uffi
© Arz
Metal packaging for the cosmetic industry.
INNOVATIONS: PRESENT&FUTURE
Arzuffi’s Line-Met System Conquers the Decorative Industry by Offering Maximum Automation at Reduced Costs Mara Arzuffi Arzuffi Srl – Bernareggio (Monza e Brianza), Italy
mara.arzuffi@arzuffisrl.it
Arzuffi’s Line-Met metallising plant family expands into the cosmetic and glass packaging sectors to offer maximum automation at a reduced investment cost.
D
espite the global health crisis, the figures recorded at
These plants guarantee full automation, continuity with the existing
the end of 2020 show that the packaging industry in Italy
line and reduction in investments costs: in fact, the expensive robots
reached a turnover of around 34 billion Euros, with the
used in conventional lines are replaced by a single cartesian arm.
glass packaging sector showing one of the most positive values (+8% compared to 2018 data)1. In this particular sector, production lines
The new line for cosmetic packaging: Line-Met V5
are characterised by high volumes and automation technologies
The new Line-Met V5 system consists of a workpiece loading station,
of the highest level. The automation of the coating processes, from
3 process chambers, and a final unloading station integrated with an
basecoat to metallization up to topcoat, is among the plant solutions
automatic device for returning the tray to the beginning of the line.
that weigh most heavily on companies’ costs, precisely because of the
In order to meet the needs of the cosmetics industry, the traditional
high robotisation and mechanisation level required. In order to meet
static sputtering process has been replaced by the new dynamic
its customers’ needs, which have become even more urgent at this
sputtering technique, guaranteeing a significant reduction in costs.
difficult time, when the cosmetics sector has experienced a setback
The productivity of Line-Met V5 is unprecedented: with a cycle time
for the first time in its history, Arzuffi Srl has developed a new series of
of less than 45 seconds, it achieves a line speed of 20 meters per
systems called Line-Met V5 and Line-Met V6.
minute, exceeding the one achieved by the majority of the painting lines. With reference to a 16 mm-diameter mascara tube, this plant
https://www.italiaimballaggio.network/it/il-settore-del-packaging-2020-2-istituto-italiano-imballaggio
1
120
N. 69 - MAY/JUNE 2021 - international PAINT&COATING magazine
is capable of metallising 1200 bars (standard length of 900 mm) per
