TecnAlimentaria Eastern Europe Edition 2023/2024 - Beverage

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TecnAlimentaria Supplement

n. 2 February 2023 - Year XXVIII

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Technology in technopolimeric material

Mould and mould-flow design for thermoplastic articles

Mould design for elastomeric articles

Print of technical details in thermoplastic materials

Print of elastomeric technical details

Ultrasound soldering – high frequency – hot blade

Quality service: analysis on technical articles produces and test of in/outcoming materials

FIELDS OF APPLICATION OF OUR PRODUCTS

BOTTLING

PACKAGING

AUTOMATION

LABELLING

PAPER TRANSFORMATION

PHARMACEUTICAL VALVES AND FITTINGS

PNEUMATICS

Akomag Srl

Frazione Diolo, 15/D - 43019 Soragna (Parma) Italy Tel. +39 0524 59 90 97 - Fax +39 0524 59 90 12 info@akomag.com - www.akomag.com

Akomag’s new success

Recently, Akomag has delivered, installed and tested a new machine intended for washing recycled glass bottles. The machine for the PepsiCo group is a Hydra 8.2, characterised by very high production: 37,500 bottle/h. The new model, the pride of mechanical Made in Italy, reaches mechanical efficiency equal to 99.4%, successfully exceeding the standards required by the customer in the contractual phase. With this new provision, Akomag confirms itself once again as world leader in the construction of glass bottle washers. The bottle washer has been specially designed to minimise the environmental impact, with particular attention to water and steam consumptions, and to the duration of the detergent bath. The completely automated wash cycle includes an initial bottle-emptying station followed by a prewash spraying and first pre-soak bath that significantly reduces detergent bath pollution and markedly decreases consumption levels. In the pre-soak area the project also provides for the installation of a belt filter that allows to automatically remove the main impurities typical of recycled bottles (straws, paper, cigarette butts, for instance). The washing of bottles is completed with the internal and external high-pressure detergent wash sprays, using self-cleaning and self-centring rotating nozzles.

Mains water for spray-rinsing

In designing Hydra 8.2, Akomag focused on the final rinsing sprays using mains water. The expedients developed during the design stage have allowed to achieve extraordinary results. By installing a special valve with integrated flow meter on the mains pipe (controlled directly by the control panel), it is possible to detect the instantaneous and daily water consumption required for the proper washing of the bottles.

With pride and satisfaction, Akomag technicians say that thanks to the new design the new machine has a water consumption equal to 0.098 litres per bottle. A lower value than rigidly imposed in contractual phase by the customer. The supply is completed with many other technological innovations, including sensors for slowing down or stopping the machine in case of missing or clogging of the bottles on the conveyor belts; synchronization systems of the bottle washer speed with that of the filling monobloc; control and introduction of detergent and additives in the washing bath and of sequestrants/disinfectants in the spray tanks; self-cleaning filters in the tanks; automatic bottle loading and unloading, perfectly synchronized with the movement of the main chain.

Akomag is a flexible and dynamic company that bases its policy on customer satisfaction, the quality of its systems, its assistance services and technological innovation. Akomag has been working for several years in the bottling sector and thanks to the proven experience developed in this field, the company can guarantee to its customers maximum yields, user-friendly operation and minimum operational costs, as well as long working life of its machines built with top quality materials. From the province of Parma, Akomag aims to meet the needs of all those who are looking for high-quality products.

“With an eye on innovation, we are committed to proposing functional and technological projects while ensuring high productivity and energy saving”

Albrigi Tecnologie, of which Stefano Albrigi is the owner, is a solid reality with thirty years of know-how in the design, construction, installation, service and maintenance of plants and equipment for processing for industries such as food, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, bio-nano technology and oenology, which provides a turnkey product.

Albrigi Srl

Storing liquids, mixing liquids, weighing, measuring, dosing liquids, heating and cooling liquids, vacuum or pressure, transferring liquids is this company’s speciality.

Albrigi Tecnologie can define itself as a world leader in the production of stainless steel systems for food, wine, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, bio-nano technologies and oil industry.

For many years, Albrigi Tecnologie has been studying, researching and experimenting new solutions with the main aim of realize complete turnkey systems with liquid transfer and processing technologies. Albrigi Tecnologie produces tanks, reactors, ripeners and mixers with the highest quality, in order to offer to customers, services and technologies aimed at money saving, reducing costs, times and pollution, limiting or totally eliminating mistakes and contaminations. All these advantages permit to increase production and help customers to obtain a prestigious and high-quality product.

Following the evolution of the market and production needs, Albrigi creates both external and internal systems for the storage, mixing and processing of food liquids in compliance with the safety regulations, according to the HACCP, FDA, PED, ATEX, anti-seismic regulations which are fundamental rules that dictate the basic requirements of Albrigi Tecnologie plants, tanks, reactors, ripeners and mixers.

The company offers plants in stainless steel AISI 304-316 and special steels such

as duplex, titanium, etc. for the storage of liquids, transfer, processing, mixing, heating, cooling, with vacuum or pressure testing with PED-SVIT/ASIT-ATEX certification. Moreover, internally with its own technicians, it studies all the various electrical control and service management systems of its plants thus providing a complete service of electrical plants with PLC and customized management programs.

