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Schubert:
Ready for the challenges of tomorrow
Among other things, Schubert will be presenting its new Mission
Blue sustainability programme. In addition to a flexible tray packer,
visitors can also experience the PARTBOX, the newly developed 3D
printer from Schubert Additive Solutions, live.
At Fachpack, Schubert will be demonstrating how robotics enables
more flexibility with a tray packer. The customer machine
packs hamburgers into cardboard trays with a separate lid. The
machine can pack products in three different packaging variants
from 4-count to 16-count packaging. In the future, even up to
14 different packaging formats will be available. Different packing
schemes are created by flexibly combining single and multiple
packs. Single trays can be glued next to each other or stacked to
form a double tray. In addition, a completeness check ensures that
only complete trays filled with faultless products are sealed.
The PARTBOX is a 3D printer that enables manufacturers to produce
components with the fastest possible availability directly
in their own operations. This means that defective parts can be
replaced quickly and new formats for modified products can be
produced in-house. Schubert also supplies the PARTBOX Black
plastic as a suitable printing material. This is food-grade and also
has good mechanical properties and high temperature resistance..
The new PARTBOX printer offers consistently
high print quality, which improves process reliability
within packaging machines (photo: Schubert)
Ishida: Efficient systems
for food products
Ishida will be showing multihead weighers and quality control solutions
tailored to the needs of users in the food industry.
One solution for the automatic packaging of highly adhesive and
pressure-sensitive products is the CCW-R2 multihead weigher. In
the six-head version, the linear scale manages up to 30 weighings
per minute and the product loss is less than 1 per cent. The scale
is also an economical solution for automating smaller batches. Another
advantage is the machine's small footprint.
Ishida AirScan enables fully automatic leak detection for MAP
trays and bags. The inline system detects holes as small as 0.25
mm in diameter at high speeds of up to 180 packages per minute.
AirScan can be easily retrofitted to existing lines.
Ishida will also show the IX-EN-5592 X-ray inspection system for
large and heavy products or collating containers.
The CCW-RV-228W multihead weigher
processes multi-mixes of, for example,
confectionery (photo: Ishida)
A+F: Packer with integrated
Multiformer
A+F Automation + Fördertechnik will be presenting a new development
at Fachpack: the Contiflex packaging system with integrated
multiformer. It is used to pack plastic bottles in open trays
in a continuous process that is gentle on the product. Bottled spice
sauces, milk-based drinks, cold coffee drinks, smoothies as well as
liquid or pasty products in squeeze bottles are among the products
processed.
The machine is based on the proven Contiflex packer. This picks
up twelve bottles at a time in line tracking and places them in
the waiting glued trays. The maximum output is 240 bottles per
minute. The multiformer required for producing the open trays is
integrated into the machine frame to save space. Its output is up
to 40 trays per minute.
The multiformer can be used flexibly in terms of format via format
parts. The same applies to the entire line, which can also be
quickly converted using format sets.
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