FIRST GLANCE
WET SEASON The new CW3 RUN-WET Combo from Loma Systems provides a highly efficient combination of precision checkweighing and metal
detection in an efficient configuration designed to withstand the harshest production environments with frequent washdowns and strict sanitary standards. Developed in consultation with many of the company’s end-use customers in the protein, dairy, produce, meat, fish and other food industry segments, Loma’s RUNWET systems boast a sanitary design to make them easy to clean and to minimize the risk of bacterial contamination, with innovative fetures including easy-to-wash frames that use curved surfaces for quicker water run-off, minimal welds, and reduced contaminant traps for optimal deep cleaning and reduced risk of water ingress. Removable top panels provide easy access to clean the conveyor belt without compromising safety, with all the motors, controls and pneumatics safeguarded in
IP69-rated enclosure to withstand high-pressure, high-temperature washdowns. Loma Systems
UPPER CHAMBER Designed for high-output packaging of smaller-sized ham, cheese, poultry and fish products in plastic pouches, the new compact B 425 model chamber belt machine from Multivac features a 1,00-mm-long sealing bar that makes it possible to load many products per cycle, while minimizing the volume of air to be evacuated to ensure higher cycle output. The optional sealing height adjustment, which can be performed without tools, makes it easy to adjust the sealing height to suit the particular product, while the roller shear cutting before the chamber ensures a smooth packaging process, even with very long film pouches. The patented Multivac suction system ensures that the pouch trim is reliably removed from the chamber, while an optional automatic cutting unit can be used to sever the pouch’s neck, if application requires it. Multivac Canada Inc.
CASE IN POINT Integrated with Yaskawa Motoman model HC10 and HC20 collaborative robots to provide greater efficiency and automation for blowmolded bottle manufacturing lines, the new Pakman case-packer from Proco Machinery Inc. features a collating indexing accumulation system to accumulate complete layers of bottles inside the packaging cell. The accumulation table stages the layer of bottles so they can be picked up by Proco’s end-of-arm (EOA) tooling and placed inside the box. Featuring Proco’s proprietary Integrated Rotary Inverting Technology for rotating a layer of bottles to neck-down orientation in a layer formation, Proco’s Pakman packaging cell has many advanced innovative features to help processors pack bottles in all neck-down orientation in a layer formation. Acording to Proco, the Pakman case-packer is a totally integrated packaging module supplied with a six-axis collaborative robotic arm, infeed conveyor, and a box conveyor all mounted onto a common sub-frame, which in turn is fitted with leveling pads and castor wheels for moving the cell into position for quick set-up and commissioning. Proco Machinery Inc. 46 CANADIANPACKAGING · June 2021 CPK_Plan Automation_JulyAug20_CSA.indd 1
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