Albrigi Tecnologie designs, produces, installs, tests, certifies and assists its customers for years to optimize the production processes of their plants.

All systems are complete with pumps, piping, weight and level sensors, liter counters, manual and pneumatic valves, saturation with inert gas, nitrogen, CO2, argon, high performance dedicated electrical control panels, an indispensable tool to operate any P.C. system and PLC for the management of transfer processes that operate in both manual and automatic mode with remote control process, managed by customised programs

with algorithms reducing manpower by 70%. A wide range of systems allows to condition new and existing tanks: with cavities, heat exchangers, thermoplates, pipe insulation, thermal power stations, steam and thermal oil generators. Albrigi steam generators can be used with low, medium and high pressure; their excellent performance is the result of a design and construction conceived to ensure maximum reliability and durability. They meet the requirements, even high ones, of medium and large plants and guarantee a considerable energy saving. Washing is a very important phase in any sector, in order to prepare all equipment and plants for the processes for which they are designed. Albrigi Tecnologie is specialized in the study and application of manual and automatic fixed washing plants completely programmable, managed by PLC, with customizable software and self-testing systems of the process up to the complete sanitization and sterilization in every internal

or external point, always respecting the environment and reducing pollution by 80%. For Albrigi plants a special finishing called “High Clean Inside” is used. It is the result of a process that starts from a careful selection of top-quality raw materials, and from the subsequent processing of the sheet metal surface: welds perfectly pierced, subsequently pickled, passivated, flattened, scordoned, rolled, laminated then shaved and mirror polished.

In this way, during the washing processes, any type of obstacle is reduced and consequently is also limited the consumption of water, energy, and detergents.

One of the primary objectives is to keep an eye on technological evolution, on the experimentation of new plants, on the respect of the environment and on the optimization of costs and resources. The plants, composed of tanks made of high-quality stainless steel, are designed and manufactured by trained staff and tested according to European standards.

The aim is to provide its customer with unique installations of their kind, the result of years of experience, built with the technology and efficiency of a modern company, combined with the skill and care of a craft company. The commitment is to unite these two souls that, wisely fused, lead to produce excellence.

Albrigi is not only specialized in the study, design, technical assistance and certification of the plant, but it also offers the customer a wide range of accessories and spare parts. Albrigi considers them as an indispensable service for the realization and complete maintenance of the plant.

Respect for the traditions of the past, maintain of the authenticity and originality of the product, respect for customers, their requests and needs, respect for the work of employees, guaranteeing their safety, wellbeing and technical knowledge and respect for the territory that hosts us, to be an integral part of its development and preservation. This is the philosophy of Albrigi Tecnologie.

Albrigi Srl

Via Tessare, 6/A - 37023 Località Stallavena di Grezzana (Verona) Italy

ALTECH is one of the major European producers of self-adhesive label applicators for product decoration, coding and identification.

Today, the company distributes its systems all over the Italian territory through a network of direct sales, while the commercial distribution for Europe and overseas takes place in more than 50 countries through a network of 80 qualified resellers and 3 subsidiary companies in the United Kingdom, the United States and South America. Its range encompasses the following products: ALstep – low-cost applicator featuring modular and flexible configuration.

ALritma - high-performance label applicator, which can be easily integrated in packaging lines. It is also available with thermal transfer printing group in the ALritmaT version, for print/apply applications.

ALcode – real-time print-apply systems which apply labels immediately after printing, in any position, on both stationary and moving products (even at high speeds).

A specific pallet labelling version, ALcode P, is able to print and apply A5 format labels on two consecutive sides of a pallet (normally front and side, per EAN 128, or even three sides on request).

ALbelt - simplified linear system which is open, compact, and particularly economical. It can be configured for wraparound, c-wrap, top, bottom, top and bottom, top and side labelling of various products, cylindrical or

Viale De Gasperi, 70 - 20008 Bareggio (Milano) Italy

Tel. +39 02 90 36 34 64 - Fax +39 02 90 36 34 81 info@altech.it - www.altech.it

flat. It’s ideal for labelling cases, boxes, trays, jars and cans. Its simple and solid main structure houses a conveyor and one or more labelling heads (choice of ALstep, ALritma or ALcode model). ALline – complex linear system able to apply self-adhesive labels to a wide range of product shapes, constructed with the most reliable materials and components on the market to offer the highest levels of performance and production.

The modular design incorporates ALstep and/ or ALritma heads and can be configured on the basis of customer requirements, allowing application of labels of any shape and size for front/back or wrap-around labelling and seal application to food, cosmetics, chemical and pharmaceutical products. For further information:

ALline ECfront-back labelling plus top seal

ALline C - in-phase label application

ALline C - wrap-around labelling machine

BBM Service Srl

Via Pregalleno, 24 - 24016 San Pellegrino Terme (Bergamo) Italy Tel. +39 0345 23 642 - Fax +39 0345 41 755 info@bbmpackaging.com - www.bbmpackaging.com

Food&beverage packaging: Tailormade solutions for your plant

BBM Service is able to offer 360° support and customized service for your bottling plant

Italian excellence

BBM SERVICE is an Italian company with a long and renowned experience in the beverage sector, specialized in the turnkey supply of water and beverage bottling plants. For more than 15 years, BBM has been a technical partner of some of the most renowned brands in the sector, such as Nestlé Waters, Coca-Cola HBC, Refresco, Group, and many others. A single partner, from audit to start-up BBM Service is a single point of reference for market and budget analysis, study layout, supply and installation of machines, management of safety protocols, and logistics.

