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Bosch to showcase three filling & packaging machines at Interpack 2014
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Thursday, 27 February, 2014, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Dusseldorf
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fiogf49gjkf0d At Interpack 2014 (which is slated to take place in Dusseldorf, Germany, between May 8 and 14, 2014), Bosch Packaging Technology (a processing and packaging solution supplier) would showcase its comprehensive range of filling and packaging equipment for liquid and viscous food, including three innovations tailored to the dairy and baby food markets with their sensitive products.
The TFC 5532 thermoform, fill and seal machine has a labelling system which ensures high output and design flexibility for their hygienic packaging applications. For the purpose of shelf differentiation, the new BLO linear PET container blowing machine allows both dairy and beverage producers to package their products in a wide range of container shapes, styles and sizes.
Ampack GmbH, a Bosch Packaging Technology company since October 2012, has developed a new generation of the KF 2/4 carousel filling machine to offer simple changing between bottle formats, cup formats and pack styles and ensure easy access for machine maintenance.
“With competition for consumers on the increase, manufacturers demand technology that would enable them to quickly switch between products or pack styles on the production line,” says Robert Fesl, head of sales for product lines thermoform and pouch, Bosch Packaging Technology.
“As a result, we focussed on developing systems that would provide design flexibility and production efficiency while also helping speed up the time to market,” he said.
TFC 5532 thermoform, fill and seal machine
Bosch’s TFC 5532 [for liquid and viscous food such as yoghurts, desserts and fresh products which require extended shelf life (ESL)] would particularly benefit the dairy and baby food industries.
The machine’s extended 4x6 cup configuration would enable a high output of up to 43,200 cups per hour and handling of various cup sizes ranging from portion packs up to dessert cups.
The TFC 5532 is available for clean and ultra-clean hygienic packaging. In addition, it can handle hot-fill applications and products with particulates of up to 25mm in diameter.
A core feature of the TFC 5532 is Bosch’s patented in-mould labelling system, which would minimise the TFC’s space requirements. Twenty-four single labels could be created in a single step. These are then fed in parallel into the machine. The system would also enable tool-less changeovers to ensure more flexible production and short downtime.
The machine’s ergonomic, compact design and low height would facilitate access to all parts, thereby simplifying cleaning and maintenance.
Its hygienic design is further enhanced with the positioning of drives above the cup transport area.
An additional benefit of the TFC 5532 is its semi-enclosed tunnel with over-pressure of filtered air, which would maintain the required hygienic level during product filling to avoid recontamination.
BLO linear PET container
The BLO linear PET container blowing machine is Bosch’s offering to the dairy and beverage sectors.
Featuring a maximum speed of upto 35,000 containers per hour and the ability to handle container volumes ranging between 60ml and 2 litre, it would offer the flexible production of a wide range of container shapes and styles.
When combined with aseptic filling technologies from Ampack, the equipment could be used for hygienic applications, including dairy-based yoghurt, coffee, mineral water and beverages.
The BLO has been created to minimise PET material use and energy consumption. By rotating the preforms during the heating stage, equal heat distribution on every material surface would be ensured, allowing for the production of thin-walled containers.
It would produce lightweight containers with the smallest bottle neck rims on the market, reducing the amount of material required and costs.
With its intermittent motion and step-by-step production feature, the BLO would heat only a few preforms at a time.
This would prevent possible product jams during the production process, resulting in reliable operation and maximum uptime.
Its linear machine concept and open-machine design would facilitate the maintenance and operation procedure.
For further cost savings and high flexibility to produce a wide variety of shapes, the machine would enables simple, quick and tool-less format changeovers, as only a few moulds need to be changed in the blow-moulding module.
In addition, other modules and machines can easily be integrated with the BLO machine.
Aseptic carousel filler
The company would showcase Ampack KF 2/4 carousel filling machines for the aseptic or ultra-clean filling and closing of bottles and cups.
The machine would fill liquid products, including those with higher viscosity, fibres and particles, such as fruit yoghurts, milk drinks, teas, coffees, protein drinks, baby food and clinical nutrition products.
Capable of handling cup and bottle sizes from 100 to 1,000 milliliters, the carousel filling machine would reach speeds of up to 10,000 bottles per hour for 200ml bottles.
The carousel filler would offers greater flexibility compared to linear filling machines as it enables quicker changeovers between formats and pack styles, such as bottles and cups, in a variety of sizes.
This can be attributed to its servo motor concept, which would facilitates adjustment to different formats, as well as to its new gripper system that would feed and insert bottles into the machine’s transportation system and outfeed the filled and closed bottles.
In addition, the KF 2/4 carousel filling machine would include a separate platform for its sterile air unit, ensuring that filters, pipes and sensors are effortlessly reached for maintenance.
Large doors around the filling machine would further simplify the monitoring of the filling process as well as maintenance.
For product quality assurance, the machine has a dosing system by inductive flow meter (IFM), and a filling valve developed and manufactured by Ampack.
Due to the rotary valve design, the filler would allow fruit, cereals or pulps to pass through.
When it closes, its sharp edge will cut the particles instead of crushing them, thus avoiding dripping and preventing any hygienic issues.
Compared with mechanical versions, the servo driven stations would provide much more flexibility and enable a safe and simple format change via recipe controlled actions.
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