product & Package Handling

  • Diverters & Rejects
  • Elevators & Lowerators

Features:

  • Collating
  • Counting
  • Entry-level/budget models available
  • Indexing
  • Inverting
  • Robotic

Package Types:

  • Ampolla rígida o vial Tipo de envase Icono
    Ampoule or Vial
  • Bolsa flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Bag
  • Bolsa rígida en caja para líquidos Tipo de envase Icono
    Bag-in-box for Liquids
  • Blíster semirrígido para comprimidos Tipo de envase Icono
    Blister for Tablets
  • Blíster semirrígido (venta al por menor) Tipo de envase Icono
    Blister Pack (Retail)
  • Botella rígida o tarro Tipo de envase Icono
    Bottle or Jar
  • Paquete de ladrillos semirrígidos (laminados) Tipo de paquete Icono
    Brick Pack (Laminate)
  • Lata rígida o bote Tipo de envase Icono
    Can or Canister
  • Cartón rígido (plegable) Tipo de envase Icono
    Carton (Folding)
  • Cartón rígido (Gabletop) Tipo de envase Icono
    Carton (Gabletop)
  • Cartucho rígido Tipo de envase Icono
    Cartridge
  • Flexible Chub Pack Tipo de envase Icono
    Chub Pack
  • Envase semirrígido tipo concha Icono
    Clamshell
  • Taza rígida, cuenco o bañera Tipo de envase Icono
    Cup, Bowl or Tub
  • Envase de porciones semirrígido Tipo de envase Icono
    Portion Pack Cup
  • Bolsa flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Pouch
  • Bolsita flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Sachet
  • Funda semirrígida Tipo de envase Icono
    Sleeve
  • Bolsa flexible de pie Tipo de envase Icono
    Stand-up Pouch
  • Flexible Stick Pack Tipo de envase Icono
    Stick Pack
  • Bandeja rígida Tipo de embalaje Icono
    Tray
  • Tubo semirrígido (flexible) Tipo de envase Icono
    Tube (Flexible)
  • Envase semirrígido al vacío Tipo de envase Icono
    Vacuum Skin Pack

Equipos de embalaje de cajas

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Case Packing Equipment Product Image

Flex-Line Automation Inc. supplies case packing machinery along with case erecting and palletizing, working with multiple robot manufacturers. End-of-arm tooling is customized for the specific product, and in many applications, it can be designed to allow the same robot to perform both case erecting and case packing without changeover, depending on cycle time requirements.

See the Case Packing Equipment page on this company's website.

Types of Case Packing Equipment

  • Case or Tray Erect/Load/Seal (Integrated)
  • Case or Tray Erectors & Formers
  • Case or Tray Loaders
  • Case Sealers

Features:

  • Automatic
  • Robotic
  • Robotic loading
  • RSC-pre glued
  • Semi-automatic
  • Tape

Package Types:

  • Cartón rígido (plegable) Tipo de envase Icono
    Carton (Folding)

Integradores robóticos

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Flex-Line is an experienced robotic integrator working with Universal Robots, Comau, Staubli, KUKA, MiR, and GlobalAGV to create custom solutions to our customer's needs. Flex-Line's robotic integration services include work in palletizing, machine tending, box erection, part placement, and other production and end-of-line applications.

See the Robotic Integrators page on this company's website.

Types of Robotic Integrators

  • Robotic Integrators Robotic Integrators

Features:

  • 0-15 kg
  • 0-1.5 m
  • 1.5-2.5 m
  • 15-60 kg
  • 2.5 m and above
  • 60-225 kg
  • Entry-level/budget models available
  • Frozen
  • Hygienic (low-moisture)
  • Refrigerated
  • Washdown (wet)

Package Types:

