Anuga FoodTec 2024: Cama Group to showcase state-of-the-art packaging

Focus on innovation, industry-wide knowledge and partnership capabilities. The exhibition takes place on 19-22 March, Cologne, Hall 7.1 Stand: B040 C041

Cama Group, a world leader in the design, supply and evolution of end-of-line secondary and tertiary packaging technologies showcases its highly agile multi-industry, multi-format packaging machine capabilities at this year’s Anuga FoodTec event in Cologne.

On display will be an IF296 monoblock packaging machine, tailored to the precise needs of a leading European confectionary customer. Comprising a tray-forming unit and loading unit, the monoblock machine is one of a series being delivered to the customer following multiple repeat orders.

Breakthrough Generation technology, flexibility, fully digital capabilities and automation

Exhibiting all the design cues, impressive performance characteristics and industry-leading reliability of Cama’s Breakthrough Generation (BTG) technology, the monoblock concept combines the very latest digital, servo and robotic technologies in a reduced-footprint machine that is capable of handling multiple packaging recipes.

In operation, the loading unit receives up to 360 cartons/minute, coming from two independent upstream Cama cartoners. Two robots – designed and developed in-house by Cama to cater for the precise needs of packaging applications – are used to phase and prepare the cartons collations, which are then picked and placed into the trays in a wide variety of pre-determined arrays, depending on batch-based recipes. Designed to deliver the best possible uptime, operational equipment effectiveness (OEE), and total cost of ownership (TCO), the modular design of Cama’s monoblock solutions is capable of further evolution as the operator’s needs change, so investment value is always maximised.

Integrated augmented reality

Supporting and delivering even greater flexibility and agility is the integrated AR functionality. This gives operators more intimate, intuitive and unrestricted insights into the machine’s internals, enabling and supporting far more effective and efficient training, operation, batch changeover, maintenance and spares identification & ordering.