EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY Labelling made easy
Primera Partners Ktec and Microboards presented Primera’s product range for automated label production at this year’s Pro2Pac show. Primera offers a suitable label printer for every product size and accessories making labelling easier. Primera’s LX-Series is ideal for small ranges; it prints with a resolution of 4800 dpi, a high throughput speed and on small and big formats. LX900e combines high-resolution printing and the newest ink jet technology. Primera’s LX-Series provides with AP-Series, for labelling round containers, and FX400e, to apply gold and silver accents, perfect accessories for automated label production. For larger quantities of labels Primera offers the CX1000e, designed for producing jobs in various sizes with high resolution full colour print and a speed up to 5 meters per minute. For further information please telephone +49 (0) 611 92777-0, email
presse@primera.eu, or visit
primeralabel.eu
Sweet flow wrapping
Redpack Packaging Machinery are building two new P325E Flow Wrapping Machines for a Suffolk based producer and packer of Sweet corn. The new machines are being configured to wrap either twin or triple packs of Sweet corn at speeds of up to 120ppm. Manufactured in Stainless Steel the P325’s will have easy to use three axis machine drives with touch screen operator interface and new style adjustable fold box for fast product changeovers. Film reels are changed by an Auto-Splice unit that operates at full machine speed and loses only two bags thus maximising production time and minimising material waste. The product infeed can be opened providing access to the pusher mechanism for enhanced hygienic clean-down. For further information please telephone 01603 722280, email
sales@redpack.co.uk or visit
www.redpack.co.uk
Extra-wide wrapper
Irish bakery The Flat Bread Company is diversifying into the retail market with a new extra-wide flow-wrapper built by Italian manufacturer PFM Packaging Machinery. An extra wide flow- wrapper was required to handle the tortillas, which are presented in a pack of six measuring about 20mm high x 368mm in diameter. The PFM Pulsar stainless steel machine - traditionally used for fresh produce - has been adapted to allow tortillas to be wrapped and gas- flushed for MAP at the rate of 25 packs a minute, using film up to a maximum of 900mm wide. Smaller products such as pizza bases can be handled at 40 collations a minute. As the pack is formed, the film is slit and rejoined with a strip of peelable tape, which provides an easy open feature and allows packs to be reclosed. For further information please telephone 0113 239 3401, email
pfm@pfm-ltd.co.uk or visit
www.pfmuk.com
Rolling and reeling
The recent addition of Dotec’s LiftAssist roll and reel handling equipment to the Jarshire range has been met with great positivity. The central feature of LiftAssist is a freely moving, ergonomic handle, allowing the user to keep his eye on the load while a mere finger-touch determines both direction and speed. With no need for awkward stretching, operators can work with ease and good posture. Since the addition, the company’s director David Jobson has received much positive health and safety feedback. A standard LiftAssist can handle loads of between 5 to 60 kilograms without interval or adjustment as its ‘muscle’ is a fully pneumatic Air- balancer. Air-balancers are also available in ranges from 5 up to 225 kilograms. A LiftAssist demonstration model at Jarshire’s premises in Slough allows prospective customers can view the system before buying. For further information please telephone 01753 825122, email
sales@jarshire.co.uk or visit
www.jarshire.co.uk
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