What are the “turnkey” services of BBM Service?

1. Excellence in used bottling machinery

BBM has an impressive 200+ selection of used packaging machines, completely overhauled, and updated, to ensure equal or better performance than the latest generation machines. BBM offers the best of the second-hand market, including blow molding machines, fillers, labelers, shrinkwrappers, wrap-around case packers, tray formers, palletizers, and much more! Customers can view the machines and follow the overhaul

and start-up process at the BBM showroom in Lenna (Bergamo, Italy).

Available in just 90/120 days

BBM has in stock everything you need for a turnkey supply. After the customization of the machine, our technicians are ready to carry out the transport, assembly, and startup.

Go green, go second-hand

The growing problem of disposal of industrial material makes it necessary to adopt a new philosophy, where old machinery is not demolished, but withdrawn from suppliers such as BBM. Buying the overhauled used means making a conscious, convenient, and environmentally friendly choice

Visit BBM online store

At www.bbmpackaging.com you can scroll through the complete catalog of used machines, complete with layouts, technical details, and videos of the line in action.

2. Technical assistance and engineering

With a team of over 50 qualified technicians, BBM offers a complete range of services: line dismantling and relocation, format changeover, maintenance of the plant, and staff training. What else?

Highly specialized engineering interventions to fully exploit the potential of the machine and achieve energy and cost savings. BBM has specialized in upgrades on the blow molding machines of all main OEMs to save up to 35% in energy consumption.

3. Spare parts

Whether it is normal wear or urgency, BBM is the best alternative for the supply of spare parts compatible with the main OEM. BBM has always invested in research and development to provide free pass material of the highest quality, at prices 10-20% lower than the market average.

Shortage of electronic and mechanical components: BBM’s solution to guarantee a continuous supply

BBM Service is the first company in the sector to adopt spare parts storage programs for the exclusive use of the customer. With its preferred customers, BBM activates an exclusive and confidential in-stock program, to protect their stocks in view of planned interventions for all their plants.

In addition, BBM is specialized in the supply of dedicated overhaul kits for machine groups, so that the customer can save on the cost of the single piece and order all the necessary spare parts at once.

BBM is in Eastern Europe

The vast entourage of foreign agents is responsible for facilitating commercial and logistical operations in EU and non-EU territories. In case of emergencies, no costs are required for fast deliveries: a dedicated assistance office will manage the shipment in the shortest possible time.

Contact BBM Service for a free quotation info@bbmpackaging.com

On display: Single-lane dynamic accumulation table – the intelligent buffering system to distribute unstable products

BBM Service keeps your bottles super synchronized with the single-line-dynamic accumulation table: the intelligent buffering system is perfect to distribute unstable products that don’t need to touch each other

The single-lane accumulation table from BBM is made from AISI 304 stainless steel structures and it is constituted by two modular chains on a parallel side running in opposite directions. An especially driven mobile trolley brings the containers from one lane to the other. This system is used to synchronize the product either if there’s a slowdown of downstream machines.

Advantages: The absence of thrust or pressure during transport and accumulation of the containers makes the system suitable for unstable products that need not touch each other. Available for both large and small formats.

Watch the video of the buffering system in action and discover all the technical details.

BBM Service Srl

ELVEM for 50 years guided by the bright side of energy ELVEM, a leading manufacturer of electric motors, has always operated at the forefront of innovation and technology. ELVEM is the result of the passion and dedication of a family that has been in the industry for more than 50 years, supported and flanked by excellent employees.  From day one, ELVEM has acted by providing customers with customized solutions, meeting their every need with reliable and sustainable technological solutions. With a highly specialized team of engineers and technicians, ELVEM has a wide range of electric motors that cater to various applications, including the food&beverage industry.  With a stock of more than 160,000 finished motors (including electric motors in IE4 efficiency, and Permanent Magnet

synchronous motors), components and semi-finished products, ELVEM guarantees ready solutions to every product sector. ELVEM is committed to providing support to all customers in more than 40 countries around the world, working closely with each customer every day to gather feedback and understand their needs. The motors supplied are accompanied by certifications and technical support, ensuring maximum reliability at all times.

ELVEM is always looking for new solutions to expand its current boundaries, aiming to be a concrete and solid reference in the world of electric motors. That’s why it is constantly oriented to invest in machinery and technologies that allow it to innovate and develop new products to offer to its customers, consolidating its reputation. ELVEM strives each new day as if it were the first, guided by light, the bright side of energy.

ENOMET was founded on 9 January 1996 by the current Administrator P.I. Giacomo Cocci who, thanks to the experience gained since 1979 in the wine sector, decided to set up his own business. Over the years, the company has grown due to the experience and innate inventiveness of the founder, as well as the arrival into the company of the children and highly qualified staff who have added value and new ideas.

What ENOMET does

Its business is focused on the study and development of new technologies, on the design of machinery and processing lines, on the construction and marketing of oenology systems. Over the years, oil and beer production plant have been built. In addition to mechanical construction, ENOMET is also able to develop complete turnkey wine cellar projects, taking care of the architectural and technological parts and proposing innovative systems, making use of various patents. ENOMET has the ISO 9001:2015 certificate.

