Industrial Packaging
September/October 2016
BULKDISTRIBUTOR
Turnkey solution combines bagging and bulk bag
filling systems within existing limited plant space
T
o replace an existing weighing, bagging and palletising
system without enlarging or modifying the plant can be a
challenge, but represents an opportunity for an entrepreneur.
Concetti of Bastia, Umbria, Italy, recently supplied just such a turnkey
solution, combining a fully automatic bagging system IGF600
designed for woven PP open mouth bags and a bulk bag filling
system, to a South American manufacturer of pig and cattle feed.
The customer had requested a robust, flexible answer, adapted to
the tight space available in the plant and capable of filling both 25kg
bags and 800-1000kg bulk bags, required by the local market.
The technical solution offered by Concetti has optimised the space,
in addition to reducing the capital investment. The installation, for
example, uses a single net weigher, meeting the requirement to have
two bagging options with a single complete line.
Dosing is by net weight scale – one for both filling machines – and
a conveyor belt. The product is weighed in a separate weigh hopper
and is then discharged into the bag, or, alternatively, deposited on a
conveyor belt linked to the bulk bag filling station, with multiple
weighments making up the 1000kg load.
The sacks are filled by a fully automatic IGF600 with capacity of up
to 600 bags an hour, depending on the product fluidity and type.
Concetti supplied the line complete with a PS-3A four-column robot
palletiser. The big bag filling station has a capacity up to 8-10 per
hour and requires the presence of an operator to fit the bag mouth
to the bag-spout, close it and remove it with a forklift when filled.
New KeyKeg production
line opened in Germany
L
ightweight Containers is opening a new
production plant in Grossbreitenbach,
Germany. The fully automated production
line has a capacity of 400 KeyKeg Slimlines
per hour and is expected to be fully
operational later this year.
The line can produce all the members of the
KeyKeg Slimline family of kegs. PET-Verpackungen
Deutschland is the production partner and will
manage the day-to-day production.
The new production capacity will ensure that
Lightweight Containers, a family firm based in
the Netherlands with its focus on innovation,
can meet the region’s sharply rising demand for
the next few years.
Anita Veenendaal, Chief Commercial Officer of
Lightweight Containers, said: “We see service
as a crucial element for our success. We aim to offer
the best possible service, so we want to produce as
close to our customers as we can. This new location
and the extra capacity will reduce both delivery
times and transport distances even more.
“In the last six years, our sales have grown
more than 40% each year, and we’re seeing
accelerated growth in the demand for our kegs
almost everywhere in the world we serve. With
this new production line, we can continue to
serve our customers in this region at the level
they’re used to.”
The new KeyKeg plant is being set up in close
collaboration with the company’s production
partner PET-Verpackungen Deutschland.
Jan Veenendaal, CEO of Lightweight Containers,
said: “Our one-way kegs have a lot of added
value throughout the supply chain. They also
fit in perfectly with trends like specialty beer
exports and wine on draft, which partly explains
why we’re growing so fast.
“We intend to keep concentrating on solutions
for the beverage industry, and on crucial trends.
We can do this by collaborating with a
professional and flexible production partner
like PET-Verpackungen, who completely shares
our view of quality.”
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