MU March / April 2013

Issue 2, Volume XXIV.March/April 2013 

The machinery only journal for processing and packaging 

inside 

Bagged snacks are 

innovating to grow 

News 

A new European 

manufacturing hub for tna 

has been opened in 

Birmingham 

New machinery 

Enhanced metal detector 

empowers operators to 

make their lives easier 

Installations 

Printers save brewer time 

as well as cash 

Plus: 

Vision 

Labelling, coding & marking 

Components 

Regulations 

Who what where 

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ISSUE 2, VOLUME XXIV. MARCH/APRIL 2013 

T H E J O U R N A L O F T H E P P M A 

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contents 

7 news 

There are many positive stories 

this issue with news of 

investments in new products; 

new manufacturing premises; 

new in-house services; new 

partnerships and even a new company in the plastics sector. 

There’s also news about future exhibitions and conferences 

12 new machinery 

Five pages of kit that includes a 

case erector; a vacuum chamber 

belt machine; a thermoformer; 

a metal detector; a shrink wrapper; 

a robotic case packer; a box 

sizer; a pallet dispenser; a shrink wrapper; an x-ray inspection 

system and a sandwich wedge erector 

18 installations 

If installations are a barometer of how 

the market is performing right now, it is 

good news that we have 14 stories 

covering a wide variety of industries 

included in our 7 pages 

28 total exhibition 

The full seminar programme at the Total 

Processing and Packaging exhibition taking 

place at the NEC, Birmingham – June 4-6 

is revealed 

30 special feature – snacks 

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This 14 page feature looks at the latest developments in 

this market that loves its NPD and new packaging formats 

as well as big volume production efficiencies 

regular features 

44 vision 

Systems to suit hot cross buns and foil seals in plastic lids 

46 labelling, coding & marking 

The latest sensors; barcode readers as well as installations 

48 components 

Capacitors offer energy savings for machine builders 

50 regulations 

The need for machine validation 

52 who what where 

People, events and diary dates 

53 classified 

Machinery and services 

54 buyers’ guides 

MACHINERY UPDATE: MARCH/APRIL 2013 

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ppma matters 

It really matters how 

you present yourself 

I was recently a fortunate invitee 

to the Government’s latest 

workshop on developing a UK 

Industrial Strategy. The day before 

the workshop I was a speaker at a 

conference on the importance of 

automation and robotics in 

securing the future of UK 

manufacturing. One theme that 

dominated at both events was the 

fact that whilst we have very large 

numbers of unemployed 

youngsters seeking work, the 

single major obstacle to business 

growth was a shortage of people to fill the posts necessary to 

deliver what are often very healthy business pipelines. 

Nick Clegg himself, the keynote speaker at the Strategy 

workshop, bemoaned this apparently mysterious conundrum. 

The truth is, to anyone trying to recruit at the moment, there is 

no mystery as to the reason for this ‘mismatch’. It is simply too 

unpalatable to politicians (and bad for votes), to have to admit it. 

The ability of most new recruits (I exclude those fortunate 

enough to have educated parents and a good schooling), to 

communicate at even the most basic of levels either in writing or 

with the spoken word is nothing less than alarming! Years of 

politicians meddling in our education system has lowered 

standards to the point where rather than everyone being able to 

secure a good education, the academic standards have been 

reduced to a level where few can claim to have the required skills 

despite what is written on the certificate that they receive at the 

end of the process! I am of-course, generalising. There are some 

very good candidates but sadly they are in a minority and are 

quickly ‘snapped-up’ by large blue-chip organisations paying 

starting salaries that most SME’s (who generate the lion’s share 

of UK GDP), are unable to match. 

How many employers can tell stories of so called ‘graduate 

applicants’ who could hardly write a coherent job application and 

clearly didn’t even have the initiative to use the spell-check on 

their PC’s? How many have encountered applicants who have 

turned up looking like they have an allergy to soap and water and 

have never used a comb in their lives? 

The fact is; it does matter how we dress; how we speak; how 

punctual we are; whether or not we can spell and whether or not 

we are prepared to work hard for that much sought after salary! 

The politicians must ‘grasp-the-nettle’ and raise basic educational 

standards and equally – it is the responsibility of parents to instill 

decent life-values in their off-spring if they want them to play a 

part in the future of the UK economy. 

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5

news 

Robot sales last year 

were best on record 

SHOW NEWS 

Annual sales of industrial 

robots for 2012 have beaten 

any other year to date but 

disappointingly, 22% fewer 

units were sold into the food 

and drink industry even 

though there has been a big 

push to encourage sales in 

this sector. 

The figures are reported by 

the British Automation and 

Robot Association (BARA) and 

the consensus is that there is 

much interest in automation 

from the food and drink 

sectors but the fickleness of 

supermarket demands is still 

the main barrier to any 

investment. For instance, 

supermarkets continue to 

apply short contracts and 

retain the ability to change 

packaging designs with little 

notice to suppliers. 

“These issues have become 

an increasingly reported barrier 

to investing in automation in 

this sector even though the 

programmability of robotic 

systems today means they are 

more than capable of adapting 

to new packaging designs,” 

says head of marketing for 

BARA Grant Collier. 

Sales for 2012 have 

doubled over the 2011 figure 

with 2,476 units sold and once 

again, the automotive and 

automotive components 

sectors have been the main 

source of this growth. “Whilst 

this is good news and the 

automotive sector has 

unsurprisingly generated most 

of these sales, we are 

witnessing only a modest 

upward trend over the last few 

years in the uptake of robotics 

across other sectors,” says 

BARA chairman Mike Wilson. 

The pharmaceutical industry 

has the strongest growth while 

electronics was also a strong 

performer. 

Collier is also responsible 

for the Automating 

Manufacturing Programme, a 

government initiative that 

made £250,000 available to 

help persuade UK companies 

to automate. Funds from the 

programme are now all nearly 

completely allocated, but he 

says that an increasing 

number of companies that 

applied have asked for a 

further detailed review of their 

processes. “It’s still early days 

in seeing whether these 

appraisals turn in to actual 

orders for automation and 

robotics systems,” he says. 

Euro manufacturing hub opens 

tna has opened a European 

manufacturing hub at its 

existing site in Birmingham to 

provide a logistical base for 

sales, technical service and 

project management 

capabilities in Europe. 

With two manufacturing 

sites in Australia and China, 

the new Hub creates a 

strategic site closer to tna’s 

European customers, reducing 

lead times and further 

enhancing the company’s 

service offer. 

The 50,000sq ft facility 

represents a significant 

investment in the European 

The Department for Business 

Innovation & Skills (BIS) has 

published a guide to the 

main forms of public support 

L-R: Manufacturing manager at tna Andy King; co-founders Nadia 

Taylor and Alf Taylor and Tim Moulsdate, tna's general manager, Europe 

market and product output is 

expected to reach 30% of all 

tna’s capital equipment from 

around the world. Providing 

employment for about 65 

SME guidance to finance schemes from BIS 

and advice available to 

businesses which explains 

who can access which 

schemes and sets out 

people, the site will create a 

number of new jobs in the 

surrounding area. 

0121 628 8900 

www.tnasolutions.com 

where further information 

can be found. 

Ref: BIS/13/P176APDF 

www.gov.uk 

Total Processing and 

Packaging 2013 takes place 

at the NEC, Birmingham from 

4-6 June and comprises three 

hubs including Pakex, the 

PPMA Show and Interphex, 

where hundreds of exhibitors 

demonstrating the advantages 

of their materials and 

equipment will greet visitors. 

Free to attend seminars will 

also be available across the 

three areas, full details of 

which can be found on page 

29 of this issue. Further details 

of other exhibition features can 

be found on the same spread. 

A full preview of exhibitors 

will be included in the next 

issue of Machinery Update. 

www.totalexhibition.com 

VISION is changing to a 

biennial cycle with immediate 

effect which means that 

VISION 2013 will not take 

place and the next VISION 

will open its doors in Stuttgart 

from 4-6 November 2014. 

“This decision takes account 

of the request by many 

exhibitors who want to offer 

trade visitors a genuine raft of 

innovations,” explains Patrick 

Schwarzkopf, head of the 

VDMA Machine Vision 

Association and supporter of 

the event. “The biennial cycle 

provides the best conditions in 

this respect.” 

Organisers believe that the 

new biennial cycle of the 

event – that just celebrated its 

25th anniversary – will extend 

its leading position and 

consolidate its importance as 

a global innovation platform. 

www.messe-stuttgart.de 



7

news 

New consultant 

for UK plastics 

Plastech Solutions is a new 

consultancy designed to 

provide a one-stop-shop 

service to businesses in the 

plastics industry’s medical, 

technical and packaging 

sectors throughout the UK and 

Ireland. The company will help 

identify and source the most 

cost effective production 

solutions, from single items of 

equipment to complete 

production systems. 

Stephen Rundle of Plastech 

The new consultancy has 

been appointed exclusively to 

represent Kebo, Singulus 

Technologies, BFA Solutions 

and Ilsemann Automation in the 

UK and Irish markets. It has 

been set up by Stephen Rundle 

who has more than 25 years’ 

experience in the plastics 

industry, most recently as vice 

president of United Closures & 

Plastics. He aims to fill the skills 

gap that exists in specifying 

equipment to achieve optimum 

OEE for clients. 

0870 919 8686 

Stephen.rundle@plastech 

solutions.co.uk 

To Russia… 

…with love 

Jenton Ariana has produced its 

first two Convergers equipped 

with controllers programmed 

with the Russian language. To 

date, the company has supplied 

Convergers across the world 

with HMIs in English, German, 

Italian, French and now Russian. 

01256 892194 

www.jenton.co.uk 

Efficiency is delivered 

Siemens Industry has launched 

the Simatic S7-1500 next 

generation controller family for 

medium to high-end machine 

and plant automation while at 

the same time, extending its 

Totally Integrated Automation 

(TIA) Portal engineering 

framework with a number of 

new functions, adding power 

and efficiency to the existing 

framework’s capabilities. 

This new generation of 

controllers is characterised by 

high performance and 

efficiency. Siemens says its 

features include outstanding 

system performance and a 

host of functions integrated as 

standard, including motion 

control, maximum security and 

safety applications that are 

easy to implement. 

“The controllers offer greater 

efficiency thanks to the 

innovative design for simple 

commissioning and safe 

operation,” says Simon Keogh 

for Siemens Industry. 

“Importantly, integration into 

the TIA Portal enables 

simple engineering and low 

project costs.” 

The new Simatic S7-1500 

controllers range is being 

launched in stages. Initially, 

the portfolio will comprise 

three CPU types 1511, 1513 

and 1516 for the medium 

performance range. Each is 

also available as an F-version 

(failsafe) for safety 

applications with graded 

performance features. 

According to the individual 

automation task, the CPUs in 

the central configuration can be 

supplemented with as many as 

32 expansion modules, for 

instance with the new 

communication and technology 

modules or IO modules, in the 

same format as Simatic ET 

200MP from Siemens. 

Turning to the engineering 

framework, the newly launched 

Version 12 enables drives of 

the Sinamics G converter 

series from Siemens to be 

integrated into the TIA Portal. 

www.siemens.com 

Expanding in-house services 

Multivac UK has bought a new 

building just across the road 

from its existing site in Swindon 

to meet demand and expansion 

in its after sales services. 

The new building provides 

22,000sq ft of additional high 

quality machine workshops and 

spare parts warehousing for its 

£3m of UK-held spares plus 

additional offices for its 

technical services group 

including spares, technical 

support, workshop engineering 

and training. 

Two years ago, the company 

decided to stop sending sealing 

plattens back to Germany or to 

outside companies for 

refurbishment. Today, its 

in-house service strips down, 

cleans, sand blasts, re-teflon 

coats and bakes the tools on 

site before re-assembly with 

The Siemens TIA Portal V12 and Simatic S7-1500 controller family 

Multivac UK has bought a new building to bring more services in-house 

heating elements etc. This 

service has grown from 

Multivac’s own traysealer and 

thermoformer tooling to now 

include customers of other 

manufacturers including 

Mondini, Proseal, Sealpac 

taking advantage of the fast 

turnaround and high quality. 

Surface grinding is another 

new service that has been 

taken in-house for sharpening 

and re-grinding cutting systems 

as well as hole plates for its 

Risco grinders and mincers. A 

further growth area has been 

the massive expansion in 

workshop overhauls and the 

rebuilding of pre-owned 

machines. 

01793 425800 

www.multivac.co.uk 

8 MACHINERY UPDATE: MARCH/APRIL 2013 

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news 

First UK firm is 

systems partner 

Kensal Handling has signed an agreement with Kuka Robotics UK 

Manufacturers of stainless steel 

conveying systems Kensal 

Handling Systems is the first UK 

company to enter into a 

systems partner agreement with 

Kuka Robotics UK. 

The agreement allows Kensal 

sales and design teams to 

integrate the latest robotic 

technologies into their 

conveying systems to deliver 

enhanced productivity, process 

improvements and additional 

cost effectiveness for new and 

existing clients. 

“Each systems partner 

company is selected according 

to stringent criteria including 

technical expertise and industry 

experience to ensure their 

products, technical knowledge 

and business philosophies 

match Kuka’s standards,” 

explains Daniel Lambie, sales 

and marketing director for 

Kensal. “This agreement 

reaffirms our reputation as 

experienced integrators of whole 

system solutions.” 

www.kensal.com 

Modified wrapper 

The Selo Group first 

introduced its Selopack 

concept three years ago at 

the last Macropak exhibition 

and today, it has been taken 

on by a Dutch food producer 

and embraced by the largest 

supermarket in the 

Netherlands who has 

completely changed their 

style to incorporate it for an 

assortment of products. 

WSP Food has invested in 

packaging lines where the 

Selopack concept is 

produced on a modified 

flowrapper. It was this 

investment that led to the 

supermarkets interest. 

Encouraged by the success 

of Selopack, ceo of The Selo 

Group Jeroen Mulder is now 

working on two further 

concepts, one is a new 

sandwich container while the 

The new Selopack is produced 

on a modified flowrapper 

other is a new snack pack for 

not only traditional snacks but 

also nuts, raisins, other dried 

fruits and cheese cubes. 

www.selo.com 

• Our 14 page snack feature 

starts on page 29. 


MACHINERY UPDATE: MARCH/APRIL 2013

news 

Tie-in to help 

improvements 

AutoCoding Systems has 

announced a strategic 

partnership with Canadian 

company Shoplogix, a 

leading developer of 

manufacturing performance 

management solutions with 

installations in 40 countries 

including the UK and Ireland. 

AutoCoding offer 

automation solutions across 

packaging line operations 

and its range of modular 

applications go from entry 

level coding and packaging 

integrity solutions through to 

complete set-up and control 

of all packaging line devices 

such as coders, scanners, 

labellers, metal detectors, 

checkweighers and vision 

solutions. AutoCoding says 

the Shoplogix solution, 

facilitating the visualisation of 

manufacturing KPI data, is a 

natural extension of its offer. 

The Shoplogix solution 

enables companies to 

identify and evaluate where 

problems, performance 

limitations and constraints 

exist within their processing 

and packaging applications. 

Its products concentrate on 

capturing real-time 

manufacturing data which is 

then visualised, via a suite of 

reports, to display accurate 

machine performance data. 

01928 790444 

www.autocodingsystems.com 

Open House 

Yamato Scale Dataweigh 

and GEA Food Solutions 

held a two week open house 

at Yamato’s HQ in Leeds in 

March with demonstrations 

that allowed visitors to gain a 

detailed understanding of 

weighing and bagging 

technology – with a special 

focus on fresh produce. 

www.yamatoscale.co.uk 

www.gea-foodsolutions.com 

Sad passing of two 

industry stalwarts 

Arthur F Organ was described as a charismatic and humorous man 

It is with great sadness that we 

report the death of Arthur F 

Organ at the age of 89. 

Organ was the founder of 

Arthur F Organ Packaging 

Machinery that created the 

renowned Organpak brand, a 

name synonymous with 

fastener and hardware 

packaging machinery. He died 

in January, as did one of his 

first employees Aubrey N 

Clarke at the age of 83. 

Over three thousand 

installations of Organpak 

machinery were completed in 

more than 70 countries with 

many machines still serviced, 

being over thirty five years old. 

When speaking of him, people 

would mention his bow tie, his 

The Profibus Group, the UK’s 

source of information and 

support for Profibus and 

Profinet users, 20th 

anniversary conference on 

June 26 will open with a State 

of The (Industrial) Nation 

address from Brian Holliday, 

one of the ‘founding fathers’ of 

the group. 

Chairman Karsten 

Schneider will then present 

the keynote speech to, bring 

pipe and his trailer in which he 

travelled the globe in search of 

new customers. Mr Lofthouse 

of Fisherman’s Friends 

Lozenges says he can always 

remember him turning up with 

a machine on the trailer to 

demonstrate packing the 

famous lozenges. Lofthouse 

went on to buy 35 machines 

from Arthur over the next 

few years. 

