Machines

The new shear beam load cells SLB215 and SLB415 by Mettler Toledo are more economical and require less maintenance than others of the same class, while still responding to the sector’s high standards.

With the help of a few food sector leaders, Omron has developed a new photocell for applications scanning various types of transparent packaging (glass or PET bottles, trays, films...). Called E3S-DB, it is extremely precise: a narrow web with a spot of just a few mm (2... 200 mm distance) detects even minute spaces and gaps between objects on conveyor belts.

With the objective of supplying Manufacturing Intelligence to enterprises of every size - whether offering a complete MES or a solution to aggregate specific contextualized data and perform a quicker time-to-value calculation - Rockwell Automation has developed new versions of its software suite FactoryTalk, with expanded functions that facilitate implementation and integration with production..

With Modicon M251, Schneider Electric has integrated its range of PLCs of the Machine Struxure platform with a compact CPU optimized for distributed automation architectures.

Elesa SpA supplies standard and special components, with high resistance to corrosion and maximum efficiency, even under harsh conditions.

In response to the widespread demand for quality and efficiency during pre- and post-printing stages with corrugated cardboard (not to mention cost savings), Kodak has developed a new version of Flexcel NX Wide 5080, already established in the production of “high visual impact” labels, flexible packaging, cases, bags and heatshrink sleeves.

With the latest VSOP (Variable Sleeve Offset Printing) and Alprinta V print presses, Müller Martini relaunches the pluspoints of offset  printing in labeling and flexible packaging: lower cost of plates, wider range of substrates and reduced environmental impact.

In order to be able to market weighting components in the United States, it is necessary to satisfy a series of requirements.

IT'S THE SUM THAT MAKES THE TOTAL. Energy sustainability: an increasingly interesting topic, due to both the increase in supply costs and the opportunities for those who install efficient solutions.
But what knowledge does the end user have for weighing up the possibilities in the automation sector?

At CibusTec/FoodPack, thanks to their longlasting partnership, PRL Tecnosoft e Bellini&Meda offer machines and complete lines complete for food products packaging and handling.

Presented for the first time at the last Labelexpo Europe, where it aroused considerable interest, Core Linerless Solutions® by Ritrama is now being offered to the market, offering a solution to the age-old problem of liner disposal.

Innovation in food packaging by AMB, which unveils a completely water-based production of plastic films destined for food packaging.

WH Leary with its offices in Basildon, Essex, UK is now the official and authorized supplier of Robatech equipment in the UK and Ireland. Accordingly, all Robatech customers in the UK and Ireland should contact Leary for parts, service and support for their existing Robatech equipment as well as for enquiries about new equipment.

In operation at Dalter is a new flow pack installation for single portions of Parmigiano Reggiano, Emmental, Provolone and Fontal, the last step in the radical technological upgrade the concern undertook in 2012.

Tin or aluminium cans offer the consumer practical, longlife products, keeping the contents in time without the need for preservatives. The opinion of Generale Conserve (www.asdomar.it).  By Anfima*

Carcano Antonio SpA and Laminazione Sottile SpA have carried out a study to determine the amount of aluminum present in some foods, as well as units of aluminum migration from  the packaging to the actual food contained.

The German packaging machines manufacturer Rovema GmbH (Italian branch at Novate Milanese) presented several important innovations at Interpack, among which their spearhead BVC series of vertical packaging machines.

For the US distribution chain Fairway Market (active in the area of ​​New York, 20 stores, 810 million dollars in sales), the Group Pedon has developed a line of speedy cooking, high health-content “grains and seeds”, capable of combining modern lifestyles with easy, speedy preparation. Its innovation as a product line lies in its combining practicality with high nutritional content, grains with…

Cutting edge integrated lines for primary and secondary packaging of broadscale consumption goods and industrial processing systems: at Interpack, Coesia’s entire technological offer was “on hand”. With an added bonus: the capacity to imagine packaging, from the design to industrialization, following a rational and organic research itinerary.

The huge success enjoyed at the recent Interpack has confirmed Tecno Pack SpA as a key builder of packaging machines for bakery products.