Materials and machinery

As is its tradition, the company OMAR at Pharmintech, where the company presented its flagship solutions for blister packaging.

Sacmi will be attending Pharmintech for the first time, where it will present its CBF (Compression Blow Forming) platform.

Is it possible to cold solder a heat-sealable material avoiding exposure of the product to a heating source?
Yes it is, with the help of the innovative Cavanna Ultrasonic Wrapping Machine already applied and certified by several pharmaceutical companies.

For applying self-adhesive labels on various pharmaceutical syringe formats, Labelpack has created MASTER WR.

The beauty products distributor Coty (which markets brands such as Calvin Klein, Chloé, Davidoff, Marc Jacob, Opi, and Rimmel...) turned to P.E. Labellers to resolve a critical fault in its labeling of 7-10 ml nail polish. In fact, application of two transparent labels and subsequent control required picking up the bottles, which are moved by a puck.

Etipack Pharma is a line of machinery and labeling systems for the pharmaceutical sector that represents the culmination of a long experience developed through international partnerships and a propensity for dialog with sector partners like pharaceutical concerns and suppliers of printing and vision systems.

B&R’s Aprol factory and process control makes its debut in Italy: an innovative package, though already widely tested in other countries. So says Luca Galluzzi, head of the Austrian multinational’s Italian branch, clarifying the potential benefits for the packaging world. by Stefano Lavorini
 

Available stand alone or in combination with the concern’s tested range of reduction gears, DRN motors have been developed by Sew-Eurodrive in compliance with European Commission regulation 640/2009, which, since 1 January 2015, requires adoption of asynchronous motors of at least energy classification IE3 (nominal power ≥ 7.5 kW).

Sick, a manufacturer state-of-the-art sensors, photocells and industrial automation systems, presents TriSpector1000, an easy to configure 3D vision system that requires no programming.

With over 40 thousand product codes in the catalogue, Elesa SpA (Monza) offers standard components which are used successfully in a multitude of sectors, from the most traditional to those with a high rate of automation.

The possibility of tracking foreign bodies during processing and packaging of food products is fundamental to guaranteeing the product’s safety and quality, preventing contamination.

Image S (a supplier of image processing components) presents Gocator 3019, the latest version of the 3D Smart Snapshot Sensor developed by LMI Technologies.

The HP Indigo 8000 digital printing systems and upgrades for HP Indigo WS6800, 20000 and 30000 will become available during 2016: the great global showcase of drupa will allow HP Inc. to anticipate new opportunities guaranteed to flexible packaging and folding carton converters. Below is a summary of the features.   

Omet will be launching at drupa 2016 the new V2 Varyflex Offset 850, with a BroadBeam drying system developed by PCT Engineered Systems:  it is a machine designed and developed to serve the packaging industry, with the aim of optimizing the use of Omet’s patented sleeve offset printing units, combined with flexo units, in order to guarantee maximum performance on different substrates, even with…

Developed for applications in road transport and thermal monitoring in medium to small spaces, the Bluetooth TempBLE Tecnosoft data logger allows you to receive the temperature values from the sensor directly on your smartphone in real time, thanks to low consumption Bluetooth 4.0 technology.

2016 is the year of the “best  environmental packaging”. The event organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, this year in collaboration with CONAI, in fact offers stories of environmentally friendly packaging. With the winners on show at the Milan Design Week, the Oscar awards ceremony will be held April 15.

Manufacturing at high speeds and maximum efficiency: by now these are requirements shared across the globe which, in the field of packaging, find satisfactory response in the innovative adhesive applications developed by Robatech.

Linearteck produces its own line of LITEK™ brand linear modules, used primarily for applications in the packaging, automatic machinery and pick & place sector.

A leader in the supply of complete lines and packaging machine for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, the Marchesini Group’s presence at Pharmintech is a must.

A name renowned the world over, with over 45 years experience in the design and manufacture of automatic pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging machines, in May 2015 Famar became part of Curti SpA Group (specializing in machining and already active in the packaging industry with machines for the food and pharmaceutical industry end-of-line).