Materials and machinery

The representatives of 14 big aluminium users, that come under ASI (Aluminium Stewardship initiative, coordinated by IUCN) including concerns the calibre of Nespresso and BMW, Rexam and Tetra Pak, have highlighted a series of shared criteria, useful in defining the global standards for the production of sustainable aluminium.

Videojet Technologies has devised three Ultra High Speed (UHS) inks, tested at numerous print speeds and in extreme ambient conditions.

Relying on twenty years’ experience in the production of control electronics for automatic labelers

Etipack has devised a labelling system for lying cylindrical/helical shaped products coming directly from the fillingline and then labelled at a speed of 50 cycles/minute.

From Siemens. The solution based on s7-1200 PLC and servo drive Sinamics S110 provides flexibility and efficiency to processing and packaging lines. Some applicative case studies emphasize the benefits.

DeltaPac is the most recent sensor developed by SICK, able to detect with extreme reliability objects that flow in processing streams even if very close to each other, facilitating counting and tracking operations without having to separate the same.

EASY CLEAN LOAD CELLS A machine that makes just one food product is made up of hundreds of components, among which up to 60 load cells. In order not to compromise the hygiene of the entire prodouction chain it is crucial that every component meet specific cleaning regulations. This is the case with HBM load cells*.

High speed, VGA resolution and competitive price for an industrial color camera with 3CCD AT-030MCL by JAI proposed by Image S.

For label application where accuracy, high speed execution, synchronism and “dynamic and intelligent” speed change between label and product are required, Panasonic has developed solutions based on the ultracompact FPOR plc combined with Minas series brushless servodrives; all this centring on the ad hoc ICE61131 environment software libraries and fruit of applicative experience.

Small (just 40 mm thick and with all components super thin), compact and it even fits into the most cramped corner of the machine, the Igus readychain rack light is a structure for the “plug and play” of systems for pre-assembled cable drag chains which allows machine systems builders to reduce processing costs.

Ingersoll Rand launches the new and more efficient centrifugal compressor Centac C800, featuring integrated components, fewer parts and advanced aerodynamics.

Tyco Integrated Fire & Security, supplier of integrated safety solutions, presents the American Dynamics brand IP cameras of the Illustra Flex Series, capable of delivering 1MP and 3MP High Definition HD videos.

400 exhibitors and 7,439 visitors, these both qualified and international (54% non-French, coming from 77 countries) increasing by 6%. With these figures and a marked B2B orientation the luxury packaging trade fair consolidates both role and formula, relaunching on the events side of things. Here follows a selection of products on display.

Two Italians and various examples of innovative packaging are on the list of “top” candidates at the Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards 2014 (FLIA), to be selected by a jury of experts for the organizers Messe Berlin and Fruchtadel Magazine.

Taghleef Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of BOPP, CPP and BoPLA film, with a capacity of more than 385,000 t/y of standard and special BOPP film, and a presence in 5 continents.
The company’s R&D work, to which significant resources are dedicated, is concentrated in the two areas of food packaging and labels.

In the thermoforming market for over 35 years, the Niada Group is known as a European concern with the broadest offer of standard blisters ready for delivery: over 180 formats broken down into various types.

Ishida Europe has invested in excess of £1 million in a dedicated Snacks Demonstration area at its UK manufacturing headquarters in Woodgate, Birmingham.

Encouraging figures for the Italian automatic machine sector, confirmed by the reports by the Ucima Study Center: forecast end of the year closure 7.6% up compared to 2012, with a turnover of 5,920 billion euros. A comment by Giuseppe Lesce.
 

The name Eway evokes the path of development taken in 35 years, accompanied by stringent commitment and technical expertise, while pointing towards achievements still to be attained. The new generation of labelers developed by Etipack: a "concentrate" of passion and quality, at the service of the market and fully future friendly. l.g.

The Plastice project: how to implement the technology transfer in the field of bioplastics. The Aster contribution.