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November 19, 2009PPMA SHOW 30TH SEP – 02ND OCT PREVIEW
August 8, 2008Exhibition success if key to any business but for Springvale Equipment this was proven at last years Total Show whilst introducing new Principals U-E-T and Unifill selling one of their machines direct from the stand. This year a new approach is being taken for a which a visit to the stand is essential – many solutions are offered for packaging machinery requirements. Springvale Equipments Stand Location – D80.
Listening to customers requirements Langenpac in the last 18mths have made several developments to their existing range. Vertical cartoning & tube filling, robotic feeding and a new manual load machine. The AIR launched this year at Interpack is an entry level machine built on the success of the Chinook Family, Langenpac’s new generation of machines.
The AIR includes features from the automatic range such as
- lug chain to carry cartons preventing damage
- adjustable for different carton sizes, quick change features
- carton ‘pre-break” at the magazine to ensure full opening of the carton
- floor mounted or on castors for mobility
- output of upto 90cpm
Whilst offering the customer these benefits, you’ll also benefit from it’s flexibility and low investment cost.
Adaptable, compact, versitle, easy to operate and economic are just some of the words that perfectly summise the cartoning machines manufactured by U-E-T. Since the sale of the machine from Total these machines have proven to be reliable and moreso adjustable - ideal for example in the ever changing world of contract packing – quote “it is perfect as the core of our business is flexibility” says Don Johnson, Production & Engineering Manager, Laleham Healthcare Ltd.
Special Features
q Compact 1m²
q Automatic/Manual Load
q Unbeatable size range
q Adjustable star wheel allowing easy and quick change
q Tool Free Changeover
q Automatic leaflet inserter
q Embossing, Hot-Foil, Ink-jet coding
q Pharma-code reading
q Hot-melt closing
q Infeed systems for bottles/jars/tubes etc
Italian based manufacturer of vertical form, fill seal machinery for variable width sachets and stickpacks. Offering to the market place a range of machines constructed to a modular system available in upto 20 production lanes (product dependent) using dosing systems suitable for powders, liquids, wet tissue and solids.
Ongoing developments bring customers
- Maximum efficiency
- High reliability
- Maximum flexibility
- Low maintenance
- High production capacity
UNIFILL SRL of Italy lead the world in the manufacturing of Vertical Thermoform Fill & Seal machines for monodoses and single portion packs for food, pharmaceutical, chemical and personal care applications.
UNIFILL TF-400 is a hi-tech machine suitable for the production of multiple use containers with volumes ranging from 100 up to 400ml, at speeds reaching up 200 units/minute. Due to the modular concept the TF-400 can produce finished filled & capped containers or empty spouted containers ready to be filled and capped on conventional lines.
Soft or thick plastic materials – to produce pouch like, or bottle like containers can be used with a thickness ranging between 150 and 600 microns, depending on the requirements of application.
UNIFILL TF-K is a highly compact machine designed for particularly price sensitive applications as well as for projects with limited output requirements, without compromising the technical standard levels. The TF-K benefits from all the innovative features, and the reliability that characterises all UNIFILL machines. Special care has been put in the selection of materials and technical solutions, the result is a machine that is essential, cost effective and easy to operate.
Contact Details:
Springvale Equipment Ltd – 01420 542505 - www.springequip.co.uk
FROM THE STANDARD TO THE UNUSUAL CARTONING APPLICATIONS LANGENPAC PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO THESE REQUIREMENTS.
January 17, 2008
Over the years, machinery manufacturer Langenpac N.V. of Holland, continually develop their technology by listening to their customers’ requirements and studying market trends. Langenpac offer its customers a comprehensive service from the outset often providing solutions to both high speed and difficult to handle applications to the more standard that haven’t been available before. Within their range of machinery a multitude of products can be handled: Foods – biscuits, bars, cereals, confectionery, frozen, ready meals, pizzas, pies and wet foods such as fish fingers. Drinks – Bottles into tubes, gift cartons @ 400cpm. Pharmaceutical –from contact lenses, medical device kits to female hygiene items. FMCG – from batteries to air fresheners. This is just a snapshot of products that can be handled. There of course many more, with the potential to break into new areas.
During the course of 2007 a survey was completed across Europe by Procarton to see how branded products were packaged and as such what effect this had when it came to purchasing. The results were that cartoned products are at a distinct advantage of being recognised on the supermarket shelves over similar branded products packaged in an alternative format, therefore the likelihood of being purchased increased.
On a brand level it was pasta and biscuits packed in cartons that scored the highest. In general though it was found that appealing colours and print effects of the carton made the packaging more eye-catching, in turn making the product more recognisable. Products packed in transparent material also scored high in several categories, as customers like to see what they are purchasing. So, with transparent windows and carton packs in the case of pasta for example, this made a winning combination. Overall, cartons scored higher than other materials for brand recognition. Brand awareness and familiarity play in a big role in consumers’ purchasing choices.
With this knowledge Langenpac, being specialists in collating & cartoning difficult to handle/delicate products at up to 250 cartons per minute, are well placed to help this sector develop new carton formats.
Full information is obtainable from their UK/Ireland agents
Springvale Equipment Ltd – 01420 542505 – www.springequip.co.uk
Vertical Cartoning & Tube Filling Machinery
October 9, 2007
Specifically designed to suit the demands of the Spirit Industry, Langenpac now offer 2 vertical packaging machines to pack spirit bottles into either gift cartons or composite tubes. We are delighted that both styles of machine have been ordered and will be delivered into the UK this year.
The vertical cartoning machine has been designed and built on the knowledge gained over many years on their existing horizontal style, but offers many benefits including a smaller footprint and the ability to handle a much wider range of different bottle shapes and sizes with differing degrees of label protection and cartons of differing carton board material and finishes. The vertical cartoning machine runs at up to 200 bottles/min and the vertical tube filling machine runs at up to 250 bottles/min if filling into tubes.
On both machine styles bottles are lifted and placed into erected cartons or tubes by means of a diaphragm pick and place system. Leaflet feeding can be supplied following bottle placing by either a simple system to fire the leaflets into the carton or a more sophisticated placing system for larger leaflets or booklets, which are wrapped and placed around the neck of the bottle.
Langenpacs’ knowledge of handling such applications has grown and a number of specialist features have evolved to ensure that bottles and cartons are packed without damage in a reliable and repeatable way.
Quick and simple changeovers have become more and more important due to shorter run lengths, along with assistance in carton blank loading, to protect and reduce the labour needed to operate these machines.
Further information is available from Springvale Equipment Ltd, Langenpac’s UK/Ireland Agent. Tel: 01420 542505. www.springequip.co.uk
