A product’s packaging plays multiple roles: it provides an attractive external face to consumers, it protects the product during shipping and stocking, it preserves the contents during storage, it showcases the product’s essential features, and it’s easy to fill when an order is placed. Or at least it should be. Too often, the mechanical constraints imposed by traditional manufacturing methods reduce folding cartons to simple rectangular boxes.

 

Laser processing enhances your product packaging by extending design and material selection options while keeping assembly simple. Our systems’ multiple processing capabilities allow you to score fold lines as well as slits or intricate patterns into your folding cartons, in one station. Add easy-open features like perforations, tear strips, or pour spouts to improve access to the contents without incurring the extra costs of additional tooling.

 

Laser Processing Adds Value

Easily add windows to display package contents or add visual appeal to packaging with color and show-throughs. Entice buyers by allowing scented products to breath while still protecting contents and displaying valuable product information. Increase product longevity or protection with air-tight seals or breatheable vents. Incorporate other media—fabric, polyester, vellum, acrylic—into packaging to add impact. Our laser manufacturing for folding cartons makes all these possible.

 

Laser Processing Speeds Assembly

Score lines enable crisp, clean folds while maintaining structural integrity. Our patented controller constantly monitors web speed and adjusts the laser power output to match, ensuring a consistent score depth without burn through. Tabs and slits built into the exterior ensure the package holds together. You can even add adhesives for extra security without causing buildup on tooling—because the laser vaporizes material, there’s nothing to clean and no down time. Automatic tiling breaks up very large cartons into sequential tiles, and the controller monitors cut positions to ensure smooth, contoured lines across tiles. Best of all, you can add all of these features (and more) to your packaging in a single production run on one station.

 

Laser Processing Enhances Material Selection

Our systems integrate directly with roll-handling equipment or sheet feeders (either those you already own or full solutions from the ground up) to give you both roll-to-part, sheet-to-sheet, or sheet-to-part flexibility. We can easily accommodate wide rolls and have a variety of processing fields of view to handle nearly any sheet size. For larger sheets or thicker materials, consider our Workstation XY with the flexibility of both scanhead-driven and fixed focus beams. Incorporate stackers or pick-and-place robots to fully automate the line from in-feed to sorting and assembly. With LasX, there’s no limits.