Following his retirement 

from the packaging industry 

and the loss of his first wife 

Doris to cancer, his 

entrepreneurial skills 

continued when he moved up 

to Loch Fyne in Scotland with 

his second wife Jean. At his 

funeral, his friend John Knox 

news of updates on the 

technology including Profinet 

for process industry 

applications, performance 

achievements and the latest 

developments on areas such 

as Profienergy, the 

organisation’s solution for 

energy savings during 

production idle times. 

There will also be a series of 

case studies and other 

practical presentations as well 

said he felt sure that on 

reaching the Pearly Gates, 

Arthur would be discussing 

how to make the gates open 

automatically and 

St Peter saying: “It’s a deal.” 

Aubrey N Clarke has died aged 83 

Aubrey N Clarke died in 

Redditch in January. He was 

one of Arthurs first employees 

and his role in this and the 

subsequent companies was in 

production, service and 

technical backup to overseas 

agents. His continued service 

to the packaging industry 

lasted until his retirement at 

the age of 70. 

Conference addresses key industry issues 

as a number of Master Classes 

and Workshops. There will be 

a presentation on the new 

Certified Profibus system 

designer course delivered by 

the group’s technical officer 

Andy Verwer which will outline 

the course content, while Peter 

Thomas of Control Specialists 

will discuss how the use of 

Profinet can take users into the 

realms of the IT world. 

www.profibusgroup.com 



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04 -06 June 2013 

Stand B20

new machinery 

Future proof 

case erector 

German company B&B – 

Maf has launched its newly 

designed CombiMatic 

corrugated case erector 

which is available in the UK 

and Ireland from agent 

ShrinkPack. 

After several years of 

development and testing, the 

company is confident it has 

devised the ultimate in 

modular multi-functional 

design, allowing multiple 

format packaging options. 

“The machine allows clients to 

future proof against changes 

in packaging formats ensuring 

their investment is safeguarded,” 

says Alan Lewis of 

ShrinkPack. 

Trays, high-sided trays, 

trays with U-boards, trays 

with enclosed lids and 

several wraparound options 

are all available from one 

base machine. The modular 

design allows the base 

machine to be expanded at a 

later date to incorporate even 

more packaging formats. 

The expandability of the 

design allows users to specify 

their minimal initial requirement 

as it can be upgraded for a 

relatively low cost. 

The same modular concept 

is available on the film 

solutions from the German 

company. 

01226 320762 

www.shrinkpack.co.uk 

Unit is energy efficient 

Multivac will be showing its 

energy-efficient, entry level 

thermoformer – the R 095 

e-concept – at IFFA 2013, the 

international exhibition for the 

meat industry in Frankfurt 

from 4-9 May. 

The machine has been 

developed for the handproduced 

meat industry which 

is an energy-intensive trade 

across Europe and one that is 

affected by rising energy 

prices. The R 095 consumes 

at least 20% less energy than 

comparable models and is 

particularly suited to small and 

medium-sized food producing 

companies. 

The lifting units and cutting 

units are electrically driven 

and, combined with its special 

forming and sealing processes, 

the e-concept does not require 

any compressed air or cooling 

water. This also adds to its 

choice of location as all it 

requires is a power supply. 

The R 095 is equipped with 

an interface for installing a 

slicer and, at the exhibition it 

will be shown with the A 406 

FB-MU slicer from Bizerba. 

The fully automatic slicer 

offers a wide variety of 

possible formats and 

placement positions for the 

sliced product, as well as an 

extensive range of options for 

pre-selecting the number and 

thickness of slices. 

01793 425800 

www.multivac.co.uk 

Vacuum chamber machine is giant 

Vacuum and modified 

atmosphere company VC999 

Packaging Systems UK has 

launched the K9 vacuum 

chamber belt machine which 

is its largest chamber machine 

designed to date. 

Known as ‘The Giant,’ the 

machine is ideal for packing 

large products on an 

industrial scale and offers 

“unparalleled vacuum 

technology and Bi-Active 

sealing ability”. 

The machine features a 

variable height adjusting lid 

design for cycle speeds up to 

3.3 cycles a minute and is 

The 

thermoformer 

is equipped 

with an 

interface for 

installing a 

slicer 

The K9 vacuum chamber belt machine is known as ‘The Giant’ 

designed to meet the highest 

hygiene standards. 

“This robust, reliable 

machine has a special sealing 

system and offers a low life 

cycle cost, says Rona Nixon, 

general manager of VC999 

Packaging Systems UK. 

01604 644086 

www.vc999.co.uk 

THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTERS - INKJET CODERS - HOT FOIL PRINTERS 

Thermocode iQ 

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World Class Coding & Marking Systems 

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getting you 

up to speed

new machinery 

Enhanced detection 

A number of upgrades have 

been made by Loma 

Systems to its IQ3+ metal 

detector to ensure it still 

meets all the latest 

inspection codes of practice 

while at the same time 

empowering operators to 

make their lives easier. 

“This series of 

incremental enhancements 

have been made to the 

machine to deliver greater 

functionality and reduce the 

risk of human error, so 

improving safety, efficiency 

and overall performance,” 

explains David Phillips, 

research and development 

manager at Loma. 

Enhancements include a 

20% increase in field 

strength for improved 

contaminant detection as 

well as the first integration of 

its EnviroScan software and 

patented AutoBalance 

technology in a variable 

frequency system. Together 

with additional technical 

updates to key operational 

features, the changes are 

designed to ensure the 

robust IQ3+ keeps pace with 

both regulatory demands 

and business developments. 

The IQ3+ achieves a 20% 

increase in field strength 

through improved 

componentry and enhanced 

thermal management in its 

MaxDrive feature. This is of 

particular benefit for the 

inspection of dry goods, 

such as biscuits, breads and 

cereals which lack moisture 

An automatic shrink wrapper 

has been introduced by 

Audion Elektro and is now 

available in two versions from 

UK and Ireland agent 

Friedheim International. 

The CS100 and CS200 

work with a continuous 


Operators can switch between frequencies without relying on 

hand held metering systems 

and so do not interact with 

the magnetic field. 

Outside environmental 

noise resulting from 

vibrations or electrical 

interference can impair 

detection performance. 

Hand held metering systems 

are normally brought in to 

monitor such noise levels, 

identify ‘hotspots’ and 

facilitate line adjustments but 

are often not available for line 

operators to use on a just-intime 

basis. The IQ3+ now 

streamlines this process with 

its built-in EnviroScan 

software which intuitively 

In-built EnviroScan software 

intuitively scans across 

frequencies from 30-900kHz 

side sealer and a 

longitudinal intermittent 

sealing system that offers 

unlimited length of product 

that can be packed; an 

increase in production 

capacity and less waste film, 

which results in lower costs. 

scans across frequencies 

from 30-900kHz to check if 

interference is detected, 

then these issues can be 

easily eliminated by 

switching to one of the 

alternative 70 frequencies 

available on the IQ3+ and 

quickly repeated by the 

operator on an ad hoc basis 

as the factory environment 

changes. 

In addition, technical 

enhancements to the noise 

filtering system further 

improve stability of the coil 

head by increasing its 

resistance to harsh 

electronic noise close to the 

contaminant signal. 

Another step forward is 

the integration of Loma’s 

patented AutoBalance 

technology. This feature 

can be used to re-balance 

the coil heads in the IQ3+ 

which may expand or 

contract due to changes in 

temperature over time. 

01252 893300 

www.loma.com 

Two versions of automatic shrink wrapper 

Friedheim says the 

Audion CS Matic shrink 

wrapper is operator 

friendly as it is easy to 

work with, to clean and to 

maintain. 

01442 206100 

www.friedheim.co.uk 

Capping heads 

Applied Torque 

Sensing & Monitoring 

Torque sensing and monitoring 

is supplied by a torque transducer in 

both digital and analogue data for 

validation purposes and further 

analysis. 

Cap Coder capping heads come in 

single and multi-head formats for 

multiple product applications 

ranging from Food to Chemicals, 

Cosmetics to Drinks. 

Cap Coder Ltd 

Monument Business Park 

Chalgrove, Oxford OX44 7RW 

Tel: 01865 891466 

Fax: 01865 891292 

e-mail: sales@capcoder.co.uk 

www.capcoder.co.uk

new machinery 

Quick change 

for bagging 

Rovema now offers a new 

mobile lifting device along with a 

new bag forming set carriage to 

match all the forming sets for 

baggers it produces. The mobile 

lifting device ensures that the 

bag forming sets and rolls of foil 

may be changed quickly, 

smoothly and reliably, says the 

company. 

Apart from assisting with the 

changing process, the lifting 

device ensures safe 

transportation from the storage 

area to the bagger, while the 

mobile bag forming carriage can 

accommodate four bag forming 

sets with the respective 

accessories. 

Installation height of the lifting 

device is easily adjusted and it 

eliminates heavy lifting work to 

help operators to change bag 

forming sets rapidly, gently and 

also reliably. 

Both products have plenty of 

room to store tools, small parts 

and accessories. 

01296 310490 

www.rovema.co.uk 

Shrink sleever 

sees eco-gains 

Karlville exhibited its SP600 

automatic high speed shrink 

sleeve application machine that 

is capable of applying up to 600 

sleeves a minute during Pack 

Expo 2012. It ran two different 

materials: a standard PET-G 

material and a new 30 micron 

PET shrink film during the event. 

UK and Ireland agent 

ShrinkPack believes Karlville’s 

30 micron solution achieved 

during the show demonstrates 

the company’s drive to offer 

advanced technology and 

sustainable options to 

customers. This material applied 

sleeves at 600 bottles a minute 

onto a 200ml bottle. 

01226 320762 


Robotic case packer is 

flexible off-line option 

Tekpak has launched a pick 

and place case packer that it 

describes as a flexible high 

speed system for vertical case 

packing quad bags, pouches 

and doy packs. The new robot 

uses an Elau/Schneider 

control system, is particularly 

suited for manufacturers of 

snack packs and bags, 

confectionery and coffee. 

Key features include a 

special product transfer 

system that collates the 

products beneath the gripper 

so that the pick and place can 

handle a complete case 

formation – ie groups of ten 

products at a time – which 

increases throughput on the 

line. The gripper head and 

case opening system has 

been specially designed for 

vertical case packing in to 

display cases and other shelf 

ready formats. 

The robot can pack bags 

direct from the bagger to 

maintain a continuous 

packing process. 

“Automating the offline/work 

in progress 

operation is a major benefit to 

our customers because it 

A product transfer system collates the products beneath the gripper 

reduces product lead time and 

can have a big impact on line 

efficiency,” explains Tekpak’s 

business development director 

Imelda Kehoe. 

The system can include an 

integrated case erector and 

closer for shelf ready display 

cases which allows for a more 

compact footprint of just 

8sq metres. 

In operation, bags or 

pouches arrive into the collator 

pocket on edge direct from a 

VFFS machine or bagger. 

They are rotated to an upright 

position then collated in the 

pick position in the required 

matrix to fill the case – 

typically two rows of 4, 5 or 6. 

Product speeds of up to 150 

a minute and a case speed of 

10-15 a minute can be 

achieved by one operative. 

0800 633 5553 

www.tekpak.co.uk 

Box sizer cuts shipping costs 

With carriage costs now 

frequently dependent on the 

volume as well as the weight 

of packages, Linkx Systems 

says its new intelligent 

random box sizer makes it 

easy to achieve substantial 

savings. 

When presented with 

packed boxes, the new 

machine automatically 

measures the height of the 

contents of each box, then 

cuts and creases the box to 

suit, thereby ensuring that the 

shipping volume – and 

carriage costs – are 

minimised. A further benefit is 

that as the box is accurately 

sized to suit the content, the 

need for packing material is 

also reduced. 

The machine, which is 

ideally suited for use in mail 

order warehouses and the 

order fulfilment operations of 

on-line retailers, is capable of 

working with boxes presented 

in random sizes and is 

compatible with almost any 

type and size of box content. 

Dependable operation and 

high accuracy are ensured by 

the use of a high performance 

sensor system for measuring 

box content, while the 

machine’s servo-controlled 

motion systems allow it to 

achieve consistently high 

throughput. 

The system can be 

customised to suit specific 

customer requirements and 

can be readily integrated into 

existing or new packaging 

lines. 

01502 713777 

www.linkx.co.uk 

14 MACHINERY UPDATE: MARCH/APRIL 2013 www.machineryupdate.co.uk

new machinery 

This new all-electric model is now available from Brillopak 

New all-electric 

pallet dispenser 

Brillopak is further extending 

its range of in-line over 

conveyor pallet dispensers for 

the food industry with the 

introduction of a new allelectric 

model. The 2010E 

requires no air supply and is 

capable of stacking and 

destacking pallets at up to 

120 pallets an hour. 

Key to its speed is its 

automatic adjustment feature 

which enables the machine to 

adapt to different sizes of 

pallet without the need for any 

manual adjustment. 

The robust design 

incorporates SEW Eurodrive 

Flexicon has launched a 

sanitary tilt-down flexible 

screw conveyor on a castermounted 

frame that can be 

manoeuvred through narrow 

aisles and around corners. 

With the hopper, support 

boom and conveyor assembly 

tilted down, the unit fits 

through standard doorways 

and orients the conveyor tube 

horizontally, allowing the 

flexible screw to be removed 

easily for thorough cleaning 


and Norgren components, 

ensuring the machine is 

capable of 24/7 operation. It 

also features compact 

dimensions to allow it to fit into 

virtually any factory space 

combined with the flexibility to 

cope with short and long runs 

and the ability to integrate 

seamlessly with all equipment 

on the line. 

It can handle most pallet 

types from 1200 x 1200 to 

800 x 800mm and can also 

deal with 2-way and 4-way 

pallets. 

01622 872907 

www.brillopak.co.uk 

Manoeuvrable conveyor 

and inspection. 

The conveyor transports 

bulk ingredients ranging from 

sub-micron powders to large 

pellets, while the gentle rolling 

action of material being 

conveyed prevents the 

separation of blends. Its 

mobile frame is constructed in 

stainless steel or in carbon 

steel with durable industrial 

coatings. 

01227 374710 

www.flexicon.co.uk

new machinery 

Entry levels 

are flexible 

PFM Packaging Machinery 

demonstrated its two latest 

entry-level machines for the 

food industry at the Pro2Pac 

exhibition at ExCel in March: 

the Pearl servo driven flow 

wrapper and the ZC1 

combined weigher-bagger. 

Pro2Pac is co-located with 

IFE13, the UK’s largest food 

and drink trade event. 

“Both machines have been 

developed to meet the need 

for inexpensive systems that 

offer a high degree of 

flexibility and accuracy and 

are simple to use,” explains 

PFM’s sales and operations 

director Chris Bolton. 

The Pearl provides smaller 

or start-up operations with the 

advantages of multi-axis servo 

drive, reducing maintenance 

requirements and providing 

easy programming and 

changeover for different pack 

formats, which can be held in 

the memory for press-button 

recall. Speed is up to 120 a 

minute. 

In particular, the machine is 

built to food industry hygiene 

requirements with a 

cantilever construction and 

gently radiussed guard 

panels that avoid dirt traps. 

The ZC1 is an integrated 

multihead weigher and 

bagging machine for 

mid-speed duties of up to 

80 bags a minute, handling 

dry goods such as snacks, 

confectionery, pet food, 

granular products, biscuits 

and short pasta. 

It brings together the PFM 

Zenith bagger and the PFM 

C1 multihead weigher, which 

is mounted on the bagger 

itself, avoiding the cost of the 

usual supporting gantry. In 

addition, drop height is kept 

short to provide gentle 

handling for delicate goods. 

0113 239 3401 

www.pfmuk.com 

Unit inspects for glass 

in glass at high speed 

Mettler-Toledo Safeline has 

launched InspireX R50G x-ray 

inspection system to enhance 

glass foreign body detection in 

glass packaging at high 

throughput speeds. 

Designed to inspect small to 

large diameter glass jars 

containing a broad range of 

food and pharmaceutical 

products, the new machine 

offers manufacturers high 

detection levels across the 

entire container to meet 

increasingly stringent food 

safety standards. 

Traditionally, the base of 

glass jars has presented a 

challenge for x-ray inspection 

systems as the thicker glass in 

the base absorbs more x-rays 

than the thinner side wall, 

masking foreign bodies. The 

InspireX R50G, however, 

features an angled single x-ray 

beam to inspect blind spots at 

the base, as well as in the 

body, maximising the likelihood 

of detection. 

The body, neck and cap are 

all fully imaged on the x-ray 

detector; ensuring 

comprehensive inspection of 

Proseal has expanded its 

range of sandwich packing 

equipment with the 

introduction of a fully 

automatic high speed wedge 

erector and heat sealing 

system capable of speeds up 

to 90 packs a minute. This 

range also includes the first 

modified atmosphere system 

for sandwiches. 

The GT3S features a three 

axis pick and place system 

that is able to transfer filled 

packs quickly to the sealing 

area. It can handle carton 

the container and enabling 

inspection of jar fill level as well, 

says Mettler. 

