Machines

  • An "atelier" for made-to-measure cylinders

    Established manufacturer of rollers for printing presses, extrusion, lamination, coating, winding, drying and much more, L’Artigiana Srl (San Giorgio su Legnano, MI) accelerates its custom and consulting design service, and the growing importance of competitive added value bears witness to this.
  • Zip: an automation patent

    Slider Pack Srl will be presenting, at K Düsseldorf, a new patented tool for the automatic insertion of the cursor on PE, PVC and PP zips in different sizes. The system, developed by the Milanese concern (headquartered in Cerchiate di Pero), handles plastic sliders of various kinds: SP, SPZ, SC, SF, SFC.
  • Longitudinal high speed slitter

    Daroitex Srl (Santorso VI) has developed the high speed HS-500 slitter for cutting multiple longitudinal nonwoven and spun-bond fabrics in at least 18 mm wide strips, with single or double rolling.
  • A touchscreen for applying adhesives

    With RobaVis™ the Swiss multinational Robatech, specialised in the development and production of tools for applying adhesives, offers users a tactile screen to simplify the functioning of its hotmelt applicators, increasing their productivity.
  • Film: the factory of the future

    PARTNERSHIP Laem System and Eutro Log look ahead and join forces. Presented in a joint open house, the new high-performance slitter-rewinder and a fully automated system for the management of finished rolls.
  • Motion control, also online

    Called ADW drives series and developed by RTA Srl (Marcignago, PV) to serve the multiple applications that require flexibility and precision in adjusting motor rotation speed, these drives include an evolved speed control solution - the Intelligent Speed Controller - which allows continuous adjustment through an analog signal, or discretely by choosing from one of 64 bottom-of-the-scale pre-…
  • High-speed camera with 3 CCD

    Image S presented at SPS the new JAI 3CCD color camera: a progressive scan and area model, able to detect even the slightest variations in color at speeds of 120 frames per second.
  • Vision sensors: new horizons

    CONTROLS IN LINE Better performance, supplementary functionality and a broader range of models: Omron is launching FQ2, the new version of the FQ vision sensor, capable of tackling the most complex inspection and traceability applications.
  • Marchesini Group: New vial track & trace line

    Marchesini Group offers proof of its skills in creating complete track & trace solutions for pharmaceutical products in the name of flexibility and reliability through the new and unique line for vials produced for a renowned multinational enterprise of the Pharma industry.

  • Pharma. Anti-counterfeiting and track&Trace

    Traceability is set to become a key factor for all operators in the pharmaceutical industry. Some solutions proposed by automatic machine builders to comply with the impending regulations.
  • Relief in strips

    Human protection Valmatic single-dose packs are part of the packaging range of Deisa Ebano Spa, which employs them for a newly conceived product in the Zig Zag line that is effective against pesky insect bites.
  • Saving with hightech

    AIPIA mission: to decimate supply chain costs and increase members' turnover by the implementation of high tech solutions in packaging
  • Platforms for a high energy consumption industry

    Once again demonstrating its role as a historic and privileged partner of OEMs in the packaging sector, Schneider Electric presented the latest advancements of the PacDrive 3 offer, within the the MachineStruxure platform, and of Plantstruxure, in which, within the same environment, all data relating to energy and the production process are analyzed. Objective: maximum facility optimization.
  • Indoor high tech transfer

    EXPERIENCE What do a capsuling machine and a palletisor have in common? The builder’s knowhow. With fifty years’ experience with processing and packaging machinery in the pharmaceutical sector, MG2 applies its advanced solutions technology to end of line applications. The latest developments below.
  • Decentralized microcontroller with virtual device

    Beckhoff’s embedded PC CX8093 features a Profinet-RT Device interface, implemented via 2-port switch for executing daisy-chain wiring. This solution enables configuring a virtual device, which makes it possible to double the amount of process data, or to connect a second Profinet Controller.
  • How can we protect ourselves against electricity supply problems?

    ASK THE EXPERT Processing automation, energy, timed cams, open and modular automation architecture, soft automation, service: in the column on ItaliaImballaggio called “Ask to the Expert”, Luca Stanzani (Packaging and Processing Bosch Rexroth Italia) will provide answers for the specific problems that the readers will tell them about.
    Write to [email protected].
  • Labelling: innovation at Drinktec

    P.E. Labellers are concentrating on Drinktec (Munich, 16th-20th September 2013) where they will present a series of key solutions to the international public.

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