The mission

A whole life dedicated to wine and his men. The luck to have fun with your work. The opportunity to meet and work with great oenologists and wine producers. ENOMET’s mission has always been to listen, to understand problems, to propose solutions. Pioneers always exploring innovative and highly topical techniques. Leaders in ion exchange, in the recovery of fermentation gases, in the design and construction of

Enomet Impianti srl

innovative machines from grape harvesting to bottling, in the construction of complete wine cellars.

The vision

ENOMET’s little way brought it up and now it wants to keep climbing. ENOMET will continue listening, understanding problems and suggesting solutions with passion and competence. It wants to continue the way taken many years ago, highlighting its presence in the current markets and meet new ones. Strengthening the research and development of new technologies in the

oenological sector but especially in other sectors in which ENOMET aims to expand in the next few years: olive and brewing.

ENOMET products

• Reception and processing of grapes: Destemmers, sorting lines, receiving tanks, stalk shredder, stalk aspirators.

• Pumps: Elliptical rotor pumps, single crew rotor pumps, lobe pumps, peristaltic pumps, piston pumps, floating stator pumps, coaxial pumps.

• Pressing: Membrane presses for soft pressing.

• Musts cleaning: Dynamic flotation units for the clarification of the musts.

• Filtration: Rotary vacuum filters, kieselguhr filters, plate filters, cross-flow filters, microfiltration housing, reverse osmosis.

• Refrigeration: Chillers, heat exchangers, refrigeration plates, electrical panels for to control fermentation temperatures.

• Tartaric stabilization: Manual and automatic ion exchange deionizers.

• CO2 recovery: Plants for the recovery and reuse of fermentation carbon dioxide.

Enomet Impianti srl

Supports for barriques and tonneaux, manual stirrers, filling, emptying, washing.

• Sanitization: Steam generators, dry nebulizers.

• Oxygen dosage: Micro oxygenators.

The market

ENOMET’s main activity is in Italy but since 1996 the company has been exporting its products to over 53 countries around the world. Exports currently account for about a 35% of sales.

ENOMET team

• Sparkling wine and fizzy wine: Complete plants for Classic and Charmat Method.

• Nitrogen: Nitrogen generators and plants.

• Batonnage: Automatic devices for mixing liquids inside the tanks.

• Tanks and accessories: Stainless steel tanks and autoclaves of all types. Removable stirrers.

• Bottling: Bottling systems of all types, manual and automatic. Rinsers, fillers, corkers, labellers, capping machines.

• Barriques and tonneaux accessories:

Currently ENOMET team consists of 16 people, including the founder and current Administrator, divided between the production department and offices. The various phases of ENOMET’s activity, from design to construction, are mainly managed by its Technical Office in symbiosis with the Research and Development team, that if necessary benefit of qualified external consultants. The installation of the systems, even when managed by external companies, is always followed directly by ENOMET internal technicians.

ENOMET technical assistance service enables the company to carry out maintenance and repair, in Italy and abroad, even on machinery not of its production (after checking them).

Contacts

ENOMET is located in Italy, in Tavernelle di Colli al Metauro (PU), on the Adriatic coast. Call them directly at (+39) 0721 897527 or e-mail to info@enomet.it

Finpac Group, unstoppable growth trend

Technological innovation, sustainability, and customer service are the pillars that drive Finpac Sleeve’s expansion, a company that started as a manufacturer of sleeve machines and became an international benchmark to the entire beverages industry. Finpac Sleeve Group’s 30 year-history has been characterized by constant growth, with the goal of creating a business reality able to dominate the packaging market. Thanks to a robust programme of investments, Finpac Sleeve Group introduces itself as a one-stop source for big wineries that need turnkey solutions, but it also offers compact solutions that better fit smaller-size firms. In addition to this, thanks to the integration of various experts of the sector, today Finpac Sleeve Group also covers nearly all the packaging world with low-speed to highspeed machines.

Sustainability and innovation

Finpac Sleeve Group has recently introduced its new LS at BBTech Expo – Rimini, February 2023.

Finpac Sleeve’s most recent investment is the new low-speed machine LS. A highly versatile, robust machine that delivers maximum flexibility in terms of adaptability and easy maintenance of a broad range of products, of any size and content, full or empty, with partial, full body label and/ or guarantee seal, with speed ranging from 1,500 to 12,000 bph.

Finpac Sleeve Srl

Via Gallarata, 46 - 20019 Settimo Milanese (Milano) Italy

Tel. +39 02 89 77 55 24  info@finpacsleeve.com - www.finpacsleeve.com

Further news from Finpac Sleeve to be presented during the trade fair in Rimini will be the cutting group with fast blade changing, already installed in France and South Africa, for optimized time of blade running and manpower’s time saving. That is a relevant benefit that will give customers

the possibility to install this system in all their machines and further optimize their processes.

The circle is closed with two projects, a hotair oven and Autosplice, that will be Finpac Sleeve range’s flagship products in 2023. Partner at global level

Finpac Sleeve Group expects to close 2023 with a tripled turnover on 2022, with the goal of growing it five folds within some years, thanks to new technology, with vertical and horizontal expansion. This way, the Group will be a single-stop source and partner for all labelling stages.

