Page 44 - Food and Drink Business Magazine May 2019

AUSPACK REVIEW
Machinery in motion
Many flagship products were hard at work on the stands at AUSPACK 2019.
1Here’s a taste of just some of the demonstrations we saw.
ENTRY-LEVEL X-RAY A COMPACT CUP FILLER
Heat and Control was putting an Ishida Jet Technologies brought the compact Ilpra
X-ray machine for finished products Fill Seal 5000 cup filling and se2
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aling system to through its paces at AUSPACK. AUSPACK and was hosting live
A Thurne slicer designed for cheese and cooked meat was hard at work on Linco’s stand.
The Ishida IX Series X-ray machine demonstrations on its stand.
is part of a range that has been The rotary filler and sealer features up to 12 designed for small businesses as it stations that precisely fill denestable cups, balances strong sensitivity with lower and despite its small footprint, the Ilpra operating costs. system can fill up to 5000 pieces per hour and
This entry-level option balances is designed for juices, dips, yoghurt, pestos,
sensitivity with minimal operating soups4
costs, and offers an excellent return on investment for uniform products such as bread, dried fruit, sliced cheese, yoghurt, pastry and confectionery, according to the company.
FOLLOW THE FRENCH FRIES
Australian equipment maker tna was promoting its end-to-end processing and packaging solutions – spanning processing, frying, seasoning, distribution and packaging – with an edgy innovation station on its stand.
The Innovation Station took AUSPACK attendees on a visual journey through two complete solution lines – French fries and potato chips. The new equipment on display at tna’s stand included the Robag 5
high-speed vertical form fill and seal system, and the Ropac 5 side-loading case packer.
The PolySlicer 1000 comes with a choice of orbital or involute blades, and can operate as
, sauces and honey, and comes with lots of optional add-ons.
It can also produce a range of pack formats including shingled, stacked, staggered, shaved, portioned, folded or interleaved presentations, and variety packs and can stack at speeds of up to 1500 revolutions per minute on standard formed products.
The machine can operate as a standalone unit or as part of an integrated fixed or catch weight system.
A SLICE OF CONVENIENCE
a standalone unit or as part of an integrated fixed or catch weight system.
INDUSTRY 4.0 IN THE FLESH5
On the Foodmach stand, AUSPACK visitors could see applied Industry 4.0 in action, with a range of IIoT-compatible technology on display.
Foodmach was displaying its Line MES, plus robotics and vision technology including its robotic bag palletiser with vision; the Robopac helix stretchwrapper; the Markem-Imaje Pallet Labeller/ UR10 cobot integration plus mark and read solution; the Novus Carry autonomous mobile robot; and the Robowizard pick and place robotics programming tool.
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