SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT
Systems Built for Complex Packaging
Descon’s automated beverage packaging machines and other specialty equipment enhances packaging lines with robotic systems, depalletizers, tray loaders, and automated sortation. Engineered for precision and integration, these solutions boost throughput, reduce labor, and scale with production.
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Descon’s specialty equipment enhances packaging lines with robotic systems, depalletizers, tray loaders, and automated sortation. Engineered for precision and integration, these solutions boost throughput and scale with production.
Servo Laner
Servo Laners are high-speed laning solutions with servo-motor control that accurately and continuously deliver products into multiple lanes without stopping product flow.
Variety Pack Solutions
Variety Pack Solutions are designed to manage mixed products efficiently, ensuring smooth flow, accurate grouping, and reliable handling for variety pack operations in high‑speed beverage environments.
Lay-Down Head Space Sterilizer
Our Lay-Down Head Space Sterilizer gently reorients hot‑filled containers to allow product to fill the headspace until sterilization is achieved. The standard unit handles PET, HDPE, and glass containers with minimal changeover and automatic line‑speed adjustment.
Descon Offers a Complete Range of Specialty Equipment
Descon's specialty equipment solutions precisely control flow, automate handling, and add flexible, high‑speed efficiency across food and beverage packaging lines.
Servo Laner
Servo Laners are high-speed laning solutions with servo-motor control that accurately and continuously deliver products into multiple lanes without stopping product flow.

Reciprocating Conveyor Solutions
Descon reciprocating conveyors use a controlled back‑and‑forth motion. A shuttle advances to position the product, then retracts to repeat the cycle with precise, repeatable movement.

Tray & Crate Stacking & Destacking
This equipment is designed to accept full trays, stack them, and deposit them directly onto the floor outside of the frame of the machine for operator removal.
Pick & Place
Descon’s Pick & Place equipment utilizes servo controls to quickly, accurately, and continuously pack loose bottles into formed corrugated boxes.

Built for Your Needs
Our specialty equipment gives you the flexibility to build a packaging line that fits your exact needs, with hands-on support provided by the industry’s top experts.
High‑Speed Precision with Gentle Product Handling
Deliver precise positioning, controlled motion, and gentle handling at high speeds. Doing so protects containers, trays, and crates while ensuring consistent, repeatable movement.
Flexibility for Multiple Formats and Applications
These systems support many product types and formats. They use programmable motion, adaptable tooling, and modular designs to enable fast changeovers and easy integration into evolving production lines.
Improved Line Efficiency and Automation
By automating laning, transfers, stacking, destacking, and placement, Descon equipment reduces manual work and downtime, improves line flow, and integrates with upstream and downstream systems.
Variety Pack Solutions
Descon offers many variety pack applications suitable for operations in high‑speed beverage environments.
Variety Pack Solutions
These solutions are designed to manage mixed products efficiently. Doing so ensures smooth flow, accurate grouping, and reliable handling for variety pack operations in high‑speed beverage environments.



Variety Pack Sortation
Designed for flexibility and accuracy, Descon’s Variety Pack Sortation System utilizes servo motor control to accurately and continuously reorient containers to build rainbow packs.

Variety Pack Uncasing
Descon’s Robotic Variety Pack Uncasing System utilizes Axis Robots to accurately and continuously create a multiple-flavored pack of beverages.

High‑Speed, Accurate Product Sorting and Handling
These systems are designed to precisely identify, separate, and position multiple product types at high speeds. This ensures accurate collation and consistent pack builds while maintaining product stability throughout the process.
Flexibility for Multiple SKUs and Pack Configurations
Descon’s variety pack equipment supports frequent SKU changes and mixed‑product formats through adaptable designs, programmable controls, and modular tooling. This enables quick transitions, without sacrificing performance.
Improved Line Efficiency Through Automation
By automating uncasing, sorting, and variety pack formation, these solutions reduce manual labor, minimize downtime, and integrate seamlessly with upstream and downstream equipment to maximize throughput and operational reliability.
Container Treatment & Cleaning
Ensure containers are rinsed, sanitized, and dried before filling, removing contaminants while supporting high‑speed operation and consistent hygiene standards for beverage manufacturers.
Container Warming Tunnel
This system is designed to eliminate condensation of cold-filled products by safely warming to an ambient temperature at a dew point. Our thermal process provides gentle warming to ensure the product's taste and color are not compromised.