The InspireX R50G can 

accurately inspect up to 1,000 

containers per minute, 

optimising production line 

efficiency for food and 

pharmaceutical manufacturers. 

The high speed automated 

reject device ensures only 

contaminated products are 

removed without the need to 

slow production, while the 

machine’s data logging and 

x-ray image library include 

automatic time stamps for 

rejected products, enabling 

manufacturers to demonstrate 

widths of up to 110mm and 

the single point size 

adjustment means 

changeovers between pack 

sizes can be carried out in 

less than five minutes. 

This system also 

incorporates automatic carton 

de-nesting and erecting and 

can be integrated with label 

applicators, printers, 

checkweighers and metal 

detectors for a complete 

sandwich packing operation. 

The V style outfeed conveyor 

ensures packs are presented 

Glass-in-glass inspection 

improves regulatory 

compliance and brand 

protection 

due diligence and guarantee 

products conform to the highest 

food safety standards. 

“With tougher food safety 

regulations worldwide, it is 

more important than ever for 

food manufacturers to have x- 

ray systems that offer the most 

sensitive product inspection,” 

explains Niall McRory, product 

development and sales 

manager, Mettler-Toledo 

Safeline. “An x-ray system that 

offers flexibility and enhanced 

productivity will enable brand 

owners to respond to fastchanging 

market demands.” 

01763 257900 

www.mt.com 

Modified atmosphere sarnies 

perfectly for the coding 

operation. 

Gas flushing is incorporated 

into the sealing operation for 

extended shelf life while still 

delivering speeds of up to 60 

packs a minute. 

Both models feature the 

‘EcoSeal’ system which is 

designed to reduce total 

energy consumption by over 

65%, while increasing 

machine productivity through 

a reduced seal time. 

01625 856600 

www.prosealuk.com 


Perfect machine DNA 

The evolution of packaging machine control 

Sysmac Studio 

• IEC 61131-3 compliant 

• Data-logging & tracking 

• 3D Motion simulation 

• One machine software 

• PLCopen Function Block library 

Sysmac Automation Platform 

Tel: +44 (0)1908 258258 

Email: uk@eu.omron.com 

Web: www.industrial.omron.co.uk

installation news 

Wrapping up 

logistics firm 

Potter Logistics has invested 

in a 507 Robopac from Aetna 

for its York Distribution 

Centre (DC) having proved 

itself to be a real asset at 

other sites with significant 

savings in employee time and 

packaging film. 

This is the seventh 

machine purchased across 

the group which are already 

operating in Ripon, Selby 

and Droitwich. 

The 507 Robopac from Aetna 

“The machine was 

purchased with a particular 

client in mind and it has been 

a godsend,” says operations 

manager of Potter Logistics’ 

York DC John Myers. “We 

were previously wrapping up 

to 60 pallets by hand each 

day which was both awkward 

and time consuming.” 

The machine has been 

introduced to the York DC to 

increase product security and 

to save money. “We are 

planning to analyse the cost 

saving in a couple of months 

by which time we shall have 

been using it for about six 

months,” explains Myers. 

“Despite not being able to 

make a judgement in terms of 

financial benefit, staff 

members are very happy 

with it,” he continued. 

01234 825050 

www.aetna.co.uk 

Round the corner unit 

loads pet ingredients 

Butcher’s Pet Care chose a 

Spiroflow round-the-corner 

aero mechanical conveyor for 

its new £38 million factory in 

Crick, Northamptonshire that 

produces over one million 

cans of pet food a day. The 

new factory is a high roof, 

single story building and, as 

the mixers are mounted on a 

raised platform, a means to 

load the rice and dried peas 

ingredients from ground floor 

level was required. 

Spiroflow, who was already 

known to senior controls 

engineer Andrew Pynn were, 

along with others, invited by 

Butcher’s Pet Care to offer a 

suitable conveying solution. 

Spiroflow proposed one of its 

Nearly £40m was invested at the 

new factory in Northamptonshire 

The conveyor loads rice and dried peas ingredients for pet food 

aero mechanical conveyors in 

which materials are moved 

through the partial vacuum 

created by a series of discs 

travelling at high speed within 

an enclosed tube. 

Engineers from Butcher’s 

Pet Care witnessed trials at 

Spiroflow on one of these 

conveyors using samples of 

its rice and dried peas 

ingredients. Similar trials went 

ahead with a vacuum 

conveyor specialist and, with 

nothing to choose between the 

two on price, the Spiroflow 

aero-mechanical conveyor 

was deemed to offer the better 

performance in terms of 

conveying rate and minimal 

product damage. 

The Spiroflow aero 

mechanical conveyor has 

an all stainless steel 

construction and comes 

complete with an integral sack 

tip hopper. From the hopper, 

materials are lifted some 

4.5 metres then conveyed 

horizontally for 3.5 metres 

before emptying into an 

existing hopper. This hopper 

has a reversible auger at its 

outlet so that ingredients can 

be delivered to either one of 

the two mixers. Dependent 

upon the particular recipe, 

three to four mixes are 

produced every hour, 24 hours 

a day, 5 days a week. 

01200 422525 

www.spiroflow.com 

Entry level robot for plastics components 

A universal robot supplied and 

supported by RA Rodriquez 

has been used to automate the 

de-gating of injection moulded 

components for plastics rope 

cleats by Hertfordshire-based 

Camcleats. 

This small, lightweight 

industrial robot arm that has 

six axes of movement is 

quick and easy to install. A 

specially developed graphical 

user interface means no 

expert programming is needed 

and within a couple of hours, 

it can be ready to run. 

RA Rodriguez describes it 

as the ideal entry level 

automation device that can be 

set up by anyone. 

“Automation gives us much 

greater production flexibility,” 

explains Camcleats’ managing 

director Julian Emery. And the 

company has already gained 

production benefits. 

“Ultimately we plan to use 

the universal robot wherever 

we can in the factory,” says 

Emery. “It is easy to integrate 

and has potential not just in 

our rope cleat production but 

also for our trade moulding 

work too.” 

01462 670044 

www.rarodriguez.co.uk 

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Energy saving solution is cool 

Process cooling company 

IsoCool has supplied an 

energy saving cooling solution 

to injection moulder Signal 

Plastic Components which has 

resulted in a dramatic 

overnight saving of 90% on 

previous costs. 

To maximise the efficiency of 

the cooling system, IsoCool 

proposed to replace the 

existing chiller with the 

Adcooler, an intelligent 

adiabatic dry cooler that 

switches automatically between 

dry and wet bulb operation 

according to the ambient 

temperature and humidity. 

“Essentially, the Adcooler 

functions as an air blast cooler 

during low ambient conditions, 

providing up to 100% direct air 

cooling, and an adiabatic 

Pot filling line 

brings growth 

Packaging Automation has 

installed a pot filing and 

sealing line at Beacon Foods 

to help the company gain 

new business. 

Beacon installed the 

compact FP-6 model 

automated pot filler and 

sealer which has an operating 

speed of 40 cycles a minute. 

Due to simple and lightweight 

change parts, the machine is 

designed for frequent product 

changeovers which has 

allowed Beacon to handle its 

vast range of ready to use 

portions of compotes, 

chutneys, relishes, dips, 

sauces and roasted veg in 

pots ranging from 20 to 80g. 

“The machine is able to hot 

and cold fill and seal reel-fed 

film lids which further extends 

the packaging formats we are 

able to offer our customers,” 

explains md of Beacon Foods 

Edward Gough. 

01565 755000 

www.pal.co.uk 

cooler when the ambient is 

higher than the set point 

temperature,” explains Nigel 

Hallett, managing director of 

IsoCool. “As a result, it is far 

more efficient than a 

traditional chiller which has a 

much higher installed power.” 

Managing director of Signal 

Alan Franklin was very 

surprised by how reasonable 

IsoCool’s price was and, he 

FUTUREPROOFPACKAGINGEQUIPMENT 

says, the energy savings made 

it a no-brainer. “We’re saving 

over £500 a month on energy 

bills at the moment," he says. 

01376 328455 

www.isocool.ltd.uk 

Future proof 

sustainable packaging equipment 

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Filler’s fit for 

agrochemicals 

AmegA Sciences has 

installed its third Masterfil 

filling and capping line from 

Adelphi after trouble-free 

operation of the equipment 

since an initial installation 

fifteen years ago. 

Talking of the first 

installation, works manager 

at AmegA Mick Skinner says 

that the Masterfil equipment 

seemed to strike the right 

balance between cost and 

quality. “The line has by no 

means had an easy life, and 

the fact that it is still running 

reliably today is a testament 

to the engineering, and build 

quality that we picked up on 

all those years ago,” he says. 

It was the accuracy and 

reliability of the first line that 

lead to the second order and, 

it also made the return on 

investment calculations 

relatively simple to calculate 

accurately. 

An unexpected jump in 

orders for the range of 

agrochemical products 

produced by the company has 

led to the latest investment. 

“We required quite a 

sizeable increase in capacity, 

and needed it extremely 

quickly,” explains Skinner. 

“Adelphi have proved 

themselves reliable at 

meeting their quoted delivery 

dates in the past, and this line 

was duly delivered as 

promised with the installation 

by Adelphi engineers going 

smoothly,” he says. 

All of the container sizes – 

from 1 - 10 litres – were being 

filled and capped within 

tolerance within about half an 

hour of the machine being 

signed off. Since then, the 

company has found that the 

line will run at a higher speed 

than they requested. 

01444 472300 

www.masterfil.com 

New robot cleans up an 

aggressive environment 

The new Kawasaki RS80N 

robot installed at aircrete 

building block manufacturer 

H+H is a ‘swap out’ to replace 

the original KS30 mould 

cleaning robot installed by 

Kawasaki twelve years ago. 

The operation requires the 

robot to remove all ‘slurry’ 

residues from the mould, 

which is six metres long by 

1.2 metres wide by 700mm 

deep - before it proceeds 

back to the moulding 

operation where a new slurry 

mix is poured. At this stage, 

the slurry is beginning to set 

and is particularly abrasive. 

This process also requires 

the spraying of oil to the sides 

of the mould as a release 

agent and to help convert any 

residue to a mixable 

consistency. Powered, 

rotating brushes are passed 

over the entire surface of the 

mould to agitate the residue 

and oil mix providing a clean 

and even coating over the 

surface. 

Installed within a fully 

enclosed spray booth, the 

The RS80N robot is a swap out to replace the original KS30 model 

RS80N is mounted on an 

8 metre linear axis which 

follows the length of the 

mould. The robot has a 

selection of two different 

powered brushes, one for the 

base and one for the sides, 

which it automatically changes 

during the process. A spray 

head mounted to the robot 

arm allows oil to be sprayed to 

the sides and base of the 

mould during the process. 

“The system has evolved 

since originally being 

engineered and the robot 

operated on site without fault 

for 12 years until the swap 

out,” explains David Lazenby, 

system support engineer at 

H+H. “The new robot is more 

sophisticated than the 

previous robot and in 

particular allows more control 

options; however our system 

is relatively straight forward 

and does exactly what we 

want without unnecessary 

complications being 

introduced,” he says. 

01925 713000 

www.kawasakirobot.co.uk 

Raw food ingredients inspected 

A high frequency metal 

detector from Lock Inspection 

Systems has assisted raw 

ingredients supplier EHL 

Ingredients in meeting BRC 

standards, inspecting over 

100 tonnes of ingredients 

since its installation. 

“Along with UK stock we 

import vast quantities of 

ingredients and anything that 

we pack and blend ourselves 

goes through a metal detector 

to adhere with BRC standards 

and satisfy our own quality 

control criteria,” explains 

Mike Perrin, technical 

manager at EHL. 

To meet specific customer 

A high frequency metal detector from Lock inspects raw ingredients 

requirements, the ingredients 

are packed into bags from 1 to 

25 kilos in weight, all of which 

are checked by the end of line 

metal detector. 

“EHL has our MET30+ 

Universal detector which has 

been designed to 

accommodate a wide range of 

pack sizes and has a one touch 

product recall for each recipe 

set-up to assist production staff 

with quick changeovers,” 

explains Rob Gray of Lock. 

0161 624 0333 

www.lockinspection.com 

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NOW PART OF 

ACCRAPLY EUROPE, LTD. 

Welcome to the new face of 

shrink sleeving technology. 

Or rather, the same face 

with a new name. 

Graham Labelling & Sleeving 

has joined forces with Sleevit 

Systems under the banner of 

Accraply Europe, Ltd. 

This partnership strengthens the 

company’s ongoing commitment 

to the Shrink Sleeve Labelling 

industry by uniting brands you 

know and trust. The addition of 

Graham and Sleevit within the 

Accraply family of brands 

enhances their standing as global 

providers of a complete range of 

Labelling and Shrink Sleeve 

Application and Converting 

equipment and services. 

Accraply’s multiple Manufacturing, 

Engineering and Service Centers – 

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the market. 

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to complete any labelling system. 

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Detector speeds paper making 

Equipment from Fortress 

Technology has solved a 

metal detecting issue that was 

slowing down the production 

process at French company, 

Papeteries de Clairefontaine. 

Much of the paper used by 

Papeteries de Clairefontaine 

to produce paper and 

notebooks for schools and 

offices is manufactured 

overseas and transported long 

distances to the French 

production facility in Eitval 

Clairefontaine, where it arrives 

in large 250kg pulp bales 

secured with steel wire. 

The wire is automatically cut 

and rewound using a de-wiring 

system to avoid damage to 

machinery by stray remnants 

of metal. However, on the odd 

occasion that the system fails 

to retrieve all of the steel wire 

in its entirety, it can result in 

blocking the process and 

damaging some equipment. 

With the installation of a 

Fortress metal detector, 

specially designed to 

incorporate a large aperture 

measuring 1100mm x 850mm, 

as soon as metal wire is 

detected the pulp bale is 

immediately transferred to a 

reject accumulation conveyor 

where an operator removes 

the foreign body and returns 

the bale to the production line. 

“Fortress was the only 

company to propose a reliable 

metal detection solution to 

solve the issue in hand,” says 

Clairefontaine spokesperson 

David Daudenthun. “Despite 

featuring an especially large 

aperture, it easily fits into 

limited production space.” 

01295 256266 

www.fortresstechnology.co.uk 

Record output 

Propac Thermoforming has 

added an Illig RD 53d 

thermoforming machine to its 

existing fleet of machinery and 

has already achieved speeds 

that would have appeared to 

be impossible before. 

Utilising an existing tool set, 

previously installed on an Illig 

RD 53 machine which ran at 

40 cycles a minute, within a 

very short period of time, the 

RPET product is now being 

produced at 58.8 cycles a 

minute. Illig says this is down 

to incorporating new ideas 

such as a refined process 

optimisation control system 

and an improved motor drive 

on the punching station. 

01733 246761 

www.illig.co.uk 

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and automation needs at info.uk@flexlink.com 

or call us on 01908 327200 



Printers save brewer 

time as well as cash 

An investment in Domino’s 

A-series continuous inkjet 

printers has enabled the UK’s 

largest private brewery, 

Wells & Young’s, to boost 

productivity and cut costs – 

with the company set to 

almost fully recoup its 

investment after just one year. 

The Bedford-based 

business produces a range of 

cask beers and speciality 

lagers and turned to Domino 

after deciding to replace its 

existing coding and marking 

machines from a different 

manufacturer, which it was 

using to code bottles, 

cans, trays and cardboard 

boxes. 

The family-run company 

has installed five new A420i 

and two new A300+ Opaque 

continuous ink jet (cij) printers. 

The company’s decision to 

replace its ageing equipment 

came after the cost of 

The A300+ Opaque printer with Domino's 253WT white ink applies 

twin lines of code onto glass bottles 

The Domino team stood out for having listened and for having tailored their recommended solution accordingly 

maintaining its existing 

machines escalated 

significantly – by 20% - over a 

12 month period. 

After getting the green light 

to replace the outdated 

equipment, Wells & Young’s 

small pack continuous 

improvements leader Justin 

Adams set about obtaining 

quotes from different coding 

and marking solution providers 

and comparing the different 

packages. 

“When the proposals came 

back from the different 

suppliers the Domino team 

stood out for having really 

listened to my criteria and for 

having tailored their 

recommended 

solution 

accordingly,” he 

says. 

Domino’s 

A-Series i-Tech 

printers are 

available with a 

Safeguard fiveyear 

warranty 

where parts and 

labour are covered 

for the five year 

period. 

“Our calculations 

Bottles 

and cans 

are coded 

revealed that, by choosing 

Domino, our annual running 

costs, including ink, would be 

50% less than if we opted for 

one of the other suppliers,” 

adds Adams. 

On its bottling lines the 

brewery uses the A300+ 

Opaque printer with Domino’s 

253WT white ink to apply twin 

lines of code onto glass 

bottles (brown and clear), 

which range in size from 

330ml to 670ml. 

The bottles are then placed 

into a case, via a Kister 

packaging line, which is then 

also coded with an A420i 

printer, using Domino 2BK009 

black ink. 

