Sideload cartoner for OSD packaging

Achieve predictable OEE and premium pack quality with stable, high-speed horizontal cartoning. Our solutions ensure precise product handling and scratch-free packaging for your pharmaceutical lines.

a Körber employee using a sideload cartoner machine

Ensure smooth, reliable insertion and consistently premium carton quality, even in complex or high-mix production environments. 

Benefits

Consistently premium carton quality

Protect presentation-critical packaging with high-precision three-point carton guidance and gentle handling designed to prevent scratches and defects.

Higher OEE and line stability

Achieve predictable throughput by stabilizing carton feeding and processing, and reducing insertion disturbances across your blister, sachet, and stickpack lines.

Reduced micro-stops and waste

Patented carton singling and erecting concepts minimize "no pick / double pick" events, even when material and carton properties fluctuate.

Faster, reproducible changeovers

Minimize operator dependency and downtime with recipe-driven adjustments and servo‑motorized size settings/size adjustment for efficient multi-SKU production.

Scalable, future-ready performance

Adapt to growing volumes with a modular portfolio spanning intermittent and continuous motion classes to support your long-term growth.

Seamless digital integration

Enhance transparency with Pharma 4.0-ready HMIs and standardized digital interfaces that enable seamless integration with MES and OEE systems/dashboards.

Industry context

Pharma and nutraceutical industries face growing SKU complexity, driving demand for solutions that handle frequent changeovers and leaflet variability.

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Features

Robust horizontal insertion and stable carton flow

Körber's sideload cartoners sit at the core secondary packaging step, forming, loading, and closing cartons after primary packaging.  

The system uses patented carton singling and erecting to reduce no-pick or double-pick events. High-precision three-point carton guidance with an overhead conveyor minimizes friction to protect presentation quality.  

For continuous applications, overload-protected insertion maintains stable operation under demanding conditions. The Pharma 4.0-ready HMI provides unified platform logic, simplifying training and supporting long-term scalability across sites. 

Seamless mechanical and digital integration

These machines connect upstream to blister, sachet, or stickpack production and downstream to inspection, printing, and serialization. This provides a stable carton flow that protects overall line performance and reduces micro-stops that otherwise cascade into upstream buffering.

Applications

Sideload use cases

Discover how our sideload solutions solve complex packaging challenges and drive predictable operational excellence across different manufacturing environments. 

a blister carton line in use

Blister-to-carton lines

Manufacturers running blister-heavy portfolios rely on sideload solutions for controlled horizontal product flow and stable stack handling. This results in fewer insertion-related micro-stops and consistently rectangular cartons for more predictable high-volume output.

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High-mix, multi-market production

CDMOs use these cartoners for fast, repeatable changeovers supported by recipe-driven adjustments and servo-motorized size settings. This reduces downtime and operator dependency during frequent format rotations.

Two men in a Körber factory. One of the holds a pharmaceutical leaflet.

Leaflet-heavy pharma packs

Operations with varying leaflet types depend on leaflet-ready concepts like pre-infeed and engineered insertion. Impact includes greater insertion stability and fewer leaflet-driven disruptions.

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