Finpac Sleeve’s customers, initially international, have also grown in Italy as much as covering all beverages sectors. With fifteen agents and sales offices all over the world, 85% of the Group’s turnover comes from abroad. Europe accounts for half of this share, while the strongest nonEuropean Countries are Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Mexico, Africa and Australia. As well as sustainability and innovation, customer service is further pillar of Finpac

Finpac Sleeve Srl

Via Gallarata, 46 - 20019 Settimo Milanese (Milano) Italy

Tel. +39 02 89 77 55 24

info@finpacsleeve.com - www.finpacsleeve.com

The model SMH LS is a sturdy and highly versatile sleeve applicator that grants maximum elasticity in terms of adaptability and easy management of a wide range of products, of any shape and content, full or empty, with partial, full body label, and/or guarantee seal, with speed ranging from 1,500 to 12,000 bph.

Sleeve Group; Plants constantly need update, maintenance or extension, and that’s why investing in a widespread network in fundamental to provide assistance to customers around the globe.

General Manager of Finpac Sleeve, Erik Granzon says…

A considerable programme of investments has helped Finpac Group to establish itself in international markets as an all-round technology provider for the world of packaging. What about this expansion path and the company’s new identity?

Finpac Sleeve Group’s expansion stems from the determination to be a technological partner for the Wine&Beverage industry, with innovation as sustainability driver. Finpac Sleeve enters the market as bearer of solid tradition and promoter of labelling machine design and manufacture, machines featuring innovative design; intelligent solutions that meet requirements such as competitiveness, production efficiency, flexibility, energy saving, and simplicity in production plant management. Hence the new SHM LS applicator, the new labelling machine designed and developed thanks to decade-long experience gained in cooperation with the biggest and most famous world’s bottlers.

Let’s talk about Finpac Sleeve new sleeve applicator SHM LS

The new model SHM LS from Finpac Sleeve is a sturdy and highly versatile sleeve applicator that grants maximum elasticity in terms of adaptability, and it is equipped with the most advanced electronics made in Italy. Finpac Sleeve has privileged Italian suppliers and state-of-the-art technical solutions, eco-friendly, as to improve kinematics and manage increasingly thinner eco-compatible sleeves.

Finpac Sleeve presented this latest labelling development on occasion of BBTech Expo trade fair, one of the most important international events for the food and beverage industry that encompasses all the aspects of food production, to offer users a useful tool to tackle the market’s new challenges. SHM LS grants maximum performance and top customer satisfaction.

How is sustainability part of your growth strategy?

We deem sustainability central issue, and cross to all process stages, as well as inherent part to our growth strategy: In addition to its intrinsic value and relevance to society’s wellbeing, having sustainability as design parameter enables our customer to offer products and solutions that can reduce waste and consumption, minimize the impact on the environment and provide excellent performance with small energy consumption.

Future project for the beginning of 2023?

Finpac Sleeve starts a new project of shrink sleeve applicator for third parties, innovative packaging technology that offers the possibility of automatic sleeve application, performed both empty and full. This specific processing enables personalizing a part or the whole surface of the product, adjusting the sleeves to all shapes and sizes, graphically exploiting the entire surface where the sleeve is applied on.

Ilaria Zilio – CEO of Finpac Sleeve, concludes saying “We will always be grateful to our customers for sharing their visions and targets, enabling

us to develop, refine and propose relevant and quality products, and to continue our journey made of passion, proactive, evaluative and quality analysis that aims to meet the real and changing needs of a continuously developing market.”

Galigani Filtri is a leader in the design and construction of filter presses and relevant filtration systems. Since 1958, the company has boasted over 3,000 installations in 5 continents, created with skill and professionalism, in order to offer a high-quality product and a support service for users, installers, and designers. The company is based in Italy, located in a modern facility in the heart of Tuscany, where it makes use of the most modern systems of research, study, and design so as to best solve the problems of each individual application, as well as provide adequate pre- and post-sales assistance through its qualified technicians.

Galigani Filtri Srl

Strada Provinciale Colligiana, 50 - 53035 Monteriggioni (Siena) Italy Tel. +39 0577 30 50 04 info@galiganifiltri.com - www.galiganifiltri.com

Furthermore, the company is also equipped with a laboratory for filtration testing on samples supplied by clients to determine all the necessary parameters required for sizing the filter press that is most suitable for their needs. Production includes filter presses and pumping units that feed the filter presses. The wide range of filter presses varies from manual discharge machines to fully automatic machines run by modern PLCs. Galigani Filtri manufactures filter presses for all types of applications: food, chemical, pharmaceutical, explosive atmospheres (ATEX), purifying waste water, acid filtration, aggregates, mining, galvanic industries, recycling industries, and so on. All machines are equipped with the most advanced safety devices.

The press filters and filtration systems that are manufactured by Galigani Filtri carry out “mechanical” filtrations, and therefore the liquid does not undergo chemical changes. Filtration can occur on the synthetic filter cloth, which retains solid particles up to 1 micron, or on cardboard for particles that measure less than or equal to 1 micron. When it comes to the most technologically advanced systems that Galigani Filtri can provide for filtration and clarification before bottling, the Diatom and the Clearness systems are in the forefront.

The Diatom system is comprised of a filter cloth for the filter press and is equipped with all the necessary parts (tanks, pumps, valves ...) that are required for filtration processes using various aids (fossil shell flour or cellulose flour, perlite...).