On the canning line, the 

Domino A420i printers are 

used with a six metre conduit 

to print twin lines of code onto 

the cans. 

An Ocme 

tray filler 

then 

places 

the cans 

onto a tray, 

with both sides 

of the tray coded 

using two of the company’s 

new A420i machines while 

another of the company’s new 

A-series ink jet printers is to 

be used as a spare, in case of 

any additional requirements. 

01954 782551 

www.domino-uk.com 

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Versapack has beaten off 

competition from traditional 

robots to automate the end-ofline 

packaging at apetito. 

Frozen food manufacturer 

apetito chose the Versapack 

from Quin Systems to 

automate its two desserts 

hand-packing lines because it 

delivers outstanding return on 

investment. It is simple to 

operate and set up for different 

products and case sizes. It’s 

also faster, more compact and 

has lower operating costs and 

maintenance requirements 

than conventional robotics 

solutions, says Quin. 

In the drive to improve 

competitiveness and efficiency, 

Trowbridge-based apetito 

needed to automate two 

hand-packing lines – the 

company’s first venture into 

automated packing. 

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The Versapack from Quin Systems 

“It was a demanding 

application, but we knew that 

our equipment was up to the 

challenge and would prove to 

be a better solution than 

traditional robots,” explains 

Mike Webb, managing director 

of Quin Systems. “We wanted 

to show apetito how good the 

Versapack is, so within a week 

we had a demonstration 

project running with dummy 

product and actual cases and, 

after a further demonstration to 

apetito’s full board of directors, 

we were awarded the full 

contract.” 

With a packaging head 

based on the Quin Rtheta 

technology, Versapack readily 

achieves 70 pick and place 

cycles a minute, plus, the 1.8m 

sq footprint is compact enough 

to fit easily into existing handpacking 

space. The customer’s 

specification for each line was 

84 packs a minute which 

equates to just 14 pick and 

place cycles per minute which 

was well within the capabilities 

of the Versapack. 

Installing the machine 

involved far less structural 

work than would have been 

necessary with conventional 

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www.quin.co.uk 



Delivering NPD 

by filtering fats 

An Italian consortium of 

dairies and farmers has 

expanded its product range 

with the help of filters supplied 

by Russell Finex. 

Sourcing fat from their 

slaughter plant, Consorzio 

Latterie Virgilio sought to 

produce two key animal fat 

by-products – an animal fat 

spread (an Italian delicacy) 

and biodiesel. 

The processing of these 

animal fat by-products 

required a new processing 

line to be built so an 

engineering house was 

commissioned. The proposed 

system required the meat fat 

to be minced before it is 

steam heated into a liquid 

form at just under 100degC. 

As the meat fat contains skins 

and cartilages that are difficult 

to break down, the liquid 

product is then fed to a 

filtration system to remove 

any oversize contamination. 

Having worked with Russell 

Finex previously, the 

engineering house did not 

think twice about supplying 

the self-cleaning Russell eco 

filter to Virgilio for this stage of 

the process. 

The special design of the 

filter ensures that material 

passes through the filter 

screen while the screen is 

automatically cleaned using a 

Gordian Strapping has supplied 

a TE600B horizontal stretch 

wrapper built by FEV in 

Germany to Draper Tools in 

Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire. 

This compact machine can be 

positioned and operated in 

confined areas and is clean and 

easy to use for multiple 

operators. 

“When we found out that 


The special design of the filter 

ensures that material passes 

through the filter screen 

rotating wiper inside the 

element. 

“The Eco Filter wiper 

system works on a continuous 

basis, cleaning the filter 

element surface at all times, 

providing a consistent 

throughput rate and 

differential pressure,” explains 

Andrea Bozzellini. 

The units were customised 

to meet the exact 

requirements of the 

application. As the filter was 

required to remove oversize 

above 100 micron which is 

then returned to the pulveriser 

for rework, the oversize outlet 

was reduced in size from 2in 

to 1in and attached to a 

pump. The pump constantly 

feeds the oversize back into 

the main line. 

020 8818 2000 

www.russellfinex.com 

Wrapping tools with ease 

Gordian had this new wrapper 

available we jumped at the 

chance to see it demonstrated, 

and the benefits of this wrapper 

were immediately obvious to 

us,” says Keith Mclean, 

warehouse manager at Draper 

Tools. “We thought it was 

excellent value for money.” 

01256 394400 

www.gordianstrapping.com

total exhibition 

Total show brings total offer 

Exhibitors from across the UK 

packaging and processing 

industries will be demonstrating 

the advantages of their 

materials and equipment at the 

Total Processing and 

Packaging exhibition 2013 

which takes place at the NEC, 

Birmingham from 4-6 June. 

The exhibition comprises 

three dedicated hubs including 

Pakex, PPMA and Interphex, 

and visitors are invited to 

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Free to attend seminars will 

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facing page. These are being 

chaired by editors of Machinery 

Update, The Manufacturer, 

Packaging News, Packaging 

Gazette, Pharmaceutical 

Manufacturing and Packaging 

Source as well as Process 

Engineering. Others are being 

chaired by International Society 

for Pharmaceutical Engineering 

(ISPE) chair Bruce Williams, 

Thrive design agency founder 

Doug James and Alan Isaacs, 

founder and architect of 

machinery for the pharma and 

medical sectors. 

Other features at the threeday 

event include a return of 

the Ones to Watch competition 

and the launch of the new 

Packaging Design Challenge. 

Final candidates in this design 

challenge will have their 

concepts showcased live at the 

show and also be in with a 

chance to secure financial 

investment. 

The Ones to Watch 

competition continues to 

recognise the contributions of 

young processing and 

packaging professionals with 

an exceptional entrepreneurial 

spirit and a commitment to the 

industry. Sponsored by Festo, 

the winning candidate will win 

nearly £10k of in-house training 

from Festo’s Training & 

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For further information on the 

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seminar programme at total exhibition 

Want to hear about the latest news and trends in the 

processing, packaging and pharmaceutical industry? 

Visit the PAKEX Innovation Hub, Manufacturing Forum and Interphex Theatre for an exciting line up of hot 

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Spotting category gaps to achieve innovation 

cut through 

Speaker: David Hamilton, Innovation Director of 

Kerry Foods 

What shoppers see when they look at packaging 

Speaker: Joe Schurtz, Executive Vice President of 

Perception Research Service 

Innovation from a to b: fortifying the supply 

chain 

Speaker: Doug James, Managing Director & 

Founder of Honey 

11.00–11.45 

THE 

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Sustainable production from processing to 

packaging 

Speaker: TBC 

Development of temperature-controlled 

packaging solutions 

Speaker: Richard Harrop, Technical Account Manager, 

Topa Packaging 

Operator Asset Care: the key to asset care 

excellence 

Speaker: Roy Davis, Senior Consultant at MCP 

Consulting and Training 

Preparing for the EU Falsified Medicines 

Directive, it’s now or never! 

Speaker: Christoph Krähenbühl of EFPIA’s Coding and 

Serialisation team 

Reducing complexity to enable transformation 

Speaker: Jim Boughton, Head of Global Complexity 

Reduction, GSK Consumer Healthcare 

Quality by design benefits and manufacturing 

processes 

Speaker: Dr. Theodora Kourti, Chair of Process Analytical 

Community of Practice UK & Ireland at GlaxoSmithKline 


Understanding the trade to create brand growth 

Speaker: Steven Esom, NED Tyrrells & Executive Chair 

at Product Chain 

Insights into packaging developments 

Speaker: Jonathan Couper, Brand Realisation Manager 

B&Q 

Activating fresh innovation: nurturing new 

blood 

Speaker: Emma Wise, Chair of the Starpack Advisory Group 

12.00–12.45 

THE 

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FORUM 

Hygiene and contamination control strategies 

Speaker: TBC 

Supporting device and pack functionality 

through design and performance verification 

Speaker: Chris Berry, Senior Scientist, Smithers Pira 

Coding systems for lean production: waste 

reduction, increasing flexibility and productivity 

Speaker: Charles Randon, Senior Product Manager at 

Linx Printing Technologies 

Innovations in foreign contaminant inspection 

systems for pharma producers 

Speaker: Hitesh Hirani, Technical Director of Lock 

Inspection Systems 

Changing the game with shop-floor automation 

Speaker: Dave Shepherd, C.I. Manager at Adams Foods 

Implementing serialisation: Insights from 

AstraZeneca’s global security pilot project and 

updates on emerging global legislation 

Speakers: Ian Haynes, Ex-AstraZeneca and 

Craig Stobie, Domino 


The power of trade and consumer working 

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Speaker: Claire Nuttall, Founding Partner at Thrive 

Milk packaging for the 21st century 

Speakers: Andrew Spreck, M&S and 

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The evolution of design innovation 

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Anti-counterfeiting: how to minimise fakes and 

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Why automation is worth the bother 

Speaker: Brian Holliday, Division Director, Industry 

Automation, Siemens 

New B. Braun LIFE Nutrition plant boasts space 

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Speaker: Marc Klingler, Bürkert Global Segment 

Manager Hygienic Processing 

Coaching for process excellence 

Speaker: TBC 

GlaxoSmithKline’s facilities of the future: 

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special feature 

snacks 

Keeping bagged snacks 

in new-styles of growth 

Big-brand bagged snacks constantly offer new product development; new packaging formats and big volumes and here, we 

look at how machinery manufacturers are meeting the challenges of this ever-changing market as well as looking at other 

products that are coming into the ‘snacks’ arena 

On paper, bagged snacks lost none of 

their crunch in 2012 with value growth 

across the category standing at 6.6%, 

and 15 of the top 20 brands increasing 

sales year-on-year, according to The 

Grocer’s Top Product Survey 2012. 

But as volumes flatlined, this 

performance owed more to price 

increases than to consumers tucking into 

greater quantities of crisps, although the 

category was still worth a whopping 

£2545.6 million last year. 

New product development continued 

apace – for instance, Walkers Deep 

Ridged achieved record sales of £19m – 

but maintaining bagged sales has been 

challenging with many multipack options 

introduced to try to address this, and 

‘sharing bags’ also seeing growth. 

Commercial manager at Redpack Peter 

Smith thinks there are currently two major 

trends in snack multi-packing: one is 

being driven by supermarkets who want 

maximum shelf utilisation with highly 

visible brand and product display, while 

the other is by crisp manufacturers who 

need automation to efficiently and 

economically service the requirements of 

these supermarkets. 

“Supermarkets are ever-conscious of 

the need to conserve valuable shelf 

space and to promote shelf ready 

packaging,” says Smith. With snack 

multipacks, savings can be made by 

replacing the traditional ‘big bag’ formed 

on a vertical form, fill and seal machine 

with compact multipack packaging carried 

out on a horizontal flow wrapping 

machine, he explains. 

Furthermore, where multipacks are 

already flow wrapped, additional space 

savings can be made by reconfiguring 

the primary pack collations such that the 

overall pack size is reduced. 

The P325S-SP flow wrapping machine 

from Redpack has been specifically 

designed for snack multi-packing and can 

be configured to pack a wide variety of 

primary packed snack products. Its 

control system can integrate with all 

available automatic loading lines and with 

case packing machinery. 

Sales & marketing director at Endoline 

Machinery Simon Taylor agrees that shelf 

ready packaging offers a number of 

benefits but warns that the cost of their 

widespread adoption cannot be 

recovered at the retailer by increasing 

prices. “This must be offset elsewhere by 

reducing the overall cost of goods on the 

shelf,” he says. 

“This can be a complex matter and 

usually requires significant initial 

investment at several stages of the supply 

chain,” he continues. “The adoption of 

robots by food producers amounts to a 

substantial part of this investment, but 

robots can handle a wide variety of different 

packaging configurations and pack designs 

at high speed with zero errors.” 

Endoline has recently installed a fully 

automated case erecting and robotic 

loading solution to meet retailer demand 

for shelf ready cases at a well-known UK 

food producer. 

Simon Ruffley, business manager at 

Ishida says there are many demands on 



pack presentation on the shelves of our 

supermarkets, whether they are directed 

at premium snacks offerings requiring 

high quality bag presentation, larger bag 

formats for express shopping outlets or 

smaller bag formats for multipack 

solutions. “More specifically, innovations 

in our bagmaker jaw design all reduced 

film usage that deliver not only real 

material savings but also smaller 

packaging solutions for the optimisation 

of shelf space,” he says. “And our 

ultrasonic sealing technology takes this 

to the next level.” 

One of the latest developments is the 

Charge Transfer Control technology that 

delivers bagging speeds of up to 150 

bags a minute on crisps. And this solution 

can be retrofitted with existing Atlas iTPS 

machines and can deliver an uplift in 

production capability by up to 35%. 

Ruffley believes that the question of 

maximising productivity and efficiencies 

to maintain product margins is the most 

significant market demand. “And this is 

going to remain so for the immediate and 

longer term,” he asserts. “Maximising the 

productivity of an existing installed base 

of equipment is also going to be a key 

requirement with the economic situation 

that exists today.” 

“In terms of equipment, the most 

effective way to protect customer 

margins is to offer the lowest cost of 

ownership in the industry,” says Shayne 

de la Force, group marketing manager 

at tna. He quotes the example of 

the company releasing its 

tna robag 3ci high 

performance system which 

increased bags per minute 

performance by 30% while 

using the same footprint, reducing 

utilities and reducing waste – all of which 

contribute to a low cost of ownership. 

“The principle way in which tna 

equipment can help manufacturers 

maximise shelf utilisation is by providing 

flexible equipment that can easily be 

converted to various bag formats in the 

shortest possible time,” he tells 

Machinery Update. “In this way, different 

bag shapes and sizes can be delivered to 

tailor snack packaging to individual 

customer needs. 

“We’re also seeing manufacturers 

turning to smaller pack sizes to meet the 

health and wellness trend,” he says. 

Head of sales & commercial operations 

snacks 

Yamato says a major driving force behind weighing innovation for snack foods is speed 

at Yamato Ray Bruen says that one of the 

major driving forces behind weighing 

innovation in the snack industry is speed. 

“In addition to this, energy efficiency is 

another key challenge, with companies 

constantly being tasked with improving 

their green credentials while meeting strict 

environmental targets,” he explains. 

The snack food industry is also under 

increasing pressure to improve hygiene 

standards while reducing cross 

contamination to minimise the risk to 

allergy sufferers. 

“At Yamato, we’ve approached these 

issues by incorporating polygon shaped 

buckets and large radius corners into our 

IP67-compliant Dataweigh Omega series 

which together make the machine easier to 

clean while also ensuring that flavourings 

are less likely to stick,” he says. 

Tony Bryant, UK sales manager at 

Loma Systems believes the reason the 

snack market remains buoyant in the UK 

is the growth in other markets such as 

adult lunchboxes, breakfast bars, 

convenient dairy snacks and further 

demand for bag-sharing crisps. However, 

the snack supply chain is under pressure 

and, coupled with continually changing 

consumer demands, snack food suppliers 

need more flexibility from their machinery, 

says Bryant. 

The upturn in sales of breakfast bars 

has suited the Loma x-ray machine due 

to its flexibility to adapt and ability to 

inspect changing requirements including 

new ingredients and different pack 

materials such as foil laminates. 

“With the retailer’s recent updates to 

their Codes of Practice, more and more 

snack manufacturers are migrating to 

x-ray and reaping the benefits of this 

form of inspection,” says 

Bryant. “Food quality, whether 

it’s the ingredients within the 

product or eliminating foreign 

bodies, is right at the top of the 

snack food agenda and to keep their 

products competitive, brand reputation 

must not be tarnished.” 

Neil Giles, marketing and 

communications manager at 

Mettler-Toledo product inspection division 

believes manufacturers are using a 

broader range of new packaging formats 

for their snack foods such as metallised 

film, irregularly-shaped plastic tubs and 

oven-safe plastic trays. “Flexibility is 

another key concern for manufacturers 

who are looking for technology to enable 

their processing lines to produce multiple 

limited edition or seasonal products with 

minimum downtime during changeovers,” 

he says. 

“This drive for flexibility is expected to 

continue over the long term, as 

manufacturers look to access new 

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This Redpack machine 

handles snack multipacks 

national and international markets and 

target an increasingly diverse array of 

consumers to grow their brand,” he 

continues. Mettler has developed its 

product inspection systems to meet these 

new trends while enabling manufacturers 

to comply with food safety guidelines. 

According to director of Brillopak David 

Jahn, one of the challenges for small and 

medium snack food manufacturers is to 

maximise production line efficiency while 

meeting the short timescale demands of 

retailers. “This means that investment 

made in end of line automation has to 

include the flexibility to be able to handle 

short runs of multiple product types with 

minimum changeover time and minimum 

line stoppages,” he explains. 

This has been one of the drivers behind 

the company’s development of a range of 

compact pick and place and palletising 

snacks 

This tna unit offers increased speeds 

systems designed for fast changeover and 

high speed production. A typical example in 

the snack food sector was a recent request 

for an end of line solution for a line 

producing bite size packs placed into retailready 

packs and bags of nuts placed into 

larger family-size packs, both of which 

required palletising in a single shift. Brillopak 

supplied a robot palletiser with a single 

head that is capable of handling both 

applications at the touch of a button. 

