Modular packaging system

A modular packaging system for packaging a product, comprising:

• a base system configured to manipulate a product and configured to receive at least one of a group of packaging modules, wherein the base system is used with a variety of packaging modules depending on a desired packaged output;
• and
• a first packaging module selectively coupled to the base system, the first packaging module configured to further manipulate and package the product:
• wherein the first packaging module is a bundler module having an upender system for upending an object coupled to the first packaging module, the upender system configured to manipulate an object from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation, the upender system comprising:
• a cam plate having a cam groove;
• a cam following device having a first end inserted in the cam groove;
• a shaft having a first end coupled to a second end of the cam following device;
• and
• a lifting device coupled to the shaft.