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24 MACHINERY UPDATE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 www.machineryupdate.co.uk<br />
New Machinery<br />
Screw conveyor is good<br />
for low-headroom areas<br />
The automated palletiser is safer<br />
Robotic<br />
palletiser is<br />
flexible<br />
Active8 Robots is offering the<br />
Attollo series palletiser, designed<br />
as a compact and also mobile<br />
machine that reduces labour<br />
costs while lowering health and<br />
safety risks associated <strong>with</strong><br />
manual handling.<br />
With a footprint of just 2 x 2.2<br />
metres, the Attollo takes up very<br />
little space on the factory floor.<br />
The ease of relocation means it<br />
offers speed and flexibility when<br />
setting up a production line which,<br />
says the company, makes it ideal<br />
for long or short production runs.<br />
The Attollo is safe to use as it<br />
is fully guarded, <strong>with</strong> pallet entry<br />
and box infeed light guarded for<br />
ease of access.<br />
In operation, complex pallet<br />
layers can be easily configured<br />
<strong>with</strong>out any specialist<br />
programming knowledge. Just<br />
rotate and nudge individual boxes<br />
to create complex layer patterns.<br />
In terms of tooling, the<br />
standard head can handle<br />
multiple case types and sizes,<br />
including shrink wrapped and riptop<br />
packaging. Custom tooling is<br />
also available for any nonstandard<br />
packaging applications.<br />
As for the infeed, the 1.5 metre<br />
buffer conveyor has adjustable<br />
infeed height to make it easy to<br />
interface <strong>with</strong> existing equipment<br />
and therefore minimising any<br />
setup time.<br />
The company works in many<br />
industry sectors including food<br />
and beverage, pharmaceuticals,<br />
plastics, automotive,<br />
manufacturing and co-packing.<br />
T 01761 234376<br />
W www.active8robots.com<br />
Anew low profile flexible<br />
screw conveyor <strong>with</strong><br />
integral bin and castormounted<br />
frame is now<br />
available from Flexicon.<br />
It can roll below mezzanines<br />
and other low-headroom<br />
areas, receive material from<br />
overhead equipment, and<br />
discharge the material into<br />
process equipment and<br />
vessels throughout the plant.<br />
Ready to plug-in and<br />
run, the self-contained unit<br />
features a ‘push type’ drive<br />
system positioned at the<br />
lower intake end of the<br />
conveyor, versus a standard<br />
‘pull-type’ drive positioned<br />
at the upper discharge end<br />
of the conveyor, reducing<br />
overall height by<br />
approximately 610 mm.<br />
INTEGRAL BIN IS LARGE<br />
At 250 litres, the integral bin<br />
accommodates the contents of<br />
approximately one-third<br />
of a bulk bag measuring<br />
1 x 1 x 1 metres, or several<br />
typical 25 kg bags, depending<br />
on bulk density.<br />
A specialised Bev-Con screw<br />
tna has introduced the tna<br />
intelli-sys iPS 3, a fully<br />
integrated data collection<br />
and reporting tool to<br />
provide manufacturers <strong>with</strong><br />
unprecedented insights into all<br />
of their production processes.<br />
With the new tna intellisys<br />
iPS 3 software, food<br />
manufacturers will be able<br />
to use a single standardised<br />
platform to collate, visualise<br />
and evaluate live and historical<br />
information from every part<br />
of the production chain and<br />
across multiple locations.<br />
The unit is designed to move a range of difficult-to-convey bulk materials<br />
<strong>with</strong>in the straight conveyor<br />
tube is engineered to move<br />
a range of difficult-to-convey<br />
bulk materials that tend to<br />
cake, pack, smear or plug,<br />
as well as fragile products<br />
prone to breakage, <strong>with</strong> no<br />
separation of blends.<br />
With the exception of the<br />
Data management tool offers manufacturers<br />
visibility over all their production processes<br />
By integrating data from every<br />
process and at every site in<br />
a single-plant management<br />
system, visibility increases,<br />
administrative tasks reduce,<br />
processes are optimised and<br />
traceability is improved.<br />
Compatible <strong>with</strong> both PLC<br />
and PC-based technology,<br />
tna’s integrated production<br />
system (iPS) easily integrates<br />
<strong>with</strong> all existing tna and<br />
third party equipment.<br />
It is a scalable, transparent<br />
and cost-effective software<br />
that provides users <strong>with</strong><br />
polymer tube, all material<br />
contact surfaces are of<br />
stainless steel finished to<br />
food, pharmaceutical, dairy<br />
or industrial standards for<br />
rapid wash down and/or<br />
corrosion resistance.<br />
T 01227 374710<br />
W www.flexicon.co.uk<br />
the ultimate visibility over<br />
every step of the production<br />
line, either locally or<br />
remotely through a simple,<br />
user-friendly web-capable<br />
interface, says the company.<br />
The collation of detailed<br />
historical data, such as batch<br />
scheduling, tracking and<br />
tracing can be used for both<br />
internal communication<br />
purposes, but also as an<br />
external tool to prove<br />
regulatory compliance.<br />
T 0121 628 8900<br />
W www.tnasolutions.com
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