On shelf presence and the opportunity 

for all round graphics have seen stand up 

four-side-seal bags gaining ground in the 

European market for premium snacks, 

But, says PFM, there are logistics and 

technical advantages too. 

“The square base and four sealed 

corners create a rigid pack that can 

occupy some 10-15% less volume than 

conventional pillow packs and is also 

particularly stable for tray and case 

loading,” explains PFM sales and 

operations director Chris Bolton. “The 

block bottom and firm rectangular 

footprint also mean that bags can be 

collated securely by a variety of 

traditional means while the top seal 

stands proud, providing a rigid and 

consistent pick point for robotic systems.” 

www.brillopak.co.uk 

www.endoline.co.uk 


www.loma.com 

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www.pfmuk.com 

www.redpack.co.uk 


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snacks 

Baggers address stickiness 

Croatian savoury snack producer 

Kanaan has installed two tna robag 3c 

baggers at the end of its potato chip and 

extrusion snack production lines to 

address stickiness issues that were 

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affecting production line efficiencies and 

creating high product reject levels. 

Since installation, the baggers have 

increased speed and capacity by 30%, 

while significantly reducing plant waste. 

Kanaan’s extruded snack products are 

typically topped with peanut slurry which 

forms from the mixture of powder with 

oil. This slurry and associated particles 

had become problematic by inhibiting the 

free flow of product along the 

packaging line and hampering 

effective bag sealing. 

The robag 3c vertical form, fill and 

seal baggers offered an easy to 

clean design which answered the 

problem of product build-up on 

existing machinery surfaces. And 

thanks to tna’s patented stripper 

device, the matter of product 

particles reaching the sealing area 

was resolved. As a result, the 

number of leaking seals that were 

impacting on end product quality 

and shelf life has been reduced 

significantly. 

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The infeed system is key to stability 

These speciality tubs of premium 

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are supplied in packs of 12 in a 

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on a side feed fully automatic 

sleeve sealer supplied by Yorkshire 

Packaging Systems. The machine 

includes a special centrally mounted 

pusher system to provide a final 

long push to ensure the finished 

collation is transferred onto the 

shrink tunnel in one clean sweep. 

This is critical for the stability of 

trayless collated products. 

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snacks 

Automatic test is 

first for detectors 

Fortress Technology has launched a first of a 

kind automatic test system available with its 

range of throat, pipeline and gravity metal 

detectors used to inspect free falling products 

such as snack foods, rice, cereals, powders, 

corn and sugar prior to packaging. 

“The Halo is designed to reduce the need 

for frequent manual testing and offers 

manufacturers and retailers a simple, safe, 

reliable and accurate solution to ensure 

optimum metal detector performance and 

brand protection,” says sales director at 

Fortress Phil Brown. 

Having already achieved American Institute 

of Bakers (AIB) approval, Fortress 

Technology’s Halo automatic test system 

facilitates traceable, auditable and consistent 

testing of throat, pipeline and gravity metal 

detectors. It is not designed to replace manual 

testing completely, but can prove especially 

useful in applications where testing is made 

more difficult due to access, position, product 

flow or environmental conditions. 

A test signal created by a 1.5 FE manual test 

gives inconsistent results 

The Halo automatic test system was 

developed by Fortress Technology as a further 

extension of its metal detector test 

programmes. It is designed to harness the 

signal generated by a conductive loop outside 

of the detector which receives signal through 

the air from the machine’s transmitter coil and 

when the loop is closed or opened, the 

change of signal flowing through the loop 

causes a disturbance on the detector’s 

receiving coil. 

This is the same process that happens 

when metal passes through the detector’s 

aperture. 

It is also possible to calibrate the loop in 

order to produce an interference signal 

identical to that of specific metal sphere 

materials and sizes. The Halo is also capable 

of producing multiple level signals that can, 

for example, replicate a 1.5mm sphere of 

ferrous metal (passing through the centre of 

the metal detector aperture) when initiated 

and then with a different prompt, produce a 

signal identical to 2mm stainless steel. 

Halo creates constant signal throughout the 

centre of the aperture to give consistent results at 

the push of a button 

“There are a number of automatic test 

systems available on the market, but these 

are often very complicated electromechanical 

devices that are prone to failure themselves,” 

says Brown. “Plus they do not allow for 

multiple test levels. 

“Being an external device, the Halo test 

results are not controlled by the metal 

detector in any way,” he continues. “As a 

result, it is a true measure of performance 

and more repeatable than a manual test 

where the position of the test piece within the 

aperture is difficult to control.” 

Result logging of the Halo test system can 

be done manually as normal, but can also be 

controlled by a database record keeping 

system so that exact time and results can be 

stored and monitored. 

01295 256266 


Snack waste is 

easily handled 

LeuTronic’s range of product 

recovery machines allow snack 

products including crisps, nuts, 

raisins, chocolate bars and 

biscuits to be recovered with 

ease to give manufacturers the 

chance to rework the food or 

sell on to third parties. A recent 

installation by UK agent 

Springvale Equipment has seen 

a major crisp manufacturer 

handling approximately 

2,000 – 2,500 25g bags and 

saving costs of transporting 

faulty packs to a third party. 

Crisps can be reworked inhouse 

The Pack-Saver machines 

are designed to allow the clean 

separation of product from its 

packaging material using 

adjustable tear-off rotating rails 

to open the packages rather 

than knives. This rail rotation 

combined with the special 

shape of the chamber produces 

an airstream that blows the 

empty wrapping material out of 

the machine. 

Product is then transported to 

a vibratory sieving device where 

an exhausting device separates 

the small wrapper particles from 

the product, allowing the food to 

be used again. 

Infeed can be automatic or 

manual, depending on the 

volume requirements, while 

bulk or smaller inline solutions 

are possible for individual 

portion packs of up to 100g 

bags in size. 

01420 542505 

www.springvaleltd.co.uk 



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snacks 

Pick and place unit 

brings bag benefits 

Metal 

Detection 

Systems 

Tekpak has provided Ireland’s leading 

snack food manufacturer Largo Foods 

with a robotic pick and place solution for 

loading bagged snack products into shelf 

ready cartons or multipacks. 

The investment has reduced labour 

costs associated with manual case 

packing and increased throughput on 

the line by providing a continuous 

packing process. 

“Our investment led us to automate an 

off line production process, significantly 

improving productivity, reducing the 

production lead time from five days to one 

day, and increasing packaging efficiency 

by 30%,” explains John Donnelly, 

operations director at Largo Foods. 

As a selected manufacturing partner, 

Tekpak was asked to provide a flexible, 

fast to size-change and easy to operate 

automated packing solution for a bagged 

corn snack product from the Organix 

range, in both 15g and 20g bags. 

Varying case sizes and product formats 

added to the complexity of the project. 

Also, the need to retain some semiautomated 

hand packing for loading to 

cases meant that the design of the 

system had to be flexible, with special 

control logic features to allow the system 

to change formats with minimum size 

change and be designed ergonomically. 

Working closely with Largo for a number 

of months, Tekpak designed and built a 

complete solution that was customised to 

give maximum flexibility. The line 

incorporates integrated carton erectors 

Packing efficiency at Largo Foods has 

increased by 30% since the robotic pick and 

place installation devised by Tekpak 

that can handle three different carton sizes 

while utilising specially designed seal 

check units to verify bag seals. A robotic 

pick and place system handles bags to 

multipack flow wrapper and auto assisted 

manual pack stations, as well as case 

pack bags to shelf ready cases. 

“Tekpak quickly understood our project 

brief and came up with a solution that 

minimised the expenditure needed but 

maximised the potential investment return 

from the automation,” says Donnelly. 

0845 053 7622 

www.tekpak.co.uk 

The line is loading bagged snack 

products into shelf ready cartons 

or multipacks 

The Phantom Building 

7 Beaumont Road, Banbury 

OX16 1RH United Kingdom. 

Tel: +44 (0)1295 256266 

info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 



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snacks 

Weigher delivers new 

mixed snack options 

Ishida has developed a mix-weighing 

solution for Benelux frozen snacks 

market leader Ad van Geloven for the 

introduction of a new range of mixed 

snacks that offer consumers the added 

value of variety within a single pack. 

The product is packed in a resealable, 

stand-up bag to create maximum impact 

in glass-fronted freezer cabinets and 

convenience for consumers. To ensure 

every pack contains the same number of 

each variety – the 426g bag for example 

features size pieces of four different 

products – the company selected an 

Ishida multihead weigher in a four mix 

version. 

At the same time, as well as delivering 

the new Mora mixture range into two 

different types of bag, the weigher also 

needed to handle single products at high 

speed and have the facility to weigh 

mixtures of the company’s other brands 

into windowed boxes. 

The Ishida solution adopted at the 

Tilburg factory is based around the 

company’s 20-head advanced R series 

Ishida developed this mix weighing solution for frozen snacks produced by Ad van Geloven 

Inspection unit maintains premium reputation 

Loma Systems has supplied its latest 

IQ3 metal detection system and AS 

Combo checkweigher to Alatoni to 

maintain the safety of its olives and 

enhance the speed and efficiency of its 

production line. 

A high level of quality and safety 

control is very important to maintaining 

Alatoni’s premium standards as a key 

supplier to a range of multiples. As the 

company continues to grow, it needed to 

install an inspection solution that 

matched its own quality and reputation. 

The company recently set up a new line 

to process fresh bean salad in a 200g 

container which is what the new 

equipment has been used for. 

The space-saving combined inspection 

system incorporates a high-powered 

variable AC motor on its conveyor that 

delivers speed and accuracy, says Loma. 

Capable of handling packaged products up 

to 5kg with accuracy of 0.5g, the unit can 

inspect at speeds of 400 packs a minute. 

“We really liked the combined metal 

detector and checkweigher as it is 

simple to use and it could cope with our 

high throughput volumes,” explains 

Roy Buchanan, production manager 

at Alatoni. 

01252 893300 

www.loma.com 

A resealable, stand-up bag creates maximum 

impact in the freezer and consumer convenience 

weigher. In addition to the weigher, the 

work carried out by or supervised by 

Ishida included gantry construction, 

conveyors and a feed system to deliver 

product from the existing flow freezer. 

In its mix-weighing set up, each section 

of the machine acts as an individual 

weigher, allowing the different items in the 

mix to be given a specific target weight to 

ensure that the final product contains 

exactly the right proportion. 

The new line also meets every demand 

in terms of versatility, as to change pack 

formats, for example, operators roll the 

bagmaker forward about a metre, 

enabling the weigher to fill the windowed 

boxes instead of the bags. 

0121 607 7700 


The combined inspection unit suits the limited 

production space requirements at Alatoni 



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Detecting bad 

seals on line 

RDM Test Equipment says its 

new online seal inspection 

technology generates a 

unique ‘seal fingerprint’ for 

every package it inspects 

which, in a few milliseconds, 

is compared to statistical data 

to determine pass or fail. 

Failed seals trigger a signal to 

an ejector unit. 

Called Seal-Scope and Seal- 

Cam, the inspection systems 

can be integrated into most 

existing packaging machines, 

without any modification. 

Seal-Scope analyses the 

vibration burst signal from a 

sensor on the sealing bar and 

is therefore suited to most 

vertical and horizontal form fill 

and seal machines, while 

Seal-Cam captures an infra-red 

image of the residual heat at 

the seal, and is suited to almost 

any type of packaging. 

The system is easily 

switched on or off without 

disrupting production and the 

initial statistical data for each 

product is generated in just 

30 seals. The sensitivity can 

be set depending on the 

application and the quality 

requirements of the user. 

This technology has been 

developed by a team of 

university researchers in 

Belgium and is based around 

a highly advanced statistical 

algorithm that not only 

determines pass/fail, it also 

monitors trends in seal 

process capability enabling 

early warnings when pre-set 

limits are reached. The 

system can detect incomplete 

seals, wrinkles, folds, 

creases, holes and product or 

contaminates on the seal. 

“Since the technology does 

not use ultrasound or 

standard cameras, it is 

unaffected by varying light,” 

explains Phil Neal of RDM. 

01279 817171 

www.rdmtest.com 

snacks 

X-ray inspection unit 

ensures peanut safety 

Installing x-ray inspection equipment with its 

fail-safe approach to contamination detection 

and food safety has allowed one of the UK’s 

leading peanut and treenut processors to 

increase its business to retail and foodservice 

customers in the UK, Europe and beyond. 

The Roasting Company has five metal 

detectors, a bichromatic colour sorter, air 

extraction and contaminant screening already 

installed at its processing plant in 

Lincolnshire, but its commitment to quality led 

it to look at additional product inspection 

solutions to tighten its contamination detection 

capabilities on its peanut line. It decided to 

install Safeline’s AdvanCheK bulk x-ray 

system which is designed for the inspection of 

loose-flow products. 

This system simultaneously detects and 

rejects unwanted contaminants, regardless of 

their shape or location, and is up to four times 

more sensitive than traditional detection 

methods. 

“We looked at competitors’ x-ray systems 

and the AdvanCheK bulk machine fitted our 

job for the most competitive price,” explains 

The Roasting Company’s managing director 

Roger Messenger. 

Situated in-line, after the roaster, product is 

fed along the machine’s vibratory conveyor 

and a single, vertical x-ray beam inspects 

about 40 tonnes of peanuts per day. A 

troughed conveyor belt helps retain the 

product, minimise spillage and improve 

transport at a constant depth, and 

The x-ray machines have helped The Roasting 

Company to meet BRC food safety standards 

contaminants are detected and eliminated via 

a single-flap reject system. 

Because the machine was simple to 

operate, maintain and clean, the company 

installed a second unit earlier this year to 

inspect a further 10 tonnes of product per day. 

This unit sits on a second production line that 

handles peanut kernels and peanuts in their 

shells along with other varieties of nuts 

including pistachios, cashews and almonds 

which are predominantly used in the snack 

sector. 

With a slightly different configuration, the 

system incorporates a wheel-out conveyor, 

enabling easy access for product 

changeovers and cleaning – an important 

hygiene benefit, particularly as the line 

handles ‘coated’ products. 

01763 257900 

www.mt.com 

Bagging system for Aussie almonds 

Pacepacker has installed a single bagging 

system to pack 8,000kg of almonds at Select 

Harvests Australian manufacturing facility. 

The system is designed to effectively handle 

and neatly stitch-seal woven PP gusset reformed 

bags measuring 40 x 16 x 6in, each of which 

weighs 50lb. The T22 bag placer is designed to 

handle challenging bags and is capable of 

picking up and placing 12 open mouth bags per 

minute. It incorporates a multiple pile bag 

magazine conveyor to reduce operator workload. 

These large bags are closed on the TBC 

machine at up to 14 a minute. 

01371 811544 

www.pacepacker.com 

Almonds are packed in Australia by Select Harvests 




snacks 

Handling multi bag styles 

Natural, organic snack foods company 

Bio-Nahrung started its relationship with 

Bosch Packaging Technology in the 

1980s when it purchased an intermittent 

vertical form, fill and seal machine to 

package nuts. The company now packs 

approximately 24-25 million bags per 

year of between 100 and 1000g of nuts, 

dried fruits and other snacks. 

It has since installed seven machines 

from the company and the eighth has 

been designed to not only deliver a new 

reclosable doy-style bag to meet changing 

customer needs, but it also offers the 

flexibility of handling a variety of bag sizes 

and styles without slowing down the line. 

The intermittent vertical bagger SVI 

2620 has retrofitting options to provide a 

wide variety of bag styles including pillow, 

side gusseted, block-bottom, corner seal 

and doy-style bags with optional zippers. 

“It helps me not only increase our 

production efficiency, but also differentiate 

our products at point of sale with a 

A key feature of the bagger is its easy changeover of bag styles and products 

Bio-Nahrung packs 25 million bags per year 

diverse choice of bag shapes and styles,” 

explains Christian Winzer, managing 

director of Bio-Nahrung. 

In order to adapt to fluctuating customer 

demands, the company needs flexible 

machines that allow rapid – or in the best 

case immediate – changeover of products 

and pack styles on its lines. 

A key feature of the SVI 2650 is easy 

changeover. “The rotary cross-seal jaw 

housing allows the easiest changeover I 

have experienced,” says Winzer. 

01332 626262 

www.boschpackaging.com

vision 

Crossing the buns 

is right every time 

When Australian company 

Potts Bakery wanted to 

expand into hot cross buns 

it invested in UK-designed 

vision equipment to ensure 

it met retailer needs for 

consistent manufacturing 

quality. 

It installed a Visibake unit 

from Omni Machine Vision 

as a simple solution to its 

quality challenge and to 

ensure a step change in 

quality focus in its bakery 

unit. Indeed, these Visibake 

units include a bespoke 

option specifically designed 

for the inspection of hot 

cross buns. 

