Denmark - June 2011

Three pillars of the packaging process
The TREPKO concept
The three pillars
The philosophy behind the TREP-
KO’s activity was always to listen to
the food producers’ changing needs
and requirements. These ideas have
been translated to an engineering
language and reflected in numerous
installations of packaging machines
and lines. Both the TREPKO experience,
present and future development
can be summarised in three main pillars
that support the packaging process:
• Safe product: Hygienic environment
and conditions of packaging
as well as the final product safety
• Flexibility: The machines provide a
variety of possible applications and
take part in the creation of an innovative
product
• Comprehensive delivery: Integrated
solutions for all phases of
the packaging process
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By Agnieszka
Libner, MSc,
Vice-President,
Marketing & Sales
Director,
TREPKO Sp. z o.o.
Seal-check station installed on a TREPKO 6-lane rotary
machine (246 KSP).
All three pillars can be perfectly illustrated
by the projects recently realised
by the TREPKO Group.
Case: Australia
One of the projects is a 232 KSP machine
delivered to an Australian subsidiary
of a dairy worldwide leader.
For a long time there was a conviction
that the high hygienic level requires
a large in-line machine. This
two-lane turntable machine proves
that a rotary construction can feature
a number of hygienic options
thus enhancing product safety. The
solutions installed include e.g. cups’
deionization combined with vacuum
cleaning of the cups prior to UVC
radiation. Considering the limitations
of the standard UVC radiation,
TREPKO has developed a system designed
especially for effective decontamination
of deep and large containers.
This rotary machine offers also
seal check with an automatic elimination
of defective packaging. The project
shows that even small or medium
size production can respond to the
most stringent hygienic expectations.
Flexibility of the packaging machines
is a tool that accelerates the
response to the market changes. In
terms of product innovations it has
two major meanings:
• Fast and easy change-over to other
packaging dimensions and shapes
• Product creation by a packaging
machine.
The systems used in all TREPKO filling
& closing machine are prepared
for changing the container within
very narrow time limits and without
using specialised tools. However
state-of-the-art technology allows for
even more than just changing containers.
TREPKO offers solutions,
where the same machine works with
two different packaging sizes at the
same time with an additional option
of turning-off one of the lanes. An alternative
solution is the filling & closing
machines with changeable number
of lanes, depending on the size of
containers.
Case: South Africa
On the other hand, variety of the dosing
systems combined with modern
drive technology allow of offering
filling machines for even the
most sophisticated products. A per-
Product filled on a TREPKO rotary machine (223 KSP).
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