  • Bolsa flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Bag
  • Blíster semirrígido para comprimidos Tipo de envase Icono
    Blister for Tablets
  • Blíster semirrígido (venta al por menor) Tipo de envase Icono
    Blister Pack (Retail)
  • Paquete de ladrillos semirrígidos (laminados) Tipo de paquete Icono
    Brick Pack (Laminate)
  • Lata rígida o bote Tipo de envase Icono
    Can or Canister
  • Cartón rígido (plegable) Tipo de envase Icono
    Carton (Folding)
  • Cartucho rígido Tipo de envase Icono
    Cartridge
  • Flexible Chub Pack Tipo de envase Icono
    Chub Pack
  • Envase semirrígido tipo concha Icono
    Clamshell
  • Taza rígida, cuenco o bañera Tipo de envase Icono
    Cup, Bowl or Tub
  • Flow Wrap flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Flow Wrap
  • Granel/Industrial Bolsa grande Tipo de envase Icono
    Large Bag
  • Envoltorio flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Overwrap
  • Envase de porciones semirrígido Tipo de envase Icono
    Portion Pack Cup
  • Bolsa flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Pouch
  • Bolsita flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Sachet
  • Bolsa flexible de pie Tipo de envase Icono
    Stand-up Pouch
  • Flexible Stick Pack Tipo de envase Icono
    Stick Pack
  • Envase semirrígido termoformado Tipo de envase Icono
    Thermoformed Semi-rigid Pack
  • Envase al vacío termoformado flexible Tipo de envase Icono
    Thermoformed Vacuum Pack
  • Bandeja rígida Tipo de embalaje Icono
    Tray
  • Tubo semirrígido (flexible) Tipo de envase Icono
    Tube (Flexible)
  • Envase flexible retráctil al vacío Tipo de envase Icono
    Vacuum Shrink Pack
  • Envase semirrígido al vacío Tipo de envase Icono
    Vacuum Skin Pack

Paletización

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Palletizing Product Image

Flex-Line Automation is an integrator and distribtor of a variety of collaborative robot and industrial robot palletizers.

See the Palletizing page on this company's website.

Types of Palletizing

  • Palletizers (Robotic)

Features:

  • Cases
  • Floor-level

Package Types:

  • Granel/Industrial Estuche forrado Tipo de envase Icono
    Lined Case

Transporte de palés, dispensadores y hojas deslizantes

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Pallet Conveying, Dispensers & Slip Sheets Product Image

Flex-Line Automation, Inc. designs and installs palletizing solutions including pallet handling equipment with conveyors, slip sheet insertion, pallet dispensers, and more. Systems can be designed to handle multiple stack patterns, insert slip sheets, handle different sizes of boxes, various case weights, and palletize at a wide variety of heights easily.

See the Pallet Conveying, Dispensers & Slip Sheets page on this company's website.

Types of Pallet Conveying, Dispensers & Slip Sheets

  • Pallet Conveyors & Turntables
  • Pallet Dispensers & Elevators
  • Pallet Inverters/Pallet Load Transfer Systems
  • Slip Sheet/Top Sheet Handling

Features:

  • Automatic
  • Manual
  • Semi-automatic

Manipulación de materiales

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Material Handling Product Image

Flex-Line is an official distributor of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) from Global AGV. Designed for the rapidly shifting world of automatic pallet handling, these autonomous forklifts are used for end-of-line solutions such as palletizing and case wrapping as well as other applications where delivering and collecting goods from fixed stations and rows is needed. With a user-friendly touch interface using simple mapping, these AGVs are designed to be intuitive. By using a natural navigation based system, the area is scanned and mapped allowing the AGV to easily navigate the environment.

See the Material Handling page on this company's website.

Types of Material Handling

  • Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs)

Features:

  • Automatic
  • Robotic
  • Semi-automatic

Equipos de formación de envases

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Package Forming Equipment Product Image

Flex-Line’s collaborative box erector reduces the footprint needed to erect cartons, automatically replacing boxes in a queue. With greater flexibility and a smaller footprint than many traditional box erecting solutions, they can be redeployed either with different box sizes when needs change. Collaborative box erectors offer flexibility in programming with a variety of ways depending on end user needs. The box erector can queue and replenish certain size boxes automatically as they are used.

Types of Package Forming Equipment

  • Box Making Machines

Features:

  • Corrugated

Package Types:

  • Cartón rígido (plegable) Tipo de envase Icono
    Carton (Folding)

Diseño de instalaciones y servicios de ingeniería

Flex-Line Automation Inc. - Facility Design & Engineering Services Product Image

Flex-Line Automation offers custom design of feeding equipment, heavy-duty tabletop, belt, roller, and other conveyor services as well as robotics, with over 30 years of experience helping customers design new or optimize existing manufacturing layouts for manufacturing and packaging processes.

See the Facility Design & Engineering Services page on this company's website.

Types of Facility Design & Engineering Services

  • Engineering Services
  • System Integrators