In operation, the unit offers: 

• 

Monitoring and reporting 

of the bread bake colour 

• 

Common ‘defects’ in 

bread products that 

detract from the visual 

appearance of the 

product 

• 

Height measurement 

resolution of +/- 0.3mm 

on selected area of 

interest. 

It also provides feedback 

to management and 

operating teams and helps 

Framos Electronics now 

offers the HDR range of 

lenses from Sunex to offer 

maximum operational 

benefits. 

All lenses have some 

degree of stray light effects 

but in most cases, these 

effects are much lower 

intensity than the 

surrounding image. In the 

past, non-HDR sensors 

failed to register much of 

this noise. By contrast, with 

new HDR sensors, any 

light incident on the sensor 

create focus in production 

on required versus 

actual baked product 

performance. 

The heart of the image 

processing is based 

around the powerful 

Halcon machine vision 

library which is supplied by 

machine vision specialist 

Multipix Imaging. Multipix 

has since signed Omni 

Vision as a Halcon certified 

integration partner to 

reinforce the message that 

the company is an ideal 

choice for any company 

seeking a professional 

industrial vision solution. 

Once Visibake was 

installed, Potts used it to 

create a quality focal point 

across the whole of its 

production. This accurate 

and consistent measurable 

data and trends has formed 

the basis for baked product 

quality, consistency and 

operational performance 

improvement at the 

company. 

Also, the unit has allowed 

Potts to positively and 

accurately compare its 

Lens range offers less ‘stray-light’ 

is likely to be visible, 

including any stray light 

effects, which are displayed 

as objectionable artefacts 

on the image. 

For this reason, Sunex is 

offering lenses specifically 

designed to cut down on 

these stray-light 

Poor crossing quality and 

centralisation, resulting in 

very unattractive product 

unlikely to stimulate 

purchase on the basis of 

attractive visual appearance 

Colour and cross variation 

detracting from overall visual 

appearance 

Poor cross centralisation on 

hand crossed hot cross 

buns giving unattractive 

visual appearance 

product quality against its 

competitors and also its 

target customers. 

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Sunex HDR lenses offer maximum operational benefits 

phenomena. Framos says 

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solution for manufacturers 

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www.framos.co.uk 



vision 

A multi-camera, multi-illumination system inspects foil seals in lids 

Multi-cameras 

inspect seals 

CAM__SC=839.472 

Vision systems integrator 

Olmec-UK has developed a 

multi-camera, multi-illumination 

high speed inspection system 

to check the integrity of the foil 

seal on plastic lids used to seal 

glass and plastic containers in 

the food, healthcare and 

pharmaceutical industries. This 

type of lid and seal are used on 

a wide range of products from 

milk bottles to sauces such as 

ketchup, powdered drinks and 

tablet containers. 

The foil is inspected to make 

sure that there are no blisters, 

dents or creases in it and that it 

has not lifted from the rim before 

the lid is sent to the induction 

heated container sealing station. 

The challenges faced in 

designing a high speed vision 

solution included the highly 

reflective nature of the foil 

material, the variety of possible 

defects and their random 

Non-contact sensors from 

Panasonic use both optical 

laser and inductive eddy current 

techniques in their range of 

measurement sensors. 

The high end HL-C2 Series 

is a range of high speed, 

precision laser displacement 

devices using high resolution 

CMOS sensors with highly 

functional controllers. In 

addition to the diffuse type 

products designed for 

measuring position, profile, 

orientation as well as the depth 

of the foil inside the lid. 

In order to capture all of the 

defects, the foil needs to be 

illuminated from different 

directions and imaged by three 

cameras positioned at different 

angles to the foil. The lighting 

runs in a sequence of three 

illumination combinations for 

each of the three cameras, thus 

producing nine individual 

images for each lid inspected. 

This new system can be 

readily integrated into a 

production line environment, 

with an air knife mechanism or 

similar used to fire rejected lids 

from the line. It features 

Olmec’s new modular userinterface 

for Windows which is 

designed for use by production 

engineers rather than vision 

experts. 

01652 631960 

www.olmec-uk.com 

Measurement sensors 

height etc, the system is also 

capable of measuring similar 

properties on glass substrates 

with a specular reflective head. 

The HL-G1 series is a lower 

specification product targeted 

at more general applications 

with the sensing head 

containing all the control 

functions and a digital LED 

display. 

01908 231555 

www.panasonic-electricworks.co.uk 

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Digital label press 

is a speedy option 

Reynders Label Printing has 

installed an N600i digital 

colour label press from 

Domino at its Belgian 

production facility “to help 

the company move forward 

in line with the changing 

dynamics of the industry”. 

“We already had a 

number of digital presses 

but we needed a solution 

that could offer high quality 

printing at significantly 

increased speeds,” 

explains Marc Reynders, 

chief executive officer at 

the company. “The N600i 

was just what we were 

looking for.” 

The label press offers a 

600dpi print resolution and 

uses one of the smallest 

drop sizes (6pl) to deliver 

the quality output onto a 

Printing on to polypropylene 

and polyethylene plastic 

labels at about 100mm a 

second, the latest Allen 

40/25 hot foil coder is 

operating intermittently on 

French perfume and 

cosmetics company Sisley’s 

production line in France to 

produce 120 items a 

minute for labelling its 

luxury skincare products, 

make-up and fragrances. 

In conjunction with a 

Herma H400F labelling 

machine, the hot foil coder 

range of coated paper and 

plastic label stocks, and 

operates at speeds of 

50-75 metres a minute. 

Combined with a standard 

13in wide web width, it 

provides up to 1500sq m of 

print per hour. 

In addition, by varying the 

droplet sizes delivered from 

a single print head 

combined with the 

composition of the ink, the 

N600i can reproduce a wide 

Hot foil coding for cosmetics 

Cognex is expanding its 

award winning range of 

image-based barcode 

readers for logistics and 

retail distribution 

applications with the 

introduction of the 

DataMan 503. With the 

A Belgian 

company 

has 

installed 

this N600i 

digital 

label 

printer 

overprints a six-digit batch 

number on to the labels in 

black, white or silver, 

depending on the product 

line. According to 

maintenance manager at 

Sisley Monsieur Lemaire, 

colour gamut including over 

80% of the pantone colour 

range. 

With so many label press 

technologies installed across 

Reynders multiple sites, the 

fact that Domino had 

integrated the Esko front end 

into its machine added to its 

appeal to the company and 

also assisted with its 

integration. 

01954 782551 

www.domino-printing.com 

A six-digit batch number is overprinted in black, white or silver 

highest read rates in the 

industry, performance 

feedback, and no moving 

parts, the advanced 

reader is suited to the 

most challenging reading 

applications, says 

Cognex. 

reliability of equipment and 

quality of print were two 

key factors behind the 

company choosing to work 

with Allen again. 

01438 347770 

www.allencoding.com 

Image-based barcode readers expanded 

The 503 is particularly 

suited for applications that 

have high speeds, wide 

belt widths, or large 

variations in package 

height. 

01327 856040 

www.cognex.com 


Transparent labels and 

substrates pose no problems 

for the new Sick UF Next fork 

sensor which uses ultrasonics 

to sense label position 

precisely whether clear, 

opaque, with coloured or 

printed designs, different web 

materials or foils and metallic. 

The versatility of the 

improved design is matched by 

a fast response time to ensure 

accuracy even at high web 

speeds which, says Sick, 

makes it ideal for a wide range 

of packaging and labelling 

applications. 

“The UF Next solves a host 

of problems encountered in 

labelling,” explains Phil Dyas, 

sensor expert at Sick. “It will 

even detect double sheets, 

overlaps and two ply materials. 

“The ultrasonic technology 

overcomes the false signals 

picked up by optical sensors 

and this model is unaffected by 

Ribbons are offered in four grades 


labelling, coding & marking 

Ultrasonic fork 

sensor launch 

Multivac Marking & Inspection 

now offers its own consumable 

material for its new thermal 

transfer printer (TTO) to 

ensure the highest print quality 

is achieved. 

Thermal transfer ribbons are 

now offered in four grades: 

The new fork sensor is versatile 

temperature changes, so you 

really only need one sensor to 

cover all label types,” he 

concludes. 

A compact and rugged IP 65 

aluminium housing allows the 

sensor to be located in tight 

spaces and withstand 

challenging industrial 

conditions. 

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Energy savings offer 

for machine builders 

“Machine builders are increasingly under pressure to include energy efficient features into their industrial machines 

and capacitance modules could offer a simple solution,” explains Andrew Davies machine tools and automation 

manager at Bosch Rexroth 

One way of achieving energy 

savings to help mitigate the 

impact of rising prices for end 

users is to use simple 

capacitance modules to 

improve the energy balance in 

applications where machining 

cycles take place in rapid 

succession, such as roll feeds 

or cross cutting lines, says 

Andrew Davies. 

Effectively, the capacitance 

module acts like a kinetic 

energy recovering system 

(KERS) on a Formula 1 car. 

This system recovers a 

moving vehicle’s kinetic 

energy under braking, which 

is then stored in a reservoir, 

such as a flywheel or a battery 

for later use under 

acceleration. 

Energy storage 

With a capacitance module, 

which is connected to the DC 

bus, the machine effectively 

has a temporary energy 

storage unit which can reduce 

the heat loss in the control 

cabinet by relieving the 

braking resistor. 

Andrew Davies, machine tools 

and automation manager at 

Bosch Rexroth 

The primary role of the 

capacitance module is, in the 

event of a power failure, that 

the reserve energy enables a 

controlled retraction motion. 

This protects the work piece 

and the tool, for example in 

gear cutting machines. 

Rather than use the energy 

generated by braking to 

produce heat in a braking 

resistor, the energy is stored in 

a capacitance module and 

re-used on the next cycle of 

the machine. 

However, an additional 

benefit of the capacitance 

module is that in storing energy, 

the panel does not become 

overheated and there is no 

need for a cooling system to 

keep the panel cool. 

In recent years, Bosch 

Rexroth has worked with 

Henrob, the global 

manufacturer of self-piercing 

Using capacitance modules improves the energy balance 

riveting equipment to 

introduce capacitance 

modules into a number of the 

company’s machines. This 

has enabled both parties to 

analyse the impact of 

capacitance modules in actual 

production environments. 

The table below is a 

breakdown of costs using 500 

capacitance modules on a 

vehicle production line, which 

requires the driven load to 

stop very quickly. As illustrated, 

1.3 amps of energy is used 

during an average cycle with 

400 volts input into the machine 

and each rivet taking 1.6 

seconds. With a capacitance 

module in use this results in a 

13.36% saving in current. 

During the course of a typical 

day, 500 cars will be 

manufactured, each with 3000 

rivets, which equates to 

1,500,000 rivets per day 

with a total KWH of energy per 

day of 14056.25 costing 

£1686.75 

Cash savings 

The saving from the capacitance 

module equates to £335 per day 

which, over a twelve month 

period, resulted in a saving of 

more than £54,000. Ultimately, 

the use of a capacitance module 

in this automotive application 

had a payback period of just 

over two and a half years. 

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CONSIDER IT SOLVED.

egulations 

Full validation made easy 

Previous articles have reviewed three key stages in the implementation of EN ISP 13849-1 and here, 

Paul Laidler outlines the final stage – the validation of all of this work 

An analysis by the Health and 

Safety Executive (HSE) of 

incidents connected with safety 

related parts of control systems 

revealed that poor design and 

implementation, together with 

incorrect specification, 

accounted for 59 per cent of the 

causes identified. This 

represents a significant amount 

of downtime for those that rely 

on machinery to do business 

effectively, and is exactly the 

type of problem that a full 

validation process can uncover 

before the control system goes 

into service. 

End-user businesses are 

therefore increasingly 

demanding full validation on a 

machine before it is fully 

commissioned. So, machine 

builders that cannot provide the 

full validation paperwork are 

likely to see a negative impact 

on their sales revenue. 

HSE publication 

The HSE publication “Out of 

Control: Why control systems go 

wrong and how to prevent 

failure” provides useful support. 

Available as a free download 

from the HSE website 

(www.hse.gov.uk), this booklet is 

aimed at users of control 

systems, designers, 

manufacturers and installers. 

The booklet’s primary purpose is 

to raise awareness of the 

technical causes of control 

system failure by examining 

actual case studies of incidents 

that show that obvious defects 

could have been prevented. 

The validation process is 

intended to assure the 

conformity of the SRP/CS with 

the Machinery Directive. It is the 

demonstration that the SRP/CS 

meets the specified safety 

requirements, which can be 

done at different stages 

throughout the design and 

development lifecycle or at the 

end of it. However, we would 

recommend that this should be 

done as early as possible in the 

design stage and become part of 

the ongoing development 

process, as it is more cost 

effective for faults to be identified 

and rectified before rather than 

after a final machine has been 

produced. 

Meeting requirements 

Under EN ISO 13849-1, 

machine designers must meet 

the requirements of Section 8 of 

the new standard, which states 

that “the design of the safety 

related parts of the control 

system shall be validated”. Part 

two of EN ISO 13849 covers the 

validation elements 

comprehensively and Section 

4.1 in EN ISO 13849-2 spells out 

the basic requirements very 

clearly: 

“The validation shall 

demonstrate that each safetyrelated 

part meets the 

requirements of ISO 13849-1, in 

particular: 

• 

the specified safety 

characteristics of the safety 

functions provided by that 

part, as set out in the design 

rationale, and 

• the requirements of the 

specified category 

[see ISO 13849-1, clause 6]. 

Validation should be carried 

out by persons who are 

independent of the design of the 

safety-related part(s).” 

As stated above, “persons 

who are independent of the 

design” means that, if possible, 

the tests should be performed by 

someone not involved in the 

design and development. As 

the validation process is 

re-examining all of the previous 

steps associated with developing 

Full validation on a machine is often demanded before it is commissioned 

safety related parts of control 

systems steps, it is clear why 

independent validation is so 

important, as engineers 

validating their own work could 

all too easily duplicate any 

mistakes they had made at the 

design stage. 

However, it is important to 

remember that the level of 

independence must reflect the 

risk, i.e. the required 

Performance Level (PLr), which 

we covered in the first article of 

this four-part series, and which 

defines the level of risk reduction 

that is required from a particular 

safety function on a machine. 

Analysis and testing 

Validation can be performed by 

analysis or a combination of 

analysis and testing, the first 

stage of which is creating a 

verification plan. This includes 

elements such as the 

identification of the product’s 

safety functions, test principles 

and internal company 

requirements that will be applied, 

analysis and tests that will be 

performed, fault lists (the 

principles for the consideration of 

faults are listed in the annexes of 

EN ISO 13849-2), the personnel 

that are responsible for this 

process, the specific tools used, 

and the definition of criteria for 

the passing or failure of tests. 

The plan ensures that all the 

necessary validation stages are 

covered, which includes 

validation of all of the processes 

we have covered in the previous 

articles. 

Throughout the validation 

process, every activity must be 

fully documented, together with 

their results, so that the machine 

manufacturer can produce 

evidence that validation has 

been properly carried out. 

Once all safety functions have 

been considered and the 

analysis and tests show that the 

safety functions have been 

implemented correctly, your 

validation according to EN ISO 

138 Parts One and Two is 

complete. 

Paul Laidler, 

business 

director for 

machinery 

safety at TÜV 

SÜD Product 

Service 

For more information: 

www.tuvps.co.ukj 

TÜV SÜD Product Service is 

the PPMA’s technical and 

legislative partner 

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4 – 9 May 

IFFA 2013 

Messe Frankfurt, Germany 

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16 May 

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Manchester 


4-6 June 

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NEC Birmingham 


26 June 

PROFIBUS conference 

Stratford Manor Hotel, 

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27 June 

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4 July 

PPMA Seminar 

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Manchester 


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PPMA Seminar 

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Manchester 


10 October 

PPMA Seminar 

Functional Safety 

Marriott Hotel, 

Northampton 


Joachim 

Baczewski 

Who’s done what and gone where... 

Bosch Packaging Technology 

Joachim Baczewski is 

president of Bosch Packaging 

Technology KK in Japan which 

has now completed the merger 

with its Japanese subsidiary 

Eisai Machinery Co. As a result 

of the incorporation, Bosch now 

runs offices in Tokyo and Osaka 

and production sites in 

Funabashi and Honjo. 

“By bundling our competencies, 

uniting our employees and 

consolidating our portfolios, 

we made use of the existing 

synergies to the benefit of our 

customers,” he says. 

Knight Warner 

Kevin 

Parkin 

Kevin Parkin has joined Knight 

Warner as managing director. 

Previously md at Davy 

Markham and Eurofiltec, he 

brings experience from the 

international engineering 

business sector gained over 

many years to the role. The 

company says his accountancy, 

engineering and marketing 

In spite of some of the worst 

weather and travelling 

conditions this winter, the 

Finishing Alliance – comprising 

Duplo, Friedheim International 

and Renz – expressed itself 

“very satisfied” with the 

number of visitors who still 

managed to attend its weeklong 

Showcase event, held at 

the HQ of Duplo UK in Surrey 

this January. 

qualifications meet Knight 

Warner’s business 

requirements. “The opportunity 

to steer an innovative industrial 

automation company to a world 

class position within all 

industrial sectors, together with 

the development of new 

applications within the 

existing portfolio of products is 

an exciting challenge which I 

am delighted to accept,” he tells 

Machinery Update. 