Container Cooling Tunnel
Using the latest thermodynamic technology to reduce the core temperature of hot-filled products, we have developed a thermal process that gently cools without affecting product taste or color.

Ionized Air Container Rinser
Provide an effective means for removing particulate materials from empty containers before filling. It's simple to operate and easily configured to handle a variety of bottles.

Lay-Down Head Space Sterilizer
Gently reorient hot‑filled containers so product fills headspace for sterilization. The standard unit runs PET, HDPE, and glass with minimal changeover and automatic line‑speed adjustment.

Container Drying Tunnel
Descon’s Container Drying Tunnel features a quick-change format changeover, including single or dual-lane, single or multiple-stage drying, and single or multiple-format drying.

Shell & Crate Washing
Combine vertical and horizontal dry‑trash removal with an efficient shell washer and a hot‑air recirculating drying system for clean, ready‑to‑run shells.

Consistent Hygiene and Process Control
These systems are designed to clean, sanitize, sterilize, dry, warm, or cool containers, shells, and crates to meet food and beverage hygiene requirements while ensuring repeatable, controlled treatment throughout the production process.
High‑Capacity Performance with Gentle Handling
Descon’s container treatment and cleaning equipment supports continuous, high‑speed operation while gently managing containers and handling media (air, water, heat) to avoid damage and maintain package and product integrity.
Seamless Line Integration and Operational Efficiency
These solutions are engineered to integrate smoothly with upstream and downstream equipment, improving overall line flow, minimizing downtime, and supporting efficient, automated container handling across multiple formats.
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OUR PROCESS
Built Around Your Operation
Our process starts with understanding your challenges and ends with fully integrated solutions. Expect hands-on collaboration, clear communication, and equipment designed to fit your line, not the other way around.
Higher Throughput
Automation delivers consistent speeds and reliable output that manual labor can’t match. We help manufacturers increase throughput while maintaining safe, controlled operations across high-speed packaging lines.
Safer Packaging Environments
By reducing human involvement in heavy, repetitive, or high-speed tasks, our automation improves ergonomics and supports compliance with evolving workplace safety standards.
Efficiency and Cost Control
Our automated solutions minimize downtime, optimize line performance, and reduce labor dependency. This helps manufacturers control costs, protect margins, and achieve long-term return on investment.
Labor Shortages Solved
As labor pools shrink and shift, automation fills critical gaps. Our systems stabilize production, reduce reliance on manual roles, and ensure consistent output despite workforce challenges.
Flexible for New SKUs
Our equipment is designed for adaptability, supporting fast changeovers and evolving packaging formats so manufacturers can respond quickly to new products and changing consumer demand.
Modernization Without Disruption
We help manufacturers stay competitive by integrating advanced automation, robotics, and intelligent systems. In doing so, we modernize legacy packaging operations while aligning with existing infrastructure.
Critical End-of-Line Support
From new facilities to line upgrades, we deliver end-of-line automation that supports increased production demands with reliable palletizing, stretch wrapping, and downstream efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What types of specialty equipment does Pacteon offer?
We provide a comprehensive range of specialty equipment for food and beverage manufacturers and custom solutions designed for complex, non-standard applications.
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Can Pacteon support custom or non-standard packaging requirements?
Yes. Personalized solutions are one of our core strengths. We design intelligent, agile solutions tailored to unique products, layouts, and operational challenges, especially where off-the-shelf equipment falls short.
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Which industries does Pacteon serve with specialty equipment?
We support manufacturers across beverage and food markets, delivering automation solutions built to meet the specific performance, safety, and compliance needs of each industry.
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How do Pacteon’s brands work together on specialty equipment projects?
Our family of brands collaborates seamlessly to deliver integrated solutions. We combine rugged equipment, shared engineering expertise, and coordinated support for a streamlined customer experience.
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Does Pacteon provide support beyond equipment delivery?
Absolutely. We partner with customers from concept and design through installation, commissioning, and ongoing support. This ensures long-term performance, reliability, and value.
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