New packaging solutions and technologies

GOING FOR A SPIN

Manufactured by Turatti and distributed in Canada by Abbey Equipment Solutions, the new VORTEX H high-volume horizontal can process leafy produce at speeds of up to 2,500 kilograms per hour to achieve the lowest possible humidity content. Using patented direct-drive motion, combined with innovative energy recovery systems, the VORTEX H spin dryer encompasses all the components and design according to the latest hygienic design criteria and allows for unsurpassed accessibility without compromising safety. The machine’s smooth, large-surface drum facilitates exceptionally gentle product handling even for the most delicate baby leaves, according to the company.

Abbey Equipment Solutions

ROLL WITH IT!

Designed as a plug-and-play modular system for transporting smaller conveyed packaged goods, as well as boxes or polybags weighing up to 50 kilograms, the new Light Conveyor Platform (LCP) from Interroll Group allows all system integrators to easily implement scalable belt conveyor sections to achieve optimal material flow, feed and discharge. The conveyors, which can also handle inclines or declines, are driven by compact and energy-e icient drum motors to keep energy consumption and costs low, while the fully modular system can be planned and assembled on the PC monitor using Interroll’s popular Layouter tool—drastically reducing project lead-times with pre-defined, pre-sized modules that can be put into operation quickly and safely via an autonomous machine control system.

Interroll Group

BANDS ON THE RUN

Designed for reliable operation in washdown food and dairy processing environments, the new FC-400 Sanitary Design Shrink Bander from PDC International Corporation is a a robust, flexible system for the precise application of tamper-evident shrink bands to tapered and straight-wall canisters and tubs typically used for spreads, ice cream, oatmeal, yogurt, toppings, and dried fruit. Compatible with major commercial shrinksleeve films such as PVC and PET, including freezer-grade films), the FC-400 shrink banders can apply tamper-bands measuring 25-mm to 60-mm in height and 63-mm 172-mm in diameter without vacuum or pneumatic devices, or spinning knives. Instead, the F-Series stainless-steel shrink banders use proprietary PDC blade technology that ensures months of clean, perfect cuts before sharpening. The FC-400 systems come equipped with a touchscreen interface, static eliminator and a low-material sensor, with other standard features including full safety enclosure, heavy-duty mechanical construction, PLC control and servos, tool-less changeover, upstream photo-eye sensors, motorized material unwind, and material-out sensors.

PDC International

GO WITH THE FLOW

The new manually adjustable VFOE one-way flow control valve from Festo features a compact polymer body design that makes it both smaller and 50-percent lighter than conventional metal-bodied flow control valves. According to Festo, VFOE’s compact size makes it ideal for installing into tight spaces, whereby its 360º swivel joint simplifies alignment with tubing during installation. The color-coded rotary knob makes it quick and easy to set the flow control valve for incoming or exhausting air, and the VFOE pairs perfectly with Festo’s PUN-H polyurethane tubing, o ered in many combinations of thread sizes and tubing diameters. In combination with a Festo pneumatic drive, it provides users with everything they need to adapt the cylinder’s speed to specific applications requirements.

Festo Inc.

FORM AND FUNCTIONS

Designed to ensure e icient running of recyclable monomaterial packaging films without crease formation, the new R3 thermoforming packaging machine from MULTIVAC Group Featuring modular construction to fits into all types of production environments. The new thermoformer is well-suited for packaging cheese, sausage, food products from plant proteins, and many others in value packs, mini-portion and single-portion packs in new recyclable and environmentally-friendly monomaterial films. Consisting of the forming station, the loading area, the sealing die and the cutting area, the new R3 machine can run at speeds of up to 12 cycles per minute, providing a superb final seal by hermetically sealing the lower web of the film to the upper web in the sealing die, uusing its cross-cutting units and a longitudinal cutter to make individual portion-packs.

MULTIVAC Canada Inc.