Showcase: Xingye Shengtai Triples Packing Throughput and Achieves 24/7 Operations with FHOPEPACK's Automated Line

At a Glance


Client:	Ningbo Xingye Shengtai Group
Website:	`https://www.cn-shine.com/`
Industry:	High-Precision Copper Alloy Strip Manufacturing
Company Size:	500+ Employees (National High-Tech Enterprise)
Challenge:	A manual and semi-automated packing process created a major production bottleneck, lacked data traceability, and risked damaging high-value products.
Benefit:	Achieved end-to-end automation from coil processing to final palletizing, resulting in a 3x increase in packing speed and seamless MES data integration.
Key Metrics:	- 30 coils/hour packing speed, eliminating the bottleneck - 24/7/365 continuous, reliable operation - Flexible handling of coils from 700-1600mm OD - 100% real-time data sync with MES via high-precision weighing
Core Technology:	`Automatic Coil Turnstile` `Dual-Lane Weighing & Wrapping System` `MES Integration` `Robotic Palletizing`

Introducing Ningbo Xingye Shengtai Group

Ningbo Xingye Shengtai Group (Xingye Shengtai), a leading national high-tech enterprise in China, stands as a premier manufacturer in the high-precision copper alloy strip industry. Its products are critical components for demanding global sectors, including electronics, automotive, power equipment, and telecommunications, where quality, precision, and delivery reliability are paramount.

The Challenge: A World-Class Production Line Hindered by an Outdated Packing Process

As market demand surged, Xingye Shengtai's advanced, high-speed production lines were outperforming their backend packing capabilities. This created a series of critical business challenges:

The Efficiency Bottleneck: The slow, labor-intensive semi-automated packing methods could not keep pace with production output. This resulted in a growing inventory of high-value coils piling up, delaying shipments and constraining overall plant throughput.
Quality and Product Risk: Inconsistent manual wrapping exposed valuable copper strips to a higher risk of scratches, corrosion, and damage during handling and transit.
Data Islands and Traceability Gaps: Manual weight logging and data entry were slow and prone to human error. For a company pursuing Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, the lack of real-time data integration with their Manufacturing Execution System (MES) was a significant operational liability.

The Solution: An Intelligent, Dual-Mode Automated Packing Line

To resolve these challenges, Xingye Shengtai partnered with FHOPEPACK to engineer and deploy a fully integrated, end-to-end automated packing solution designed for maximum efficiency, flexibility, and data connectivity.

The process begins at the automatic coil turnstile, which safely receives and orients vertical coils into a horizontal position for packing.

The line’s most innovative feature is its "dual-lane" configuration. It incorporates two independent high-precision weighing systems and two high-speed wrapping machines operating in parallel. This gives Xingye Shengtai unprecedented flexibility, allowing for the simultaneous processing of different coil sizes—ranging from 700mm to 1600mm OD and 10mm to 300mm width—or ensuring continuous production even during maintenance on one of the lanes.

After precise weighing, each coil receives a tight, protective wrap of paper and stretch film. The automatic bag packing system provides the final seal before the robotic palletizing system neatly and accurately stacks the finished coils onto pallets.

Crucially, the entire line is seamlessly integrated with Xingye Shengtai's MES, ensuring every action is tracked and recorded automatically.

The Benefits: A Comprehensive Victory in Efficiency, Reliability, and Intelligence

The new automated copper strip packing line transformed Xingye Shengtai’s operations, delivering powerful, measurable results.

3x Throughput Eliminates Bottlenecks: With a consistent packing speed of 30 coils per hour, the line perfectly matches the plant's production rhythm. This has completely eliminated product backlogs and ensures on-time delivery for all customer orders.
24/7 Reliability for Non-Stop Production: Engineered for industrial-grade durability, the line operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This level of reliability maximizes asset utilization and ensures continuous, profitable output.
Total Traceability for Full Quality Control: From weight and dimensions to packing time and shift data, every detail for every coil is automatically captured and logged in the MES. This provides an infallible digital record for quality assurance, inventory management, and customer transparency.
Unmatched Flexibility with Zero Downtime: The dual-lane design allows the team to run different product campaigns simultaneously. It also acts as a redundant system; if one wrapping station requires service, the other continues to operate, guaranteeing true non-stop production.

Customer Testimonial - FHOPEPACK Solutions

Customer Testimonial

"Packing used to be our single biggest headache and production bottleneck. This new line from FHOPEPACK isn't just a machine; it's the new heart of our smart factory logistics. The reliability is incredible, and the MES integration gives us the real-time data we need to operate at a world-class level. It's more than an upgrade—it's an efficiency revolution."

— Manager Zhang

Production Director, Ningbo Xingye Shengtai Group

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Looking Ahead: Deepening the Strategic Automation Partnership

The successful implementation of the packing line is a key milestone in Xingye Shengtai’s journey toward comprehensive smart manufacturing. Building on this project's outstanding results, the company is now exploring further automation in its finished goods warehouse and outbound logistics, with FHOPEPACK positioned as a key strategic partner for its future innovations.