Machinery Update | November / December 2020

24 MACHINERY UPDATE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 www.machineryupdate.co.uk
COVID-19
New coding system was
installed remotely
in the first lockdown
The profiles offer user stability
Modular profiles
are used to create
screens and shields
Antalis has launched Alugrip6, a
set of modular aluminium profiles
and accessories which can be used
to create screens and shields.
The Alugrip6 profile range is
a set of aluminium profiles and
accessories which used together
can create numerous screening
and shielding applications to
service office, retail warehouse
and leisure environments.
The system can be used in
conjunction with rigid sheet
materials, including acrylic, glass,
PETG, foam PVC, polycarbonate
as well as proprietary Xanita and
Katz boards.
The range has been designed
for the manufacture of a wide
variety of screens and shielding
structures required.
T 01530 505099
W www.antalispackaging
solutions.co.uk
Leafield Marine, a designer
and manufacturer of
valves and inflation
systems for products including
life rafts, inflation boats and
marine evacuation systems,
has installed the Sojet Elfin 1
printer they had been shown
by Timbermark at the PPMA
Total Show last year. It was
installed during lockdown.
“The E1 printer appeared to
provide the level of solution
appropriate to our relatively
low volume, non-automated
production station,” explains
Leafield’s operations director
Ian Mountain. The order
came through to Timbermark
as Britain was locking down
to prevent the spread of
Coronavirus, and with new
COVID regulations in place,
there was no chance of a site
visit. Instead, Leafield was
assisted in installing
the printing system remotely.
“Setting up the system
was relatively simple once
the operating process was
understood,” says Mountain.
“Within a couple of hours
playing with the printing
Leafield replaced manual marking
The Sojet Elfin 1 was easy to set up
system, parts were being
marked successfully. What
was once a significant time
consuming experience has
been transformed into a quick,
in-line activity, easily paying
back the cost of the system in
a few months,” he says.
T 0870 803 1877
W www.timbermark.co.uk
Bowl feeders offer bespoke designs
Automated feeding
units meet demand
for C-19 testing kits
RNA Automation has been
working with diagnostics
manufacturers in increasing
their production capacity
to help them meet the
global demand for COVID-19
test kits and antibody
test kits. These kits must
be produced quickly,
but most importantly, be
manufactured without any
outside contamination
to be safe and effective.
RNA has been supplying
various bowl feeder systems
to help meet current needs.
These have included feeders
with a white FDA approved
polyurethane coating for test
tubes, a unit that feeds two
variants of glass syringes,
and multi-lane systems to
provide a higher output rate.
T 0121 749 2566
W www.rnaautomation.com
One of the
key items
for the
dispersion
of gel is
Carbopol
Mixing it up to make
hand sanitising gels
Ytron Quadro has helped Jonarve
in Flint to repurpose its production
facilities to manufacture hand
sanitising gel using a Ytron ZC to
disperse Carbopol.
T 01494 792898
W www.ytron-quadro.co.uk
Latest virtual reality and remote support is
helping customers to save time and money
Responding to the crisis,
Redpack got multiple
machines out the door in
a matter of weeks to pack
wipes, sanitisation kits,
face masks and hygiene
packs and it is currently
rolling out HoloLens, a virtual
reality piece of kit.
Obviously, C-19 has made
it more difficult for its service
engineers to be on site as
much as pre-pandemic, but to
overcome this challenge the
company now installs remote
support as standard across its
Redpack has been
delivering in C-19
complete range of machines.
This means the technical
support team can logon to
the machine remotely to
support customers, if required,
and make any adjustments
to the machine settings.
The HoloLens is designed to
add to this type of service.
T 01603 722280
W www.redpack.co.uk