Customised Solutions
Specialises in developing customised feeding and handling systems that integrate perfectly with your existing packaging lines, ensuring optimal throughput and minimal downtime.Comprehensive Support Services
Provides extensive after-sales support, including training, maintenance, and technical assistance, to ensure smooth operation and quick resolution of any issues.Long-Term Partnership and Consultation
Acts as a long-term partner for clients, offering ongoing consultation and upgrades to keep pace with technological advancements and the ever-changing demands of the packaging industry.Custom feeding and handling systems ensure precise delivery and orientation of components and products for packaging. Vibratory bowl feeders, centrifugal feeders, and VariFeed® sort and feed products such as caps, bottles, closures, scoops, pouches, sachets, and wrapped confectionery items. RNA’s feeding systems are tailored for various shapes, sizes, and materials, ensuring seamless integration into filling, sealing, capping, bagging, or assembly lines.
Robotic Pacakging
Custom robotic arms equipped with advanced sensors can be programmed to handle a wide range of packaging tasks — from picking and placing products to complex assembly and case packing operations — with remarkable precision and speed. The FlexType™ P Pack is a prime example: a standard robotic packaging cell that combines flexible feeding with vision-guided robotic handling and bagging. RNA’s robotic systems are adaptable to various product sizes, shapes, and fragility levels, making them suitable for packaging operations across industries ranging from electronics to food and beverage.
Capping Machines
Automated capping systems rely on consistent and accurate cap feeding to maintain throughput and product quality. RNA vibratory bowl feeders, centrifugal feeders, and linear feeding systems are designed to orientate and feed threaded caps, snap-on lids, sports caps, and trigger-spray assemblies directly into rotary or inline capping machines at high speeds. The systems help solve common automation challenges such as cap nesting, bridging, incorrect orientation, and inconsistent feed rates. RNA’s feeding technology supports rapid changeovers between cap formats and provides gentle handling for lightweight or delicate components. RNA has extensive experience integrating cap feeding systems with OEM capping machine manufacturers, ensuring that feed rates, timing signals, and reject handling are fully synchronised with downstream equipment.
Labelling and Coding
RNA’s handling systems ensure products are perfectly positioned for high-speed, accurate label and barcode application. By integrating precision conveyors with advanced vision systems, we ensure 100% readability and regulatory compliance for inventory tracking and consumer safety.
Inspection and Quality Control
Through the use of advanced inspection technologies — including machine vision, metal detection, and AI — automated systems perform detailed inspections of packaging for defects and compliance with industry standards. This ensures that only products of the highest quality reach the market, enhancing brand reputation and customer satisfaction.
RNA feeding and handling systems support automated filling machinery by reliably orientating and presenting components such as caps, lids, plugs, droppers, pumps, inserts, and containers at consistent speeds. By eliminating manual handling and preventing jams, our vibratory and centrifugal feeders ensure precise product flow for liquid, powder, or solid filling environments. Whether integrated into OEM lines or retrofitted for end-users, RNA solutions are engineered to match specific fill rates, support format changeovers, and maintain hygiene standards across food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic filling applications.
Bagging Machines
RNA feeding and handling systems integrate with automated bagging machinery for the controlled feeding, counting, orientation, and presentation of products prior to bag insertion or sealing. Systems such as VariFeed® and centrifugal feeders are particularly suited to handling lightweight and high-volume products including wrapped snack bars, sachets, flow pack bags, confectionery items, and flexible packaging components. For larger or more complex items, vibratory bowl feeders and step feeders provide controlled singulation and orientation before entry into the bagging line. RNA has also developed the FlexType™ P Pack — a dedicated robotic bagging system that combines vision-guided pick-and-place with flexible bag-opening and sealing capability, ideal for manufacturers who need to bag mixed or variable-count products with minimal human intervention. Across all bagging applications, RNA systems are engineered to maintain gentle product handling, protecting product integrity throughout the process.
