Machines

Omron's IX3 Parallel Robot is ideal for primary and secondary packaging applications in the food & beverage, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

Affordable and flexible industrial communication networks support ever-increasing data flows, and reliable networking technology is indispensable for successful digitisation.

A product invented and patented by Marco Caniato, a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Bolzano University, has shown great promise in the fight against environmental pollution caused by microplastics.

Datalogic introduces the P2x series smart camera, which combines outstanding performance with the flexibility of a complete vision system. 

Designed for logistics, warehousing, e-commerce and material recycling applications, the suction cups of the new Piab MX range are suitable for picking objects of different materials and surfaces. 

The Lombardy-based company based in Assago (MI), Karr Italiana Srl announces its collaboration with Modena-based Marotta Evolution Srl, to which it will supply the dosing systems to be integrated on the latest generation of automatic machines for the production of burrata.

To package its fine baked goods into flowpacks, an Alsatian confectionery manufacturer opted for a compact robotic line from Schubert with flexible format changeover and able to work with different types of film - plastic, paper-based, mono film or compostable - always with sustainability in the foreground.

Sustainable energy for sustainable growth: components and solutions for climate change and energy transition.

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS presents DuoDrive, a gearmotor with a revolutionary hygienic wash-down design: the IE5+ synchronous motor and the NORDBLOC.1 single-stage right-angle gearbox are integrated in a single housing.

Amarc: cast-in aluminum heaters used in packaging machines. by Stefano Lavorini

The wine producer CAVIRO once again chooses OCME and Robopac (Aetna Group) branded systems for the logistic and end-of-line efficiency of its Forlì plant, from palletising to the preparation of shipping bays.

Maximum productivity, process reliability and extreme compactness. These are the advantages of the WITTENSTEIN alpha servo actuator series, which are ideal for integration in primary packaging applications (e.g. on blister machines) and secondary packaging applications (on shrink wrappers or Delta robots, etc.).

Fresh and frozen fish products are usually packed in skin packs or trays with a simple label or partially-wrapped cardboard sleeve for presentation, a solution that often fails to convey to consumers the high quality of the product.

Oriental Motor introduces its new BMU and BLE2 series brushless speed control systems. Complete with dedicated drive, they are often used for the movement of conveyor belts, screw conveyors and other applications where constant torque, small size, low heating and stable speed control are essential prerogatives for proper operation. 

Valco Melton’s EcoStitch™ melters are now even more intelligent and versatile, and can easily be installed on existing lines with tight space requirements.

A showroom always open to those who show interest in novelties and the exchange of ideas: with this praiseworthy initiative, Livetech demonstrates in the field the technological advances of its machines, in particular of two secondary packaging systems with robotized islands and independent handling trolleys.

IMA Ilapak continues to invest in technological innovation for pre-cut salad packaging. The ultrasonic sealing technology adopted on VFFS allows to reduce the environmental impact in this delicate segment of the food industry.

The planar motor system XPlanar combines the advantages of conventional transport technologies with magnetic levitation. The levitating product transport enables a wide range of new options for handling products within a machine and also between several machines.

ACMA, a Coesia company, is broadening its portfolio of solutions for the Home and Personal Care sectors with the launch of the SW 200, a low-speed soap bar packaging machine. Designed to be both sturdy and efficient the key feature of the SW 200 is its flexibility, enabling it to cater to the needs of diverse market segments.

During B&R Industrial Automation’s Innovations Day 2021 we were catapulted into an artfully created virtual world, with spaces designed to encourage interaction between people and present many highly concrete technological innovations, starting from the ACOPOS 6D system, up to mechatronic solutions, robotics, to motion controls, advanced software functions...