{"id":63126,"date":"2021-02-12T13:51:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lantechweb.wpengine.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-a-case-sealer-and-a-case-erector\/"},"modified":"2021-02-12T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:51:26","slug":"the-difference-between-a-case-sealer-and-a-case-erector-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lantech.com\/r3\/en\/blog\/the-difference-between-a-case-sealer-and-a-case-erector-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between a Case Sealer and a Case Erector"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n A case sealer and a case erector may sound similar, but they are two completely different machines. Granted, they both work with boxes, but that is where the similarity ends.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Each of them have the potential to speed things up while at the same time, save money, which makes them incredibly useful tools all by themselves. They can each be used separately, but for maximum cost effectiveness, they should be used together.<\/p>\n Let’s explore the differences between these machines.<\/p>\n The best case erectors <\/a>can make virtually perfect boxes every time. You can even get machines that will assemble recycled, corrugated, poorer quality, or used boxes to save on having to use new or smooth stock all of the time.<\/p>\n To be fair, however, lower quality boxes can cause even the best machines problems. Ideally you would be using new, high quality boxes every time because there is a high correlation between the quality of the case and the performance of the machine. Lower quality boxes often lead to issues, but there are high quality machines on the market that do allow you the option of lower quality boxes.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/span><\/span>The average person takes about 20 seconds to put a box together while even a low speed case erector takes about 7 seconds. That means a box can be made in literally one-third of the time by a machine than by a person. Plus, by putting boxes together faster, while taking far less overall time, the labor cost per assembled box is also cut down by two-thirds, and that makes a case erector much more cost effective to use than a paid employee.<\/p>\n Think of it this way. In 1 hour an employee, who is being paid $10 dollars per hour, can put together 180 boxes, non-stop. A case erector can put together almost 3 times that many, or 540 cases in that same time frame. For the same amount of production from an employee, you’d have to pay them $30 dollars. As you can see, using a case erector is a serious net gain in dollars and sense. <\/p>\n Of course, this doesn\u2019t take into account capital costs. An operation with low volumes, say less than 300 cases per day, will likely find that, even with the labor cost savings, the capital costs of a machine outweigh the benefits. However, for operations with higher volume the savings are considerable even with capital costs.<\/p>\n Add to that the fact that a case erector makes almost perfect boxes every time, and that means when stacking a pallet, it can’t be beaten. The better and tighter the stack on any pallet, the less chance there is for damage or loss.<\/p>\n Having a machine like this can go a long way towards cutting manufacturing and employee costs in any packing and shipping environment.<\/p>\n What would a case erector be without a case sealer? Once you have a box made and packed, the sealer will assure you of a correct and properly glued seal every time.<\/p>\nCase Erector<\/strong><\/h2>\nPerhaps a better way to say it would be to call it a box maker, because, in essence, that’s exactly what it does. This machine will take a folded cardboard box and build it, or erect it, as the name says. It will square up a box then seal the bottom and make it ready to be packed.<\/p>\n
Case Sealer <\/strong><\/h2>\n