Palletising & Depalletising
Our robotic solutions automate the stacking and unstacking of finished goods with speed and consistency. Equipped with advanced grippers and intelligent loading software, these systems adapt to various packaging types to maximise transport stability while reducing manual handling risks.
Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing)
Poka-yoke systems are implemented to prevent assembly errors and ensure process reliability in aerospace and defence manufacturing. RNA integrates sensors, vision systems, and interlocks to verify correct part presence, orientation, and sequence, preventing incorrect assembly before it occurs. This approach reduces defects, supports full traceability, and ensures consistent compliance with stringent quality standards.
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RNA’s Capabilities
- Design and supply of automated Feeding and handling systems, including Vibratory bowl feeders, centrifugal feeders, and VariFeed™ systems.
- Flexible feeding systems capable of handling a variety of product types and sizes for feeding into packaging machines, capping machines, filling systems, and bagging equipment.
- High-speed cap feeding and orientation systems for integration with rotary and inline capping machines.
- Product presentation and synchronisation systems for filling lines requiring accurate container positioning and continuous product flow.
- Feeding systems for lightweight packaging products such as pouches, sachets, and wrapped bars.
Robotic solutions enhance speed and accuracy in packaging operations.
- Robotic pick-and-place systems for precise product handling and placement.
- High-speed packaging robots for rapid assembly and packing tasks.
- Collaborative robots (cobots) for safe, flexible automation alongside operators.
- Custom robotic cells for complex tasks such as case packing, bag loading, and packaging assembly(e.g., FlexType™ P Pack).
Advanced vision systems ensure packaging quality and compliance.
- High-speed camera inspection detects defects in seals, labels, or containers.
- Vision-guided robotics (e.g., FlexType™ R) for precise component placement.
- Integrates machine vision and AI to inspect packaging for defects, correct labelling, and product integrity, ensuring quality control.
Custom systems for all packaging stages, tailored to specific needs.
- Filling and sealing systems for accurate, high-speed packaging of liquids, powders, and solids.
- Automated cap feeding and handling systems for high-speed capping applications.
- Dispensing systems: Accurately dispenses products or ingredients into packaging, crucial for food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics industries.
- Labelling and coding systems: Applies labels, barcodes, and expiration dates with high accuracy, ensuring compliance and traceability.
- Bagging and flow wrapping support systems for high-volume packaged products.
- Automated assembly for packaging components: Assembles complex packaging components, such as caps, nozzles, and spray pumps, with precision.
- Automated palletising and depalletising: Stacking and unstacking of products on pallets, improving end-of-line efficiency and reducing labour costs.
- End of Line Solutions: Tailored end-of-line solutions like shrink wrapping, boxing, and labeling, designed to meet specific packaging needs.
Custom design, development and installation of automation solutions tailored to specific pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging needs, including the integration of feeding, handling, rotary indexing systems, robotics, vision systems, and precision mechanics.
- Collaboration with OEMs to integrate RNA’s feeding, handling, and robotic systems into into existing production lines.
- On-site installation, commissioning, and operator training.
- After-sales maintenance and upgrades for long-term reliability.
- Systems designed for high-speed operations to meet the demands of high-volume production.
- Flexible systems (e.g., RNA VariFeed) adaptable to various product types and sizes, accommodating diverse packaging and assembly needs.
- RNA offers both custom and standard equipment, enabling OEMs to scale production or offer off-the-shelf solutions to their clients.
- Standardised components like vibratory bowl feeders reduce development time.
Applications
FlexType™ P Pack Automatic Packing Machine
Robotic Handling FlexType™ P Pack
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VariFeed® Flexible Feeding System for High-Speed Packaging Applications
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The Applications of Vibratory Bowl Feeders and Centrifugal Feeders in the Food Packaging Industry
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What our clients say
“Polymermedics had an application that required a bespoke automation solution to ensure accurate insertion of small pins in a critical care medical device. We approached RNA for this solution and after some scoping discussions were presented with a cost effective and innovative solution to our requirements. The level of detail that they went to, finding potential pitfalls we had not envisaged ensured that the solution met all our requirements and more.”