The Clearness system is a filter press with an Aisi304 or Aisi316 structure, which uses cardboard filters and a plate pack that is entirely sealed and protected from contact with the external environment.

Mini Motor wireless technology: COA – Can Over Air

New patented technology known as COA to become the benchmark in the field. Mini Motor was established in 1965 but it wasn’t until 1974 that the company came into being as the industrial electric motor manufacturer it is today.

The company started with metals and electricity, later adding electronics and

computer engineering to its competencies. Industrial automation and mechatronics were then introduced in the late Seventies and early Eighties. These were two strategic traits for Mini Motor and already in its DNA at the time of its inception. Research, development, and innovation: COA – Can Over Air, Mini Motor’s new wireless technology.

In 2012, Mini Motor set on a road of R&D and design innovation with the introduction of on-board drives on gearmotors and servomotors. As a result of this, a wide range of products were designed and developed for several years. At the same time, the company was working with various types of fieldbuses, initially with analogue fieldbuses (Canopen and Modbus) and then the more advanced ethernet buses (Profinet, Ethercat, Powerlink and Ethernet IP). All this led to a considerable reduction of wires and drag chains but, most importantly, to greater electrical panel efficiency, as the drive system was delocalised and built into the motors.

In 2018, at the end of this phase, the focus shifted to a new, ambitious, and exciting project: Mini Motor wanted to do more for the general economy of a machine. And so, it created COA - Can Over Air. Mini Motor has developed a proprietary wireless bus based on ZIGBEE technology at 2.4 Mhz that enables wireless control of the motor. The information is simply sent via a coordinator provided by Mini Motor that acts as a transparent wire, making it possible to remotely manage format changeovers or speed and torque changes.

This new patented technology, known as COA, is set to become the benchmark in the field, just like the wire had been. The new range will be identified with the letter “W” at the beginning of the code and can be adopted on all Mini Motor products with built-in drives in the DBS and DR series and on the very latest FC - Fast Change range for high-speed format changeover. Mini Motor always has a foot in the door of the future. Join Mini Motor in this road to innovation

Via E. Fermi, 5 42011 Bagnolo in Piano (Reggio Emilia) Italy Tel. +39 0522 95 18 89 info@minimotor.com - www.minimotor.com

Pietribiasi Michelangelo Srl

Via del Progresso, 12 - 36035 Marano Vicentino (Vicenza) Italy

Tel. +39 0445 62 10 88 - Fax +39 0445 6216 31 pietribiasi@pietribiasi.it - www.pietribiasi.it

Pietribiasi Michelangelo is specialized in the construction of equipment for the dairy industry, soft drinks, juices, beverages, and ice-cream.

Today, the Pietribiasi name is among the more well-known in the dairy and beverages sector and the company is internationally acknowledged, particularly in the realization of “turn-key” projects regarding process of liquid foods.

Looking deeper into the company’s products range, Pietribiasi covers the development, project design and supply of

complete lines for the processing of milk and its derivates like cream, fermented products (yoghurt, sour cream/Smetana, kefir, labneh, etc.), fresh soft as well as semi-hard and hard cheese, mozzarella/ pasta filata/pizza cheese, butter and other products processed from cow, sheep, and goat milks. Wide experience in UHT plants and aseptic lines.

Pietribiasi is also very well-known for ice cream mix preparation and pasteurization. Another core business is the production of CIP plants and own centrifugal separators

SMI: functional and sustainable packaging

Thanks to high-tech components, low maintenance and running costs and great quality/price ratio, SMI machines are the best solution for producing plastic containers

The companies influenced by the trend of strong product diversification, need very flexible and efficient bottling and packaging plants in order to reach high levels of competitiveness and optimization of production lines. Furthermore, in an economic environment that is increasingly oriented towards ecofriendly solutions in the use of plastic packaging, a growing number of companies have chosen to use rPET (100 % recyclable PET) bottles and cutting-edge technical solutions, like those supplied by SMI, in order to save energy and reduce the production environmental impact

SMI solution for a competitive market

SMI manufactures bottling plants and packaging machines with an innovative design, equipped with IoT technology, providing to its customers, located all over the world, with smart solutions, able to meet their requirements in terms of competitiveness, production efficiency, operational flexibility, energy saving, easy management and monitoring of the whole production process

SMI Spa

Via Carlo Ceresa, 10 - 24015 San Giovanni Bianco (Bergamo) Italy

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Green solutions for the primary packaging

The EBS ERGON series of stretchblow moulding, available both in “stand alone” version and in “combi” version, integrated with filling and capping systems (ECOBLOC® ERGON series), ensure high performances in the stretch blow-moulding of rPET, and PET bottles of different shapes and capacities from 0.10 L up to 10L mainly used for the food, beverage and detergent industries, able to meet production requirements up to 36,800 bottles/hour Thanks to high-tech components, low maintenance and running costs and great quality/price ratio, SMI machines are the best solution for producing plastic containers.

