SUPPLEMENT PPMA SHOW PREVIEW OPTIMAL FOOD SAFETY
At PPMA 2017, Fortress Technology will show how the metal detection sensitivity accomplished by its multi- aperture innovation can deliver optimal food safety whilst helping to eradicate false product rejects (stand A42). The display is the first UK live
demonstration of the company’s waste- reducing, triple-lane, multi-aperture metal detector. Rather than channelling multiple lanes through a single metal detector, one Stealth metal detector is mounted across three conveyor lines. Each conveyor has its own BRC- approved reject system. This puts a stop to an entire row of good product being rejected and wasted if a contaminated product is identified on one line. “In a 5-lane configuration this technically equates to an 400% reduction in false reject waste,” said Phil Brown, Fortress European sales director. Having a dedicated aperture on each
lane, measuring 175mmx75mm, also means it can detect smaller metal particles, of all types, down 0.7 mm ferrous, 0.7 mm non ferrous and 1.4mm stainless steel. The apertures also cope better with orientation and product effect.
Fortress Technology
www.fortresstechnology.co.uk
THE PLUS POINTS OF NEW PALLET TECHNOLOGY
Reprogramming the way a pallet is stacked using the usual robot teach pendants can be a laborious, time consuming, trial and error process. At PPMA 2017, on stand C50, Pacepacker Services unveils its Pallet+ technology, which, thanks to time saving features such as off-line programming, cuts set-up of a new pallet stack layout from around one hour to several minutes. Live palletising time trials will demonstrate how to
modify a stacking recipe using Pallet+ versus using a robot teach pendant. Thanks to graphical elements and value-entry boxes, the Pallet+ interface can be operated without users understanding complex programming language, which is said to cut recipe programming times by up to 800%! “Pallet+ is especially beneficial when handling rigid boxes where there is very little stacking tolerance,
5mm in some instances,” said Pacepacker’s technical director Richard Gladwin. Could this be the end of engineer programming visits? Pacepacker believes so, giving packers more machine uptime, faster turnaround and greater production capacity.
Pacepacker Services
www.pacepacker.com AFFORDABLE AUTOMATED PICKING, PACKING AND PALLETISING
FANUC UK will be demonstrating the ease and affordability of automated picking, packing and palletising at this year’s PPMA event. The company has collaborated with Pacepacker Services on a fully functional display, which will give visitors a live demonstration of an automated case-loading, palletising and end-of-line system. The display, on stand C50, will also include products and
solutions from Pacepacker’s own product portfolio. The stand aims to show how
automation can be applied to any stage of a packing line, and will include solutions covering case erecting, case loading, sealing, packing, conveying and transferring. The display will include two
FANUC robots: the M70iC 45M and the LR Mate. The 6-axis M70iC 45M is capable of handling
payloads of up to 45kg and will be equipped with a dual function gripper for picking both bags and cases. The smaller LR Mate cell will be demonstrating FANUC’s Dual Check Safety (DCS) technology, which allows operators to visualise defined safety zones in 3D to avoid damage to personnel or equipment.
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www.www.fanuc.eu/uk/en
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