The Danone group commissioned Acmi with the supply of a PET line to handle 3 and 5 litres  in their factory at Volvic in France where the anonymous mineral water is bottled. This new line allows two formats to be handled packs or bulk bottles which are palletised in trays.

FENIX SHRINKWRAPPER WITH AUTOMATIC FILM CHANGEOVER

Once the bottles have been filled at capped, they arrive at the double infeed shrinkwrapper mod. Fenix 245 equipped with automatic film change over. This system allows the productivity of the machine to be optimised as the machine does not need to be stopped in order to replace the terminated spool reel. Using the external box which houses two reels and comprises a system of film winding which is positioned underneath the bottle running area, the Acmi shrinkwrapper is capable of automatically changing the terminated film reel and replacing it with the second reel stored in the external box in a very brief lapse of time of approximately fifteen seconds. Once this operation has taken place and the work operating time has been automatically reduced, the machine once again reaches the established speed and the operator may proceed with substituting the terminated spool without interfering in any way with the working operation of the machine.

COMPAKT PALLETISER

The labeller and handle applicator are positioned at the outfeed of the shrinkwrapper, the handle applicator is  deactivated when the palletiser program is positioned in the option to handle “Bulk” bottles. Another interesting machine in the factory is the Compakt palletiser. This machine was chosen due to the height request of the factory, the Compakt palletiser is an extraordinary machine which unites the layer formation system Twisterbox with two modules which have special pliers that have been studied to handle large formats, the telescopic trolley for the formation of the pallet, the SCARA robot for the storage of the trays, interlayers and pallets and the system for inserting trays. The Compakt palletiser can indifferently palletise on:

• pallets,
• half pallets,
• trays.

The advantages of the machine are evident, starting with the reduced encumbrance of space, the accessibility of the machine and the elevated and flexible output of the machine. The Compakt may also be integrated with a special very compact stretch wrapper. The Volvic line, however, finishes with a traditional pallet stretch wrapper with rotating arm mod. Rotofilm 120.

MOTORISED PASSAGES

An important element to consider is the projection of the passage between one conveyor to another. Infact, amongst the various technical aspects derived from handling large and heavy bottles is the stability involved during the packaging phase. In order to prevent undesired falling of the bottles Acmi projected and installed special motorised passages which accompany the bottles and the packs and prevent any possible falling of the bottles.