Packaging Machinery Handbook: The complete guide to automated packaging machinery including packaging line design

Revolutionize Your Packaging Operation – The Ultimate Packaging Machinery Handbook

Master packaging machinery, packaging line design, and automated packaging systems with the #1 bestselling guide trusted by engineers, plant managers, and packaging buyers worldwide.

Written by renowned industry expert John R. Henry, CPP – “The Changeover Wizard” – the Packaging Machinery Handbook is the definitive, all-in-one resource for anyone who designs, buys, specifies, operates, or troubleshoots packaging equipment.

Inside this 400+ page powerhouse you’ll discover proven, real-world strategies to:

• Slash downtime and boost OEE on filling machines, capping machines, labeling machines, cartoners, case packers, palletizers, wrappers, and inspection systems
• Design high-speed, reliable packaging lines from concept to startup (complete step-by-step framework included)
• Avoid million-dollar mistakes when selecting or upgrading packaging automation
• Understand exactly how every machine works with over 120 detailed illustrations and photographs

Perfect for:

• Packaging engineers & technicians
• Plant managers & production supervisors
• Machine operators & maintenance teams
• Buyers and specifiers of packaging equipment
• Students and newcomers entering the packaging industry

John Henry, CPP (Certified Packaging Professional) has over 35 years of working with packaging machinery in many industries and applications. He developed and teaches the Packaging Machinery Basics course for the Institute of Packaging Professionals and teaches Packaging Technology in the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico's graduate school of industrial engineering. He has written and spoken extensively on packaging, machinery, operations and line design. In his day job, he is The Changeover Wizard. He assists companies in improving Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) via reducing downtime, especially from changeover. John has an MBA in Industrial Management with a second concentration in Interpersonal relations. He also has an MS in business education. More information is available at www.changeover.com