CKF Systems 

Dave 

Beckett 

Dave Beckett has joined CKF 

Projects as projects engineer. 

He has spent the last 35 years 

as development engineer at 

global consumer goods 

manufacturer SC Johnson 

where he was responsible for 

project management and new 

product development. Beckett 

has overseen the design, 

development and installation of 

numerous lines, conveyor 

systems and automated 

palletising solutions during 

this time. 

Martin 

Sauter 

Mazen 

Touban 

OPTIMA consumer 

Martin Sauter has been 

promoted from sales director to 

managing director of OPTIMA 

consumer, the Schwaebisch 

Hall-based enterprise. In 

addition to his responsibilities 

as md, he will continue to 

supervise global sales to 

the food, chemical and 

cosmetics sectors, as well as 

overseeing the entire service 

department. 

Bosch Packaging Technology 

Mazen Touban is the general 

manager of the new Bosch 

sales office in Cairo and brings 

20 years of experience working 

for Bosch in France, Germany 

and India, while managing 

markets in Africa and the Middle 

East. Previously Bosch 

companies abroad supported 

regional and multinational 

customers but now, these 

customers will benefit from a 

local presence backed by an 

international network. 

Showcase event beat the snow 

A total of 96 visitors from 

72 companies attended and all 

were able to take away a shrink 

wrapped calendar that had 

been produced using the 

equipment from all three 

suppliers during the week. 

The Alliance operates for the 

benefit of print finishing 

departments across all aspects 

of industry: commercial, digital, 

packaging and converting. 

Nearly one hundred people 

attended the Showcase event 

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PACKAGING SYSTEMS 

VC999 Packaging Systems (UK) Limited is searching for an 

individual from the food packaging industry who is ready to 

progress their career to the next step. 

VC999 Packaging Systems (UK) Limited is part of VC999 Verpackungssysteme 

of Herisau, Switzerland. As a world leader in the manufacture of vacuum 

chamber machines, tray sealers and horizontal thermoforming machines, 

VC999 are also suppliers of related packaging materials with sales and 

manufacturing facilities located around the world. 

We are looking for an 

Area Sales Manager 

to cover the South of the UK 

You will be responsible for maintaining relationships and increasing business 

with existing customers, identifying new prospects and engaging with key 

decision makers within those organisations. You will be home based in the 

South of England. UK travel will be required including attendance at UK and 

European sales meetings and related exhibitions. 

Applicants must have a proven track record of success in sales of capital equipment 

in the food industry. Technical and or engineering background is an advantage. 

The successful candidate will be an enterprising and enthusiastic individual with 

good communication skills and a customer service focus. Hands-on team 

players are needed, who enjoy a challenge, taking pride in joining the company 

through to its next phase of growth. 

Although a technical/engineering background and knowledge of the packaging 

equipment industry would be advantageous, full training on our range of 

equipment will be undertaken in the UK and at our Headquarters in Switzerland. 

A good remuneration package including company car, laptop, mobile and 

healthcare is available. 

If you wish to be considered for the role of Area Sales Manager, please forward 

your CV, in full confidence, stating current remuneration details and availability 

to info@vc999.co.uk. No agencies need apply. 

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T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 

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BLENDING 

BULK PRODUCT 

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COATING 

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T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 

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E: sales@rileyautomation.com www.rileyautomation.com 

Valco Melton UK 

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PASTA COOKERS 



T: 01325 370370 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 




COOKING KETTLES 

EXTRUSIONS 

HEAT EXCHANGERS 

PASTEURISERS 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Krones UK Ltd 

Westregen House, 

Great Bank Road, Wingates Industrial Park, 

Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 3XB 

T: 01942 845000 F: 01942 845091 

E: sales@krones.co.uk www.krones.com 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 



55

KHS UK Limited 

6 Monkspath Business Park, 

Highlands Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4NY 

T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 

E: khskisters@uk.khs-ag.com www.khs-ag.com 

PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING 





T: 0161 209 4810 F: 0161 474 0292 


PUMPS 

Unit 2 Old Dairy Buildings, Lower Norton Farm, 

Sutton Scotney, Winchester SO21 3NE. 

T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 

E: info@printsafe.co.uk www.printsafe.co.uk 



T: 01325 370370 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SMOKE GENERATORS 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 


Sewtec Automation Ltd 

3 Riverside Way, 

Ravensthorpe Industrial Estate, 

Dewsbury WF13 3LG 

T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 

E: sales@sewtec.co.uk www.sewtec.co.uk 

SPICE & HERB STERILISATION 



T: 0161 624 0333 F: 0161 624 5181 





T: 01325 370370 



PIZZA EQUIPMENT 




T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


Grote Company 



T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 



Multipond Limited 

20 St Johns Road, Tylers Green, 

Penn, Buckinghamshire HP10 8HW 

T: 01494 816644 F: 01494 816206 

E: info@multipond.co.uk www.multipond.com 

SANDWICH PREPARATION 

EQUIPMENT 

Advanced Food Technology 

Thame Industrial Estate, Wenman Road, 

Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3SW 

T: 01844 217303 F: 01844 212341 






T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 


SAUSAGE PRODUCTION 

EQUIPMENT 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SLICING & DICING 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SMOKE OVENS 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SORTING EQUIPMENT 

Scorpion Vision Ltd 

Efford Park, Milford Road, 

Lymington, Hampshire SO41 0JD 

T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 

E: paul@scorpionvision.co.uk 

www.scorpionvision.co.uk 

SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES 

Aylesbury Automation Ltd 

Unit 2 Farmbrough Close, Stocklake 

Industrial Park, Aylesbury, HP20 1DQ. 

T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 

E: enquiry@aylesbury-automation.co.uk 

www.aylesbury-automation.co.uk 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


TABLET COMPRESSION 

MACHINERY 



T: 0161 624 0333 F: 0161 624 5181 



TABLETTING & 

TABLET COUNTING 

Cremer Speciaalmachines BV 

Heereweg 5, 2161 AB Lisse, The Netherlands 

T: +31 252 419038 F: +31 252 418718 

E: sales@cremer.com 

www.cremer.com 

UV CURING 

Jenton International Ltd. 

9/10 Ardglen Ind. Estate, Ardglen Road, 

Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7BB 

T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 

E: sales@jenton.co.uk www.jenton.co.uk 

VACUUM PROCESS VESSELS 




T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 


Grote Company 



T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 






T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 



T o a d v e r t i s e c o n t a c t C h r i s t i n e V a l d e s : T : 0 2 0 8 7 7 3 8 1 1 1 E : c h r i s . v a l d e s @ p p m a . c o . u k 

PA C K A G I N G M A C H I N E R Y 

ADHESIVE APPLICATORS 

Nordson (U.K.) Ltd. 

25 Faraday Road, Rabans Lane Industrial Area, 

Aylesbury, HP19 8RY 

T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 

E: sales@uk.nordson.com 

www.nordson.co.uk/adhesives 

Packaging Aids Limited 

Lords Way, Basildon, Essex SS13 1TN 

T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 

E: sales@packer-products.co.uk 

www.packer-products.co.uk 

Robatech UK Ltd 

The Street, Broughton 

Gifford, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8PH 

T: 01225 783456 F: 01225 783400 

E: general@robatech.co.uk www.robatech.co.uk 




T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 


AEROSOL & SPRAY EQUIPMENT 



T: +44 (0)1268 410 666 - F: +44 (0)1268 410 777 


Ilapak Ltd 

Chalfont House, Silverdale Road, 

Hayes, Middlesex UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 

E: sales@ilapak.co.uk www.ilapak.com 

Optima Packaging Machinery PLC 

7 Loader Close, Kings Worthy, Hampshire SO23 7TF 

T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 

E: info@optima-gb.com 

www.optima-gb.com 

PFM Packaging Machinery Ltd 

PFM House, 2 Pilgrim Way, 

Stanningley, Leeds LS28 6LU 

T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 

E: sales@pfmuk.com www.pfmuk.com 

Schur Technology A/S 

Marking and Packaging, 

Fuglevangsvej 41, 8700 Horsens, DENMARK 

T: +45 7928 2928 F: +45 7928 2935 

E: eha@schur.com www.schur.com 

BAG PALLETISERS 

Phoenix Handling Solutions 

Dylan Harvey Business Centre, Suite 301, 

Empire Business Park, Liverpool Road, 

Burnley BB12 6HH 

T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 

E: info@phs-uk.com www.phs-uk.com 

BANDING 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 

E: sales@atwell-labellers.co.uk www.atwell-labellers.co.uk 

Cobalt Systems Ltd 

Colbalt House, Arden Square, 

Electra Way, Crewe Business Park, Crewe, CW1 6HA 

T: 01270 539800 F: 01270 258132 

E: sales@cobaltis.co.uk www.cobalt-hsg.co.uk 

Domino UK Ltd 

Bar Hill, Cambridge 

CB23 8TU 

T: 01954 782551 E: enquiries@domino-uk.com 


Logopak International Ltd 

Enterprise House, George Cayley Drive, 

Clifton Moor Ind. Estate, York YO30 4XE 

T: 01904 692333 F: 01904 690728 

E: info@logopak.net 

www.logopakprintandapply.co.uk 

Sauven Marking Ltd 

Wintersells Rd, Byfleet KT14 7LF 

T: 01932 355191 F: 01932 354511 

E: sales@sauven-marking.com 

www.sauven-marking.com 

Weber Packaging Solutions 

Macmerry Industrial Estate, 

Tranent, East Lothian EH33 1HD 

T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 611 044 

E: patrick.hughes@weber.co.uk www.weber.co.uk 

BLISTER PACK SEALERS 

Mecapack UK Ltd 

Unit 5 Kingfisher Way, 

Hemdale Business Pk, Nuneaton, Warks. CV11 6GY, UK 

T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 

E: contact.mecapack.uk@proplast-group.com 

www.mecapack.co.uk 

BOX MAKING MACHINERY 




T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 



CAN FILLING EQUIPMENT 

All-Fill International Ltd 

5 Gateshead Close, Sunderland Rd, 

Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1RS 

T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 

E: info@allfill.co.uk www.allfill.co.uk 




T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01494 816644 F: 01494 816206 


3rd Floor, Wellington House, Cowley Road, Uxbridge UB8 2XW 

T: +44 (0) 1895 200221 F: +44 (0) 1895 202380 

www.oystar.packt.com 

AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES 

Ocme UK Ltd 

King John Hse, Kingsclere Park, 

Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 4SW 

T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 

E: sales@ocme.co.uk www.ocme.co.uk 

BAGGING EQUIPMENT 

Enigma Business Park, Sandy’s Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1JJ 

Freephone: 0800 7313643 Fax: 01684 891401 

Email: sales@autobag.co.uk www.autobag.co.uk 

Gainsborough Engineering Company 

Long Wood Road, Corringham Road Industrial Estate, 

Gainsborough, DN21 1QB 

T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 

E: sales@gains-eng.co.uk 

www.gains-eng.co.uk 

Gordian Strapping Ltd 

Brunel Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XX 

T: 01256 394400 F: 01256 394429 

E: sales@gordianstrapping.com 

www.gordianstrapping.com 




T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



Sollas UK Ltd 

Unit 12, Ardglen Ind. Est., 

Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7BB 

T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 

E: sales@sollasuk.com www.sollas.com 

BAR CODE SYSTEMS 

BLISTER PACKERS 

Dividella AG 

c/o Koerber Medipak UK, Mountbatten House, 

Fairacres, Windsor, Berks SL4 4LE 

T: 01753 754865 

www.dividella.com 

Körber Medipak UK 

Mountbatten House, Fairacres, 

Windsor, Berks SL4 4LE 

T: 01753 754865 

E: info@uk.koerber-medipak.com 

www.koerber-medipak.com 




T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 



MediSeal GmbH 

c/o Koerber Medipak UK, Mountbatten 

House, Fairacres, Windsor, Berks SL4 4LE 

T: 01753 754865 

www.mediseal.de 

PLF International Ltd 

Riverside House, Iconfield, Parkeston, 

Harwich, Essex CO12 4EN 

T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 

E: sales@plfinternational.com 

www.plfinternational.com 

CAPPERS 

Cap Coder Ltd 

Monument Business Park, 

Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7RW 

T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 

E: sales@capcoder.co.uk www.capcoder.co.uk 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 549334 F: 01484 549332 


Gainsborough Industrial Controls Ltd 

Alpha Works, Sandars Road, Heapham Road 

Industrial Estate, Gainsborough DN21 1RZ 

T: 01427 611885 F: 01427 611883 

E: sales@gic.uk.net www.gic.uk.net 

Advanced Labelling Systems Ltd 

Unit B, Bandet Way, Thame Ind. 

Estate, Thame, Oxon OX9 3SJ 

T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 

E: sales@als-eu.com www.als-eu.com 

Sepha Ltd 

Unit 25, Carrowreagh Business Park, 

Carrowreagh Road, Dundonald, 

Belfast BT16 1QQ 

T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 

E: info@sepha.com www.sepha.com 



T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 




57

Propack Automation Machinery Ltd 

10 Hill Wootton Rd, Leek Wootton, Warwicks, CV35 7QL 

T: 02476 470074 

E: office@propack.co.uk 

www.propack.co.uk 

Rovema Packaging Machines Ltd 

8 Merlin Centre, Gatehouse Close, 

Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 8DP 

T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 

E: sales@rovema.co.uk 


CASE LINING/ 

FILLING/CLOSING 

Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


Serac UK 

23 The Quadrant, 

Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon OX14 3YS 

T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 

E: info@serac-uk.com www.serac-group.com 

T: 01226 320 762 

E: alan.lewis@shrinkpack.co.uk 


BluePrint Automation B.V. 

T: +31 (0)348 410 999 

E: sales@bpa-flexolutions.nl www.bpa-flexolutions.com 

CASE TAPING/ 

STRAPPING/GLUING 




T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 




T: +31 (0)348 410 999 




T: 01325 370370 



CARTONING SYSTEMS 

CAMA 3 Ltd 

Suite 44, Berkeley House, 

Hunts Rise, South Marston Park, 

Swindon, Wilts, SN3 4TG 

T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 

E: cama3@camagroup.com www.camagroup.com 

Dividella AG 



T: 01753 754865 


Kliklok International Ltd 

Western Drive, Hengrove Park Estate, 

Bristol BS14 0AY 

T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 

E: sales@kliklok-int.com www.kliklok-int.com 

CASE ERECTING/ 

FILLING SEALING 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Cermex UK Ltd 

PO Box 12, Huntingdon 

Cambs, PE29 6EF 

T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 

E: sales.uk@cermex.com www.cermex.com 




T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 


CASE PACKERS AUTOMATIC 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 



Smurfit Kappa Machine Systems 

Woodward Avenue, 

Yate, Bristol BS37 5AP 

T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 

E: machine.sales@smurfitkappa.co.uk 

www.machinesystems.co.uk 

CENTRIFUGAL BOWL FEEDERS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: 01753 754865 



MediSeal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 


Norden (UK) Ltd 

Church Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 5AF 

T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 

E: enquiries@norden.co.uk 

www.nordenmachinery.se 




T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 





T: 02476 470074 






T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 






T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


CHECKWEIGHERS 

Driver Southall Ltd 

18 Maybrook Road, 

Maybrook Ind. Est, Brownhills, Walsall WS8 7DG 

T: 01543 375566 F: 01543 375979 

E: email@driversouthall.co.uk www.driversouthall.co.uk 

Ishida Europe Ltd 

11 Kettles Wood Drive, 

Woodgate Business Park, 

Birmingham B32 3DB 

T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 

E: info@ishidaeurope.com www.ishidaeurope.com 



T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



T: 01226 320 762 






T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 





T: 0161 624 0333 F: 0161 624 5181 




T: +44 (0) 1895 200221 F: +44 (0) 1895 202380 


Anson House, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7TJ 

T: 01502 713777 F: 01986 800081 

E: info@siat.co.uk www.siat.co.uk 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


Loma Systems 



T: 01252 893300 F: 01252 518325 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



T: 01226 320 762 





T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Robatech UK Ltd 

The Street, Broughton 

Gifford, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8PH 

T: 01225 783456 F: 01225 783400 

E: general@robatech.co.uk www.robatech.co.uk 

Soco System (UK) Ltd 

Unit 18, Palmerston Street, Hanley, 

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST1 3EU 

T: 01782 274100 F: 01782 272696 

E: info@socosystem.co.uk www.socosystem.com 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 



CODING & MARKING 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


Allen Coding Systems 

Unit 9 Gateway 1000, Whittle Way, 

Arlington Business Park, Stevenage, 

Herts, SG1 2FP 

T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 

E: info@allencoding.co.uk www.allencoding.com 

ATD Marking Systems 

Marley House, The Mill, Great Bowden Road, 

Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7DE 

T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 

E: mail@atduk.com www.atduk.com 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 


