At this year’s interpack show OYSTAR Erca-Formseal will be presenting the new generation of its EF400 standard packaging machine.
Designed for a format of 4 x 6 125-gram cups and a capacity of 40,000 cups per hour, two main enhancements really stand out: The machine’s forming station has an in-mould labelling system consisting of four moulds, mounted on a horizontal shaft, and the detection of defective products of the EF400 is simplified. This lets the labels be introduced in two steps while the moulds are in a horizontal position.
An advantage is that the labelling unit has a footprint only half the size of the one before. Other advantages of an in-mould labelling system include a perfect label positioning on the whole pack, up to 20% savings on plastic, a higher vertical pressure resistance of the cups and the ability to perform a label height change over within minutes.
A unique feature of the new EF400 is simplified detection of defective products via Ethernet. The control system is installed in an ELAU unit that monitors both the axes of the servo drives and input/output via a PROFIBUS network. The control system is connected to the MDS supervision PC (Maintenance Diagnostic System) via an Ethernet link.
The customers of OYSTAR Erca-Formseal come from the dairy and the food & beverages industry. Buyers of the EF400 benefit from reduced investment and operating costs. OYSTAR Erca-Formseal is thus making a major contribution to optimizing total cost of ownership and sustainability.
OYSTAR Erca-Formseal, which invented form/fill/seal technology 50 years ago, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of machines for packaging liquid and pasty dairy products. Over 2000 efficient thermoforming systems from OYSTAR Erca-Formseal are now in use in over 60 countries. Thanks to their flexibility for handling different formats, due mainly to modern in-mould technology, they continually enable new product marketing approaches.
The Process and Packaging Group is one of the world’s leading providers of packaging equipment and technology, process know-how, and packaging services . Its product portfolio includes granulating, drying, tablet coaters and presses, blister machines, tube fillers, and cartoners, tray and case packing machines, palletizing equipment, as well as aerosol filling machines, wrapping machines, filling and sealing machines for pre-formed cups and bottles, form-filling and sealing machines for sachets and cups and chub machines.
OYSTAR also possesses extensive know-how in the key areas of dairy products, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. This expertise forms the basis for the OYSTAR Group companies’ specialization in optimizing, designing, and constructing whole packaging machinery lines.
The EF400 from OYSTAR Erca-Formseal can be viewed at interpack (in Düsseldorf, Germany on April 24-30, 2008) at the booth of the OYSTAR Group (Hall 6, Booth C 80).
For further information please contact:
In Australia and NZ – SUTTON GROUP Ltd
tim@suttongroup.co.nz
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www.oystar.erca-formseal.com