Machines

The innovative flexible parts feed system developed by Ars Srl under the Flexibowl® brand will be distributed on foreign markets by Adept Technology Inc., an international leader in the field of robots and vision systems.

ROBOTIZED ISLANDS Tiesse Robot has developed an innovative solution for automatic bottle capping for cosmetic products. With a vision system that totally guarantees quality.

EVERYTHING IN A MODULE How to drastically contain maintenance costs and maximize productivity? B&R suggest the use of predictive strategies based on permanent condition monitoring. A function this totally integrated in its traditional control systems.

PRODOTTI AND STRATEGIES The Omron’s Sysmac platform includes a wide and optimised range of devices integrable in EtherCAT, which enables the automatic, integrated, speedy and accurate control of all machine functions.

A POWERFUL ALLIANCE Sight is the most complex of all the senses found in biological or artificial systems. At the same time vision provides the greatest benefit. There is a good reason that processing visual stimuli consumes the most energy in the brain, involving approximately 60% of the cerebral cortex. Abdelmalek Nasraoui*

Seen and awarded: the SpectroPad color spectrophotometer launched at Drupa by Barbieri Electronic (Bressanone, BZ) has already won a prize for innovation, namely the European Digital Press Association (in the photo, the EDP prize handed over to Wolfgang Passler, on the left, and Thomas Liensberger).

De Rossi Vittoriano Srl (Paderno Dugnano, MI) has developed a new system for the production of multi-layer labels (coupons, booklets etc.), adapted for insertion in all printing machine types.

Re SpA Controlli Industriali (Bussero, MI) has developed an innovative tension control system called T-four, that is capable of precisely adjusting the tension of increasingly light materials, even at high speeds, both in closed and in open loop systems.

After having established itself on the international market for coating plates with polyurethane printing layer and compressible underplates, Kruse (San Mauro Torinese, TO) has developed new products for users of rubber sheets and rubber plates in coating.

Interest in the web-to-print is growing and a successful operator in the sector, Pixartprinting, is able to give exhaustive answers to questions from potential users. It does so in a systematic and detailed way on its website (www.pixartprinting.it) and also from the pages of ItaliaImballaggio. In this issue, updates about the ability to print labels "online": a service put in place recently and…

In this month's column, we're looking at the subject of diagnostics and preventive maintenance.

APTIV® films made by Victrex Polymer Solutions (world-ranking producer of high performance poliarileterketons) have been successfully used by the German company S+P Samson GmbH to produce labels used in particular on medical equipment.

UPM Raflatac has introduced a new filmic face for beverage, wine and food labelling.

In 2011, the famous French Champagne producer G.H. MUMM bought a labelling machine being the top of P.E. Labellers’ range, i.e. a labeller of modular design equipped with five stations being installed on a carriage and working simultaneously, as well as a non-stop system that allows the highest operativeness, productivity and effectiveness level to be achieved.

The new KDL/M Murrplastik Systemtechnik (Oppenweiler, DE) cable entry and holding system greatly simplifies the installation of pre-assembled cables (1). It also features a cable entry system with IP 54 class protection.

Today, Valco Melton is one of the world’s leading, industry standards in packaging adhesive application systems for hot melt dispensing, cold gluing, and quality inspection systems.

The leading end users of the Packaging & Processing world aim for greater flexibility, improved system efficiency, and reduced integration and maintenance costs. This goal can be reached with the aid of centralised control for the entire production site; this in turn requires standardised processes and system data.

TRACEABILITY Demand for smart labels grows in step with the requirements for constant control of flows (and costs) along the supply chain. Eurolabel responds by bringing to the table a range of quality custom tags and all the competencies necessary for coordinating the supply of a complete Rfid system.

Interest in the web-to-print is growing and an established sector operator, PixartPrinting, is able to respond across the board to the demands from potential users.

From 28th to 30th of November 2012,  the first Finat Young Managers Club's international congress will take place at the Westin Hotel in Berlin (D).