Cap Coder Ltd 

Coding Division, 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 


Domino UK Ltd 


CB23 8TU 



Linx Printing 

Technologies Ltd 

Burrel Road, St. Ives, Cambs PE27 3LA 

T: 01480 302100 F: 01480 302116 

E: sales@linx.co.uk www.linx.co.uk 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CONVERGERS 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 


Kensal Handling Systems 

Kensal House, President Way, 

Luton, LU2 9NR 

T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 

E: sales@kensal.com www.kensal.com 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


UPM Conveyors Ltd 

Waterside Drive, Langley Business Park, 

Langley, Berks, SL3 6EP 

T: 01753 548801 F: 01753 544115 

E: royf@upm.co.uk www.upmconveyors.co.uk 

CONVEYORS 

Astec Conveyors 

Robian Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 9DH 

T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 

E: Sales@Astecconveyors.com 

www.astecconveyors.com 




T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


Transnorm 

Unit 300B, Ashchurch Business Centre, 

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 8TD 

T: +44 (0)1684 291100 F: +44 (0)1684 291550 

E: sales@transnorm.co.uk www.transnorm.co.uk 




T: 01753 548801 F: 01753 544115 


CONVEYORS (AIR) 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CORRUGATED CASE 

MAKING MACHINES 

DEBLISTERING MACHINES 

Sepha Ltd 




T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 


DEPALLETISERS 

Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


ELEVATORS 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Open Date Equipment Ltd 

Units 8 & 9, Puma Trade Park, 

Morden Rd, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 4DG 

T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 

E: sales@opendate.co.uk www.opendate.co.uk 




T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 





T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 




T: 01932 355191 F: 01932 354511 






T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 


Cap Coder Ltd 

Coding Division, 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 





T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 



COUNTING MACHINERY 

Cremer Speciaalmachines BV 

Heereweg 5, 2161 AB Lisse, The Netherlands 

T: +31 252 419038 F: +31 252 418718 

E: sales@cremer.com 

www.cremer.com 

COUNTING/PACKAGING 

HARDWARE COMPONENTS 


Freephone: 0800 7313643 Fax: 01684 891401 




T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 


COLLATING EQUIPMENT 

Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


FlexLink Systems Limited 

2 Tanners Drive, Blakelands, 

Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01908 327200 F: 01908 327201 

E: info.uk@flexlink.com 

www.flexlink.co.uk 

Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


CRIMPING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 549334 F: 01484 549332 




T: +44 (0)1268 410 666 - F: +44 (0)1268 410 777 


Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 



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T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


Gainsborough Industrial Controls Ltd 

Alpha Works, Sandars Road, Heapham Road 

Industrial Estate, Gainsborough DN21 1RZ 

T: 01427 611885 F: 01427 611883 

E: sales@gic.uk.net www.gic.uk.net 



T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 





T: 01753 548801 F: 01753 544115 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 549334 F: 01484 549332 


FFS HORIZONTAL 

(FLOWWRAPPERS) 

Audion Swissvac UK 

Marish Wharf, St. Mary’s Rd, 

Langley, Berks SL3 6DA 

T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 

E: info@audionelektro.co.uk 

www.swissvac.co.uk www.audionelektro.co.uk 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 






T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 


T: 01226 320 762 



Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


FFS THERMO 




T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 





T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 





T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 






T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



T: 01226 320 762 



FILLING: ASEPTIC 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 




T: 01325 370370 



FILLING: BAG/SACK 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





T: 02476 470074 



Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 




T: 01325 370370 



FILLING: DRUM & IBC 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 549334 F: 01484 549332 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


FILLING: GRANULES 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



Unit 22, Victoria Spring Business Park, Wormald St., 

Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire WF15 6RA 

T: +44 (0) 1924 414600 F:+44 (0) 1924 414601 




T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 


Serac UK 

T: 01235 537 222 

E: info@serac-uk.com 

www.oil-filling-machines.com 

www.lubricants-filling-machines.com 

www.dairy-bottle-filling-machines.com 




T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 




T: 01325 370370 



FILLING: MOLTEN 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


FFS VERTICAL 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



FILLING: COSMETIC EQUIPMENT 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 





T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 



FILLING: LIQUID 

FILLING: PASTE 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 





T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Cap Coder Ltd 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 






T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 






T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 





T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


FILLING: PHARMACEUTICAL 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 


FILLING: WEIGH 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 


INDUCTION CAP SEALING 

INSPECTION SYSTEMS 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 






T: 01494 816644 F: 01494 816206 


Advanced Dynamics Ltd 

Unit 3, 606 Industrial Park, 

Staithgate Lane, Bradford, BD6 1YA 

T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 

E: info@advanceddynamics.co.uk 

www.advanceddynamics.co.uk 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 


Enercon Industries Ltd 

62-64 Edison Road, Aylesbury, 

Bucks HP19 8UX 

T: +44(0)1296 330542 F: +44(0)1296 432098 

E: info@enerconind.co.uk www.enerconind.co.uk 

Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd 

Phantom House, Beaumont Road, 

Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1RH 

T: 01295 256266 F: 01295 255987 

E: info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 





T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


Fords Packaging 

Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 

Woburn Road Ind. Estate, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7SH 

T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 

E: sales@fords-packsys.co.uk www.fords-packsys.co.uk 




T: 01753 754865 



Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 




T: 01325 370370 



FILLING: POWDER 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 






T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 



FILLING: SOLIDS 

FOIL CAPPING MACHINES 


Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 


HEAT SEALERS 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 




Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



Sealpac UK Ltd 

Unit 5, Wokingham Commercial Centre, 

Molly Millars Lane, Wokingham RG41 2RF 

T: 0118 977 3400 F: 0118 989 3995 

E: sales@sealpac-uk.com www.sealpac-uk.com 

HOT FOIL PRINTERS 

INDUCTION FOIL SEALING 

Relco UK Limited 

Imperial Way 

Watford, WD24 4JP 

T: 01923 241231 F: 01923 241233 

E: sales@relco.co.uk www.relco.co.uk 

INK JET CODERS 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 




T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 




T: 01932 355191 F: 01932 354511 



INK JET PRINTERS 



T: 0161 624 0333 F: 0161 624 5181 



Loma Systems 



T: 01252 893300 F: 01252 518325 


M.D.S. Ltd Metal Detection Services 

St. Martins Studios, Greenbank Road, 

Sale, Cheshire M33 5PN 

T: 0161 286 8750 F: 0161 286 8749 

E: help@mds.org.uk www.mds.org.uk 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 



Olmec-UK Ltd 

Unit 4 Falkland Way, 

Barton-Upon-Humber DN18 5RL 

T: 01652 631960 F: 08701 236437 

E: sales@olmec-uk.com www.olmec-uk.com 




T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 






T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


S + S Inspection Limited 

24 Park Gate Business Centre, Chandlers Way, 

Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 1FQ 

T: 01489 553740 F: 01489 575471 

E: info@sesotec.co.uk www.sesotec.co.uk 




T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 






T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 



61

L-BAR SEALERS MANUAL/AUTO 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



LABELLERS 

Hall Works, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, CO7 0RZ 

T: 01206 304 982 F: 01206 304 313 

E: sales@accraply.com www.accraply.com 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 611 044 


LABELLING SOFTWARE 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 





T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


Domino UK Ltd 


CB23 8TU 






T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 



Loma Systems 



T: 01252 893300 F: 01252 518325 


M.D.S. Ltd Metal Detection Services 

St. Martins Studios, Greenbank Road, 

Sale, Cheshire M33 5PN 

T: 0161 286 8750 F: 0161 286 8749 

E: help@mds.org.uk www.mds.org.uk 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 






T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 






T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 611 044 


LABEL PRINTERS 





T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 




T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 


LEAK TESTING 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 





T: 01489 553740 F: 01489 575471 


MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE 

PACKAGING 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 






T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 


HERMA UK Limited 

The Hollands Centre, 

Hollands Road, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8PR 

T: 01440 763366 F: 01440 706834 

E: sales@herma.co.uk www.herma.co.uk 

Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 549334 F: 01484 549332 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


QuickLabel Systems 

11 Whittle Parkway, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 6DQ 

T: 01628 668836 F: 01628 664994 

E: info@QuickLabel.co.uk 

www.QuickLabel.co.uk 

LANE DIVIDER/COMBINER 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Sepha Ltd 




T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 


LINEAR VIBRATORS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


LINERLESS LABELLERS 




T: 01952 677432 F: 01952 677423 





T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 






T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 





T: 01904 692333 F: 01904 690728 





T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


Premier Labellers 

PLF (UK) Ltd, Unit 2, 

Bathside Bay, Harwich, Essex CO12 3HF 

T: 01255 553822 F: 01255 241638 

E: sales@premierlabellers.co.uk www.premierlabellers.co.uk 




T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


LASER CODERS 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01270 539800 F: 01270 258132 


METAL DETECTION 

Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd 

Phantom House, Beaumont Road, 

Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1RH 

T: 01295 256266 F: 01295 255987 

E: info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 



T: +44 (0) 1895 200221 F: +44 (0) 1895 202380 





T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 




T: 02476 470074 







T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 




T: 0161 624 0333 F: 0161 624 5181 






T: 01255 552994 F: 01255 552995 







T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0118 977 3400 F: 0118 989 3995 


MULTIHEAD WEIGHERS 

PALLET STRETCH HOODING 

MACHINERY 





T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


PALLET STRETCH WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



Soco System (UK) Ltd 

Unit 18, Palmerston Street, Hanley, 

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST1 3EU 

T: 01782 274100 F: 01782 272696 

E: info@socosystem.co.uk www.socosystem.com 

PICK & PLACE MACHINES 

POUCH FILL & SEAL MACHINES 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 



T: +44 (0) 1895 200221 F: +44 (0) 1895 202380 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


Aetna UK Limited 

Packaging Heights, Highfield Parc, 

Highfield Road, Oakley, 

Bedford MK43 7TA 

T: 01234 825050 F: 01234 827070 

E: colin.barker@aetna.co.uk www.aetna.co.uk 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 






T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 



T: +31 (0)348 410 999 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 






T: 01494 816644 F: 01494 816206 


PALLETISING 




T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 





T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 





T: +45 7928 2928 F: +45 7928 2935 





T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 


MULTIPLE PACKAGING 

EQUIPMENT 



T: 01256 394400 F: 01256 394429 






T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 



PALLET SHRINK WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 





T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


PALLET STRAPPING 

MACHINERY 

Brillopak 

Unit 9 Archers Park, 

Branbridges Road, East Peckham Tonbridge, TN12 5HP 

T: 01622 872907 

E: info@brillopak.co.uk www.brillopak.com 




T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


DAN-Palletiser A/S 

Borgergade 17 

DK-4241 Vemmelev, Denmark 

T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 

E: sales@dan-palletiser.dk www.dan-palletiser.com 




T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 



Novopac (UK) Ltd 

Nul Autre, Harborough Meadow, 

West Chiltington, West Sussex RH20 2RW 

T: 01798 813197 F: 01798 813743 

E: novopac.uk@gmail.com www.novopacuk.ltd.uk 

Brillopak 



T: 01622 872907 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Cap Coder Ltd 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


T: 01226 320 762 



PRINT & APPLY LABELLING 


T: 01206 304 982 F: 01206 304 313 





T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 






T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01270 539800 F: 01270 258132 


Domino UK Ltd 


CB23 8TU 





T: 01256 394400 F: 01256 394429 



Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


HERMA UK Limited 

The Hollands Centre, 

Hollands Road, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8PR 

T: 01440 763366 F: 01440 706834 

E: sales@herma.co.uk www.herma.co.uk 


63

Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 549334 F: 01484 549332 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 01904 692333 F: 01904 690728 






T: +45 7928 2928 F: +45 7928 2935 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 611 044 





T: 0118 977 3400 F: 0118 989 3995 


FlexLink Systems Limited 

2 Tanners Drive, Blakelands, 

Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01908 327200 F: 01908 327201 

E: info.uk@flexlink.com 

www.flexlink.co.uk 

Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 


READY MEALS PACKING LINES 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 




READY MEALS SLEEVING 




T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 


RESEALABLE PACKAGING 




T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 





T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 




T: 0161 624 0333 F: 0161 624 5181 






T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 






T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 





T: 01494 816644 F: 01494 816206 



Freephone: 0800 7313643 Fax: 01684 891401 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: +45 7928 2928 F: +45 7928 2935 


RINSERS AIR/& OR PRODUCT 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


ROBOTIC HANDLING SYSTEMS 



T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


Yaskawa UK Ltd 

Unit 2 Johnson Park, Wildmere Road, 

Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 3JU 

T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 

E: info.uk@yaskawa.eu.com www.yaskawa.eu.com 

ROBOTIC PALLETISERS 

ABB Ltd 

Auriga House, Precedent Drive, 

Rooksley, Milton Keynes, MK13 8PQ 

T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 

E: michelle.jocelyn@gb.abb.com 

www.abb.com/robotics 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


ROBOTS 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 





T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 





T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 





T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Brillopak 



T: 01622 872907 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 



T: +31 (0)348 410 999 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 



SACHET MACHINES 


T: 01206 304 982 F: 01206 304 313 


Dividella AG 



T: 01753 754865 





T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


SHRINK SLEEVING 


T: 01206 304 982 F: 01206 304 313 





T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 



T: 01226 320 762 






T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


Marden Edwards Shrinkwrap 

2 Nimrod Way, East Dorest Trade Park, 

Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7SH 

T: 01202 861200 F: 01202 861400 

E: info@meshrinkwrap.com 

www.meshrinkwrap.com 




T: 01798 813197 F: 01798 813743 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 






T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


SPIRAL CONVEYORS 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 





T: 01753 754865 



MediSeal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



T: 01226 320 762 



SAFETY GUARDING 

SHRINK TUNNELS 


T: 01206 304 982 F: 01206 304 313 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01798 813197 F: 01798 813743 


T: 01226 320 762 






T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


T: 01226 320 762 






T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


SLEEVE FEEDERS 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 




T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 


SLEEVING MACHINES 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 424 565 F: 01452 423 477 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 


STICK PACK MACHINES 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 






T: 01753 754865 






T: 01480 478844 F: 01480 470789 


SEAL TESTING 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


SHRINK WRAPPING 





T: 01234 825050 F: 01234 827070 





T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 




T: 01206 304 982 F: 01206 304 313 


SKIN PACKAGING 




T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 02476 470074 



T: 01226 320 762 



STRAPPING 





T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 




T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 


SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES 



T: 01256 394400 F: 01256 394429 






T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 




65

STRETCH HOODING 



T: 01256 394400 F: 01256 394429 







T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


STRETCH WRAPPERS 





T: 01234 825050 F: 01234 827070 




T: 01256 394400 F: 01256 394429 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


TEA BAGGING MACHINES 

Domino UK Ltd 


CB23 8TU 






T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 




T: 01962 761761 F: 01962 761762 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 611 044 


THERMOFORMING 

Dividella AG 



T: 01753 754865 





T: 01753 754865 






T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 



MediSeal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


TRAY ERECTING/PACKING 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


Cermex UK Ltd 



T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01798 813197 F: 01798 813743 





T: 02476 351300 F: 02476 349250 





T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0118 977 3400 F: 0118 989 3995 


TUB/CUP FILLING & 

CLOSING MACHINES 


T: +44 (0) 1895 200221 F: +44 (0) 1895 202380 





T: 0113 239 3401 F: 0113 239 3402 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





T: 01793 425880 F: 01793 616219 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 01684 560800 F: 07053 452478 


THERMAL PRINTERS 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 





T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0118 977 3400 F: 0118 989 3995 


TRAY DENESTING SYSTEMS 

Anson House, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7TJ 

T: 01502 713777 F: 01986 800081 

E: info@siat.co.uk www.siat.co.uk 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



TRAY SEALERS 

TUBE FILLING 



T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 



UNSCRAMBLERS 





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67

Computerised Formulation 

For Improved Production Yield 

Food and pharmaceutical manufacturers are under increased pressure to improve 

plant productivity, product quality and consumer safety. Computer guided formulation 

and weighing offers straightforward ingredient traceability and process tracking. 

METTLER TOLEDO’s White Paper - Improved production yield through 

computer based formulation - is a free to download document 

outlining the benefits of adopting such a system. 

• Provides effective recipe accuracy with every batch 

• Guarantees reliable and traceable results 

• Integrates into your existing process 

• Increases production yield 

• Reduces raw material wastage 

www.mt.com/uk-ind-formulation-wp 

Mettler-Toledo Ltd 

Tel: 0116 234 5095 

Email: enquire.mtuk@mt.com 

Download 

Your Free 

White Paper 

The paper discusses the benchmarks set out by regulatory 

bodies such as the International Food Standards (IFS) and 

British Retail Consortium (BRC) and their requirements 

regarding the full traceability of manufactured goods.

MU March / April 2013

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