Main advantages of EBS ERGON series

• Stretch-blow moulding system based on a high-efficiency rotary technology, equipped with motorized stretch rods for a precise management of the stretch rod cycle and a significant energy saving;

• Ultra-compact plant: the preform heating section is integrated with the stretch-blow moulding section in a single module;

• Reduced energy consumption, thanks to the preform heating module equipped with high efficiency IR lamps and to the stretchblow moulding module equipped with a double stage HP air recovery system;

• Ergonomic structure that ensures an easy maintenance and a high safety level;

• High performance low dead volume valves, that reduce pre-blowing and blowing times, therefore improving efficiency and quality of the bottles;

• Easy and fast format changeover, thanks to MotorNet System® automation and control system that ensures constant maintenance of the optimum processing parameters and the direct modification of the machine settings.

The advantages of the ECOBLOC® ERGON integrated solutions of blowingfilling-capping.

• The integration of stretch-blow moulding, filling and capping functions into a single machine allows to considerably reduce costs, as well as the space occupied by the solution, since the rinser and conveyors between the stretch-blow moulder and the filler are not needed. This also leads to reduce contamination risks and to reach a higher hygiene level.

• High-efficiency rotary stretch-blow moulding system equipped with motorized stretch rods, whose functioning, controlled electronically, does not need mechanical cams. This allows a precise management

of the rod path and an accurate control of its position, as well as a significant energy saving.

• The carousel blowing process has been reduced, thus making the stretch-blow moulder more efficient by 17%.

• The filling process is extremely precise, thanks to the use of the flow meter, an electronic device installed near each valve that detects the flow of the product that fills each bottle by counting the pulses and sends the filling valve the closure sign, once the value of the format in use is reached.

• A wide range of products can be filled thanks to the valve terminal that is changed according to the type of product.

Thanks to an advanced CAD center for 3D design, SMI supports companies in the design and graphic realization of a wide range of 100% recyclable PET containers, featuring high quality and lightweight in order to save energy and material

Solutions for tethered caps

The tethered caps, that stay attached to the bottle after having been opened, will become an object of everyday use for European consumers from 2024, when 2019/904 directive will enter into force.

SMI, aware of the challenges posed by this directive to beverage manufacturers, offers solutions for producing containers with a percentage of recycled PET in compliance with 2019/904 and supports customers

in order to evaluate the right tethered cap solution.

Green solutions for secondary packaging

Within secondary packaging, SMI offers a wide range of automatic machines for packing in an efficient and ecosustainable way several types of containers with an output up to 450 packs per minute (in triple lane) and applications that ensure energy saving.

Depending on the type of product to be packed and on the reference market, it is possible to choose the most appropriate packer among a wide range of automatic shrink wrappers for secondary packaging in stretch or recyclable film or among packers that use corrugated, kraft or Arcwise® cardboard

All automatic packers produced by SMI are inspired by Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) concepts and ensure cost reduction, energy saving, environmental sustainability and increase in competitiveness. Flexible market-driven organization

In a global market where competition is getting fiercer and fiercer, the possibility to guarantee a “next door” service is for SMI a key factor to effectively and successfully support customers wherever they are, where local staff, who has been previously trained in Italy, is able to assist customers efficiently responding to their requests.

For this purpose, SMI operates in East Europe through the SMI EASTEUROPE branch and in Russia through the ООО СМИ РУССИА branch.

Design of sustainable containers

Today all the main food and beverage manufacturers aim at promoting sustainable lifestyles in compliance with circular economy and support the importance of the responsible use of resources and recycle. Their commitment starts from the use of PET plastics: a 100% recyclable and regenerable material.

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San Giovanni Bianco

Italy

Tecnovap, the Italian leader and manufacturer for the steam cleaning sector

Tecnovap was founded in 1985 in Negrar di Valpolicella, a small town near Verona (Italy). With more than 35 years of experience, Tecnovap has impressively grown becoming a considerable partner for the professional and industrial sectors. After years of success and continuous growth, Tecnovap has set its headquarters in Pescantina (Verona), where it is still present nowadays.

What are the benefits of steam cleaning?

Steam cleaning is a valid alternative that enables to sanitize all kind of surfaces with an environmentally friendly approach. When delivered at high temperature and pressure, dry saturated steam easily degreases any dirt from all types of surfaces. Once the dirt is detached, it can be removed from the surface easily thanks to an integrated vacuum or by using a simple microfiber cloth. Steam also has a very important cleaning power that does not damage or scratch surfaces, even the most delicate ones. Thanks to the durable Madein-Italy stainless steel boilers designed by Tecnovap, steam is delivered consistently over the surface, killing harmful bacteria through thermal shock. In this way, the user can sanitize applying no chemicals at all and consuming significantly less power. Eventually, steam cleaning translates into an abundant long-term saving of water, chemicals and cleaning times for your company.

Why should you choose Tecnovap?

Tecnovap has always been at the forefront of innovation since the business was founded. Thanks to the experience gained through all these years of work and studies in the field, the company is still capable to valorize steam as the most reliable ecologic alternative to conventional cleaning methods. In this regard, the company has boasted a number of patents that have made its steam generators increasingly safer, faster and more

Tecnovap Srl

Via dei Sassi, 1/a - 37026 Pescantina (Verona) Italy

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powerful. Consequently, steam cleaners have become much more accessible to many national and multinational companies, which have chosen steam generators as the best option for their cleaning purposes. Furthermore, Tecnovap keeps working tirelessly to understand the necessities of every customer, by continuously designing new and specialized tools to meet and satisfy every need. With Tecnovap, steam has never been cleaner.

