Custom Machines for Your Production Line
When it comes to consumer packaged goods (CPG), every second and every SKU counts. Packaging lines for food and beverage, personal care, household products, and more are under constant pressure to move faster, adapt quicker, and meet strict safety and quality standards. With more product variants, packaging formats, and retailer compliance rules than ever before, even a small disruption can be costly.
Melton Machine & Control Company helps CPG manufacturers stay ahead with automation systems that are fast, flexible, and reliable. Our custom solutions are designed to support filling, capping, sealing, palletizing, and any other step your packaging line demands, all while staying aligned with your throughput goals and available space.
Contact us today for a free assessment and learn more about what our custom options in automation can do for your consumer packaging operation.
Common Challenges Automation Solves in Packaging Equipment & Packaging Systems
Your business, while successful in your sector, isn't immune to the issues of the industry. With precise automation solutions delivered by an expert like Melton, you can ensure these challenges don't hold you back from meeting your goals.
Our robotic systems help you address:
Faster Changeovers Across SKUs
As consumer demand diversifies, packaging lines are expected to handle a wider range of SKUs, often in the same shift. Manual changeovers can slow throughput and introduce errors. Automated packaging machinery enables quicker transitions between product sizes, shapes, and materials. The result is less downtime, more consistency, and the flexibility to scale with seasonal or market-driven shifts.
Labor Strain on Repetitive Tasks
Tasks like case erecting, box loading, sealing, and palletizing are repetitive, physically taxing, and increasingly difficult to staff as the skilled labor shortage continues. Automation steps in to handle the dull, dirty, and demanding jobs while your team focuses on higher-value tasks like oversight and maintenance.
It reduces turnover, improves safety, and keeps your lines running regardless of staffing fluctuations. At the end of the day, you'll have steadier output with less operational friction. Reduce labor reliance with automated excellence from Melton today.
Accuracy and Retail Compliance
Retailers have strict requirements for how products must be labeled, sealed, and presented; and errors aren’t just costly, they’re brand-damaging.
Automated inspection systems and robotic case packers improve the accuracy of label placement, barcode orientation, and seal integrity. Inspection solutions ensure compliance from the first case to the last, reducing chargebacks and protecting your shelf space.
Fragile or Complex Packaging Formats
Today’s packaging isn’t always automation-friendly by default. But Melton’s packaging automation solutions are built to handle intricate designs without compromising product integrity. Gentle grippers, adaptive end-of-arm tooling, and vision-guided pick-and-place systems give you control over even the most delicate packages.
Space Constraints in High-Output Environments
Many CPG operations are running at or near full capacity, with little room to add staff or equipment. Custom automation helps maximize usable floor space by eliminating manual handoffs and stacking processes vertically when needed. Whether it’s a robotic cell between two machines or a compact conveyor system, Melton can help you do more in the same footprint.
Traceability and Quality Assurance
Automation enables real-time barcode scanning, integrated checkweighers, and automated rejection systems that track every product or case down to the lot. Automated QA solutions are crucial for staying compliant with recalls, audits, and growing regulatory oversight. Plus, they support traceability efforts and provide documentation for every unit shipped, helping you stay ahead of the curve.
Boost Speed & Consistency with Automation Solutions for the Packaging Industry
At Melton, we understand your entire packaging operation. That's why we offer automated systems tailored to your specific application that can handle tasks every step of the way. Our solutions include:
Collaborative Robots That Take the Pressure Off
Packaging cobots are ideal for repetitive, end-of-line tasks that burn out staff and slow down throughput. Melton’s custom cobot systems handle box loading, sorting, sealing, and labeling with fast, consistent precision, with no missed seals or uneven stacks.
Because they’re smaller and safer than traditional industrial robots, cobots can be deployed directly alongside operators or retrofitted into existing packaging cells. Even if you're managing high-SKU complexity or have limited floor space, our cobots keep production moving without disruption.
Intelligent Material Handling & Line Integration
When you're dealing with multiple SKUs, fast cycle times, and tight changeover windows, your material flow can’t afford a weak link. Melton designs and integrates smart conveyors, diverters, barcode readers, and part sensors that keep your packaging line synchronized from fill to pallet. Our intelligent material handling solutions adapt on the fly to different product sizes, flow rates, or line conditions.
Quality Control That Doesn’t Slow You Down
Small errors in packaging can lead to big losses: returns, rework, or damaged customer trust. Melton builds automated quality control systems that verify seals, check fill levels, confirm label placement, and validate product weights in real time.
Using high-resolution cameras, sensors, and scale systems, we make sure each unit meets spec without holding up the line. And because our QC tools integrate directly into your flow, you get fewer defects without adding friction.
Laser Systems That Mark What Matters
Serialization, lot codes, expiration dates; today’s traceability requirements are more demanding than ever. Melton’s laser automation systems apply crisp, permanent marks to a wide range of packaging materials, including shrink-wrapped trays, corrugated cartons, and more.
If you need batch-level data for internal tracking or compliant labeling for retailer distribution, we’ll help automate it with speed and clarity. Our solutions eliminate manual marking steps while ensuring consistency and compliance across every SKU.
What Sets Melton Apart in Packaging & Case Packing Automation
Every packaging operation has its own rhythm. That’s why we begin every engagement by mapping your line’s flow, identifying pain points, and clarifying speed, footprint, and handling goals.
At Melton, we work closely with your team, from machine operators to project managers, to understand the full scope, from carton forming to palletizing, so the solution fits seamlessly into your existing process.
Engineering Built for Speed and Fit
Off-the-shelf equipment doesn’t always cut it. Our engineers combine proven commercial components with custom-built automation to meet your exact requirements for throughput, spacing, and product type. And if you need to integrate with upstream or downstream OEM equipment, we’ll make it all work together as a single, unified system.
We Stay Until It Runs Right
We don’t disappear after your install. Getting your packaging automation systems running smoothly on every SKU, at full speed, is our top priority, even if it means troubleshooting issues, fine-tuning performance, and sticking around until everything works as promised. At Melton, we don’t stop working until your automated system starts working the way you need it to.
Get Packaging Automation That Delivers, Shift After Shift
Melton helps manufacturers in the CPG space reduce downtime, improve consistency, and move more product with less friction. If you're considering cobots, quality control solutions, or anything in between for your packaging needs, reach out to our team. Get a free assessment and learn how we can improve your packaging performance through automation.
Schedule an automation assessment or start a conversation with our team today.
