Sacmi to unveil storage/feed logistic solution at drinktec

After attracting the attention of international investors with high performance plant engineering solutions for beverage production lines, Sacmi will be unveiling the first ‘automated magazine for preforms and caps. This completes its turnkey plant engineering range which covers everything from raw material intake to end-of-line solutions.

‘Enjoy completeness’ is the slogan that conveys the idea behind the Sacmi solution, which integrates cap production (CCM 48SC) and preform production (IPS 220B) with the bottling line (Combo EWE 10/15/15 + FORMSLEEVE+) via a highly automated dynamic buffer (CPB LINK), all within the scope of a wider energy-saving programme (HERO). For the very first time, visitors will be able to get a direct look at the entire production line in action and see the outstanding performance of the individual machines making up that line, starting with cap and preform production. With Sacmi CPB LINK, storage and subsequent feed of caps and preforms to the bottling section become part of a single process, fully automated and smoothly integrated, allowing logistical costs to be cut considerably while simultaneously raising bottling hygiene standards thanks to the heat and microbiological treatment executed by the buffer.

In keeping with other solutions showcased in recent years Sacmi will be at the fair, from 16 to 20 September 2013, to propose not just one individual innovation, no matter how significant it might be, but a comprehensive ‘tour' (covering a surface area of over 1,000 m², stand 302, hall B5); this will take visitors through product and packaging material analysis in a dedicated R&D area, equipped with cutting-edge instruments, through the beverage plant and then on to the ‘workshop’ where they can take a close look at the latest technological solutions for filling and cap/preform production.

In this last area, industry experts can assess the performance of the impressive CCM 48SC, the press which embodies all the advantages of that compression technology with which Sacmi has profoundly innovated the closures sector. The model exhibited at the fair is an all-new one (specially designed to be optimised with COOL+, Sacmi’s innovative enhanced mould cooling solution); with a cycle time of less than 1.5 seconds, it can provide output rates of up to 2,000 caps per minute with just 48 cavities, thus boosting productivity by 50% compared to CCMs with traditional moulds. Drinktec visitors will be able to appreciate this high performance solution in a production demonstration of 29/25 still water caps weighing 1.3 grams.

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