What are some of the best applications for steam?

Steam cleaning is so versatile that it can be found in many different working areas, but it is especially suitable for the industrial and professional sectors. For instance, steam is perfect for cleaning and sanitizing mesh and flat conveyor belts in the Food & Beverage industry. Tecnovap’s belt cleaner system is tailor-made for every customer and it can be manual, semi-automatic or even fully automatic. This conveyor belt cleaning system is designed to be paired with one of our steam generators, which can

always be used for other cleaning operations inside your premises, creating an all-round package for any cleaning necessity inside your company.

What are the new frontiers of steam cleaning?

Tecnovap is consistently exploring new and interesting cleaning solutions. A particularly innovative application for steam is the cleaning of high-level surfaces inside industrial premises, where dust can become a risk factor for production safety. In this regard, Tecnovap has developed T.E.S.S. (Tecnovap Extreme Steam System), a new way to effortlessly clean high-level surfaces thanks to light carbon-fiber poles that can reach impressive heights from ground level. By means of this system, no scissor lifts or other specialist equipment are required to carry out the sanitization of high-level surfaces, giving life to a very cost-effective alternative in the long term. This system can be safely operated during production hours, cancelling any existing machine downtime costs. For more information and requests on Tecnovap’s steam generators: sales@tecnovap.com

www.tecnovap.com

The semi-automatic Enolmaster filler is a professional bottler for wine, oil, beer, liqueurs, fruit juices and many other liquid food products, including foaming products, and for bottling at high temperatures.

The operation is simple and hygienic: a vacuum pump sucks the liquid from the container, filling up, in seconds, up to four bottles at a time.

Thus, the liquid is sucked without shaking and without any contact with mechanical parts and the filling level, set by the operator, is automatic and remains the same for all the bottles, during the entire bottling process.

Kits and accessories are available to expand functionality and use: Recovery vessel in Pyrex glass, filling spouts for mignon or magnum bottles,

or even for particular bottles with long necks, stainless steel or fiberglass filtering systems, to be able to bottle and filter any product in a single operation. Ease of use and simplicity of washing, dosing speed and precision, small dimensions and specific materials certified for the food industry make Enolmaster the ideal bottler for oil mills, wineries, distilleries and breweries.

VLS Technologies represents worldwide a single reference point for the client for both the aspect of filtration and more complex needs that involve the whole process of liquid treatment: that is made possible by the production plant in San Zenone degli Ezzelini in the Province of Treviso, northeast Italy, as well as by an established worldwide network of agents, authorized reselling and assistance. In addition to traditional applications, the focus of VLS Technologies is also the development of innovative solutions such as cross-flow filtration systems and reverse osmosis, because the markets of wine, beer, spirits, juices and soft drinks are constantly evolving, and the technological solutions adopted for the filtration of liquids must keep up with innovation and growth. Innovative technologies guarantee a number of advantages. For example, in cross-flow filtration the liquid is pushed by means of pressure through the particular pores of a membrane: thanks to this system the clients are able to improve the obtained quantity of product, decreasing energy consumption and production costs, for example avoiding the usage of clarifiers and adjuvants. Among technologies based on cross-flow filtration, the most innovative one is the TLS filter.

VLS Technologies, an innovative approach to liquid treatment

VLS Technologies represents worldwide a single reference point for the client for both the aspect of filtration and more complex needs that involve the whole process of liquid treatment: that is made possible by the production plant in San Zenone degli Ezzelini in the Province of Treviso, northeast Italy, as well as by an established worldwide network of agents, authorized reselling and assistance. In addition to traditional applications, the focus of VLS Technologies is

Tel. +39 0423 96 89 66 - Fax +39 0345 41 755 info@vlstechnologies.it - www.vlstechnologies.it

also the development of innovative solutions such as cross-flow filtration systems and reverse osmosis.

Customized vertical pressure leaf filters

VLS Technologies vertical pressure leaf filter is extremely performing in all of its versions: the standard one for wine, and the special models for beer, sparkling wines (PED certified), but also viscous products, high-temperature sugary solutions, oil, brine and aggressive products. Considering the particular production needs of the customer and developing a specific project, VLS Technologies can realize custom-made versions of its vertical pressure leaf filter, guaranteeing the best results in every field of application. In particular, VLS supports the brewery sector by offering high quality products, especially to small and medium-sized breweries.

FVV-BVA filters for breweries

The Danish company Harboe, which produces and trades malt-based beverages,

is a fifth-generation company with its production plants in three countries and trading activities in more than 90 markets worldwide, to which VLS Technologies has delivered a vertical FVV-35-BVA pressure leaf filter for beer. This filtration system is a compact monobloc unit made of stainless steel (AISI 304) and it is designed for the filtration of food liquids through the usage of kieselguhr. The liquid flows starting from a measuring device and from the feeding pumps to the filtering chamber where the main filtering process takes places thanks to kieselguhr and vertical filtering sheets. By Harboe the filter is used for the filtration of beer and a malt-based sugary solution. The FVV range goes from 5 to 75 sq.m of filtering surface but VLS Technologies can produce filters for beer and food liquids with a different size according to the requirements of the client.

Find out more at www.vlstechnologies.it

Via San Lorenzo, 42 - 31020 San Zenone degli Ezzelini (Treviso) Italy