When tradition goes hand-in-hand with change
Year 2016 opened under the banner of a great dynamism for the Bolognese
company, since it is always dedicated to the research of cutting edge solutions
and attentive to the market evolutions. ACMA, on one side reconfirms its
commitment to improve its machine technology, aiming – besides the performance
– at aspects like energetic efficiency and sustainability; on the other hand it works
to increase its solution portfolio so as to fully meet with the various requirements of
the markets where it operates. Concerning the field of the liquid and solid edible
products, characterized by several and very different sectors, ACMA is present
with proposals for the confectionery, for tea and coffee. At the beginning of the
year, the company took part in ProSweets in Cologne, Germany, where it
presented in world premiere the new Wm600 CC for the Confectionery sector. In
the month of May ACMA was present at the Tea&Coffee World Cup forum in
Krakow, Poland, reaffirming its position in the tea field.
Moreover, it continues the commitment in the coffee and soluble in capsule, to
which the Bolognese company offers now a solution portfolio able to cover
different phases of the packaging. Whatever the reference field, ACMA works to
be more and more close to the customer, standing beside him from the line design
to the after-sales phases, thanks also to technologies like ARA (Advanced Remote
Assistance), a tool to control in remote the machine functionality by the specialized
ACMA engineers that permits a “virtual” juxtaposition during the assistance
phases.
Confectionery – a new medium speed machine to meet the sector needs in
the best possible way
ACMA has an experience unique in the world in the specific field of packaging of
candies, sweets and bakery products, where since over ninety years ago, it started
its activities and now is one of the most important players on the market. At the
beginning of the year it presented in world premiere the Wm60o CC, an alternate
movement machine for the multi-style packaging of products like chocolates,
taffies and plane-base candies. It is a unit designed to meet the specific demands
of the markets that require medium speed solutions (the machine can reach 600
strokes per minute) characterized by high flexibility and easy use. In fact, the
Wm600 CC permits realizing various shapes, like bunch, double ribbon, cherry
cordials, wallet and fantasy, ensuring a perfect package also in case of products
with inner and outer wraps with different dimensions. The compact layout enables
it to integrate perfectly inside various production environments, while the balconytype
shape and the use of brushless motors make easier the operating,
maintenance, and cleaning activities. The offer is completed by the possibility to
work with all main wrapping materials and the standard equipment of the ARA
system. The Confectionery portfolio is enriched by solutions that go from the
M888, a multi-style high-speed machine to the flowpackers of the SP series, up to
a wide range of horizontal packers.
Tea: T2, T4 and T10, three winning solutions
ACMA, with its Tecnomeccanica brand, continues to point to the development of
solutions for packaging the tea bags, with a portfolio complete of machines able to
meet the requirements of the main word producers. The recent participation to the
Tea&Coffee World Cup forum intended to reconfirm the commitment of the
Bolognese reality in one of the leading sectors of its activities. ACMA’s offer
includes the T4 Modula, the solution for the packaging in double-chamber bags
that was recently technologically upgraded to increase the performances and is
now able to reach a speed of 300 strokes per minute. The characteristics that
made it a unique solution on the market: specifically, the capacity to make doublechamber bags , without using glue and staple putting the tied tag on the front part of the package to the benefit of the esthetic and practical use. Moreover, T4 is
equipped with advanced motors with energy recycle as completion of a project
born keeping into maximum consideration the aspects tied to the environmental
sustainability and to saving. Finally, T4 is an extremely flexible and modular
machine, able to be configured to cover different packaging phases. In fact,
besides packing the tea leaf, the machine can include units to package the bags
inside cardboard boxes, having different formats and types. Moreover, the portfolio
includes the T10 Continua, top of the line, also dedicated to the packaging of
double chamber bags, characterized by continuous movements able to produce
500 products per minute. To meet with the requirements of packing in chamber,
there is the T2, one of the machines more appreciated on the market that can be
configured in different variations, from “Prima” – the base version – to “Full Leaf”
for packaging the entire tea leaf up to the “High Speed”, unit able to produce up to
320 bags per minute , that could offer to the top players of the sector, a
remarkable reduction of the labor costs and increase of the production efficiency.
Coffee and soluble: from the machine for packing in capsules to the
secondary packaging
The commitment in the coffee sector continues, the last field that ACMA entered in
2013 with the presentation of the Qi 350 model, dedicated to the filling in capsule
and characterized by technologically advanced solutions, among which the design
of the dispenser located on independent stations (that guarantees the maximum
precision in the weight check in the filling phase) and the presetting for the vacuum
directly on the machine, to increase the product shelf life. During the last three
years the company has widened the solution range: the Qi family has in fact
enlarged with the arrival of the 500 module, that shares with the 350 the general
setup, increasing the production performances and of Qi 800, that with respect to
Qi 350 and 500 is characterized by a more traditional line layout. The Qi 800 and
is considered as a solution able to combine excellent production performances
with high reliability and strength. The last arrival in the family of solutions for coffee
and soluble products is Miniwrap, “green” and “cost saving” machine for packing
the capsules in flowpack: ideal solution for the completion of production lines.
Developed according to principles aimed at reducing the material consumption
and limit the costs, Miniwrap, with respect to the solutions traditionally in use on
the market, permits saving 30% of the wrapping material and 50% on the packing
volume. This translates in an optimization of all logistic expenses which are
downstream the production chain: from the transport costs to the storing ones, up
to the product placement in the sale points.
