At interpack, the KHS Group will have compact and flexible systems on display. With its integrated buffer system the newly developed InnoDry Block permits accumulation-free, gentle pack conveying without the side guides otherwise required. This does away with the need for adjustment during format changeovers. The systems supplier from Dortmund will also be highlighting its new features in secondary packaging. To this end, at the trade show KHS Service will be presenting special conversions and its new service concept for packaging machines. "Where two or more single machines can be compiled to form a compact block system, this gives operators numerous advantages," says Karl-Heinz Klumpe, packaging product manager for KHS in Kleve. The experts at the company have done just that for the secondary and tertiary packaging production stages. The InnoDry Block combines a packaging machine with a palletizer and has a handle dispenser integrated into the packer. This setup is made possible by especially flexible buffer areas and the use of a highly dynamic handling system for layer formation which is being used in the blocked machine concept for the first time. Shorter conveying segments and, as a result, a considerable reduction in maintenance effort speak for the compact block. Format changeover times are also shorter as side guides are no longer needed on the conveying segment.