Operation Director of Polymermedics
Packaging FAQs
Automation in the packaging industry refers to the use of advanced machinery, technology, and software to perform various packaging tasks that were traditionally carried out by human workers. The aim is to increase efficiency, improve precision, enhance safety, and reduce costs across the packaging process.
Automation is extensively utilised in the packaging industry to streamline operations, improve efficiency, ensure product quality, and reduce costs. Some of our capabilities include:
- Precision dispensing systems
- Flexible feeding systems
- Cap and closure feeding for capping machines
- Component and container feeding for filling machines
- Product singulation and delivery for bagging machines
- Automated assembly for packaging components
- Automated labelling and coding systems
- Custom packaging lines
- Automated filling and sealing systems
- Custom end-of-line solutions
RNA systems can handle a wide range of packaging items such as bottle caps, sachets, blister packs, trays, lids, tubes, pouches, flow pack bags and other flexible packaging. We also support the handling of packaging components like clips, scoops, straws, and dispensers used in food, personal care, medical, and consumer goods packaging.
Yes. RNA automation platforms are specifically designed for high-throughput environments, often operating at speeds of 200–500+ parts per minute. Our feeders and handling systems seamlessly integrate into horizontal or vertical form-fill-seal machines, cartoners, case packers, capping machines, filling machines, and flow wrappers.
Yes. RNA has extensive experience supplying cap and closure feeding systems that integrate directly with rotary and inline capping machines from a wide range of OEM suppliers. Our bowl feeders, centrifugal feeders, and flexible feeding platforms handle threaded caps, snap-on closures, sports caps, trigger-spray heads, and more — orientating each closure correctly at the feed rates required by the capping machine.
RNA works upstream of filling machines to ensure containers, packaging components, and small parts — such as nozzles, pumps, and dosing cups — are delivered in correct orientation and at the right cadence for the filling cycle. Our engineers work closely with filling machine OEMs and end-users to match feed rates, integrate controls, and ensure compliance with the hygiene standards required in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic environments.
RNA’s feeding and handling systems are compatible with vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS), horizontal bagging, and pre-made pouch systems. For high-speed applications with lightweight, uniform product, the VariFeed™ centrifugal feeder is an ideal solution. For applications requiring robotic pick-and-place bagging with greater flexibility across product formats, the FlexType™ P Pack is RNA’s dedicated robotic bagging system.
Yes. RNA’s VariFeed™ is a high-speed centrifugal feeding system, ideal for handling lightweight, uniform parts at exceptionally high speeds—often exceeding 500 parts per minute. It’s particularly well-suited for pouches, snack bars and flow pack bags. VariFeed™ is best used when high volume, gentle handling, and minimal noise are key priorities.
RNA offers flexible and modular systems, such as the FlexCube™ and FlexType™ P series, which allow for quick changeovers and tool-less adjustments.
RNA offers flexible and modular systems — such as the FlexCube™ and FlexType™ P Series — which allow for quick changeovers and tool-less adjustments. This is particularly valuable in capping, filling, and bagging environments.
Yes. RNA specialises in customised and retrofittable automation solutions. Whether you need to add a feeder to a current capping, filling, or bagging line or integrate a fully automated sub-assembly station, RNA works closely with OEMs and end-users to ensure compatibility in terms of space, controls, and throughput.
Contact our team to discuss your next project. Our experts will provide guidance and support to help you achieve your goals. Call us on +44 (0)121 749 2566 or email us using [email protected].
RNA are able to support a wide range of Packaging applications from capping systems through to wrapped bar repacking lines. Through RNA’s use of digitalisation and repeatable feed systems the fast-pace of component change can be easily accommodated.
Chris Mills | Global Business Development Manager