Machines

The most recent ANIE publication, entitled “Artificial Intelligence - Technologies and Industrial Applications”, provides pragmatic and directly usable indications with hints of possible operational use..
Maurizio Cacciamani

For the myPNOZ safety module, Pilz has created a complete, automated system, from ordering to commissioning. With the simple and intuitive myPNOZ Creator online tool, customers can configure the solution to their specific requirements and myPNOZ is then delivered in one-off batches, pre-assembled, tested and ready for installation.

Eurocoding proposes Pk52, a desktop label applicator (single or double-sided) for cylindrical containers with diameter between 10 and 110 mm designed for the industrial market, thanks to the excellent construction quality and the strong and resistant structure, mainly in stainless steel aisi304. 

Among the innumerable labelling solutions that Altech can offer, in-phase labelling is certainly one of the most sophisticated. This kind of labelling is suitable where it is necessary to apply one or more labels in precise points on the product (mainly with a cylindrical shape). 

For its new volumetric dosing systems intended for use in the food industry, Karr Italiana Srl issues the Declaration of Suitability for Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (M.O.C.A), in compliance with EC Regulation 1935 /2004 and EC Regulation 2023/2006.

SormaTech, Sorma Group’s optical sorter designed to accurately and precisely sort fruit and vegetables, is now even more advanced and efficient.

RigidPackagingTechnologies is Sacmi’s new business unit dedicated to technologies for the rigid packaging sector (caps, preforms, containers, quality control and assembly).    

Long engaged in the R&D of packaging with a lower environmental impact, Ticinoplast has collaborated with Novamont, SunChemical Group and Uteco Group to develop a new flexible film for food packaging, able to combine recyclability and eco-design requirements with very high performances.

The Volpak's 2021 challenge is twofold: to continue serving the consumer market effectively and to keep investing the sustainability of its solutions.

The phases of research that allowed Contital (Laminazione Sottile Group) to design and industrialize aluminum trays for gourmet take-away, in the name of food safety, functional elegance and easy recycling. C. Sinagra, A.W. Ipock, F. Bravaccino, F. Milanesi, M. Nicolais, P. Pollice

A new world (and a new Europe), grappling with violent economic repercussions, is emerging  in the aftermath of the pandemic, in an uncertain and suspended trajectory towards the future. The Coop 2020 report investigates the material and immaterial repercussions of this unprecedented scenario on worldviews, lifestyles and consumption habits, devoting an extensive analysis to new trends in the…

With its latest delivery to the Ting Hsin International Group, Sidel has reached a major new milestone of 5,000 labellers sold worldwide.

Based on the principle of magnetic levitation, B&R’s ACOPOS 6D opens up a new dimension in adaptive manufacturing. The suffix “6D” in the name stands for “6 Degrees”, i.e. the degrees of freedom the system can offer.

TSC Printronix Auto ID, a global leader in barcode label printing solutions, announces the launch of its new Alpha-30L and Alpha-40L high-performance mobile printers: powerful, efficient, user-friendly, heavy-duty, and drop-resistant.

The IMA Group along with ATOP, one of its latest acquisitions, is pleased to share another great event in the programme: ELECTRIC atTRACTION.

 

In the Turin plant of Cereal Terra - a food company operating in the organic canned food sector - SMI has installed a new LSK 40 T ERGON shrinkwrapper, ideal for the packaging in tray+film (or layer pad+film) packs of a wide range of glass jars (from 0,12 up to 0,39 l), as well as 350 g glass bottles.

Control Techniques, a Nidec brand, is launching a new frame size 12 drive, the largest drive in its 48 year history, a logical progression for Control Techniques (its previous largest drive was frame size 11, operating up to 250kW) – but with more flexible and user friendly than anything else of its kind.

Informative note published by Conai on January 5, 2021: what the Decree of September 3, 2020 provides for and the changes introduced by the Decree "Milleproroghe 2021" regarding the environmental labeling obligation.

Among the labeling solutions developed by Wide Range, the Counter Xtra Label model is able to apply labels on labels and, at the same time, thanks to an inkjet printing device, can customize them with progressive numbering and 3D codes.
All this using large rolls up to 400 mm in diameter at a speed of over 50 m/min.
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Among Finpac’s top-of-the-line shrink sleeve applicators, the HS series is a high-speed solution (up to 72,000 bph); it can also be configured in twin head, with dual in-line application head, and dual lane, with dual head and dual inlet/outlet.