Carle&Montanari-OPM and CMFIMA at IPACK IMA 2018
Also playing a lead role at FieraMilano, on the same stand as the parent company, will be Carle&Montanari-OPM and CM-FIMA, representing Sacmi's Food Division. With over 110 years' experience in designing chocolate processing solutions, the two companies offer no less than five product lines which include machines for cocoa processing and the moulding, wrapping and primary/secondary packaging of chocolate.
The product range is as broad as it is diversified. It spans from individual machines and complete lines for chocolate preparation (mixers, pre-refiners, refiners, conches and temperers) to intermittent and continuous-motion moulding lines (moulds from 275 to 1200 mm) and a complete series of depositors (piston and rotary) for aerated and non-aerated chocolate masses, suitable for all processing types (solid, solid with ingredients, one shot and filled products).
On the wrapping front, CM-FIMA offers an extensive machine range able to wrap all chocolate-based product types in a range of styles: from traditional-wrap pralines (bunch, envelope, wallet, double-twist, one-twist) and special-wrap pralines (open point, sticker, strip, paper cup, etc.) to tablets and bars, hollow figures, eggs and small spheres of every size and type, not to mention an entire series of wrappers for hard and jelly candies.
With regard to primary packaging, Carle&Montanari-OPM has - alongside its tried and tested range of flow-wrap machines, distribution lines, feeding and buffering systems for the confectionery world - chosen to move into the bakery sector. It has done so by using the best available technology to design dedicated handling and wrapping solutions for delicate bakery products such as biscuits, wafers, crackers, etc. From this standpoint, CM-OPM employs automatic feeders and slicers that can handle all bakery products, even where stack, edge wrapping or other solutions are required.
For confectionery and bakery – and other industries – Carle&Montanari-OPM produces a complete line of secondary packaging machines consisting of automatic lines, machines and robots to erect, load and close boxes, displays and cases. These include the TLP series (mono-bi-trifunctional cells with top loading robots) and the WA series (compact, modular wrap-around machines that ensure performance and high speed).
At Ipack-Ima, Carle&Montanari-OPM will, in this regard, be displaying the innovative SmartCell packager, designed to streamline size changeover management. This cell consists of independent, complementary modules for fully automatic case forming and bundle preparation/insertion. The first module – which prepares and forms the case – features fully automated size changeover; the size can be set via the operator interface without any need for manual adjustment as case dimensions vary. On the second module two pairs of conveyor belts and an equal number of fast pickers prepare the bundle. The last module is equipped with a two-axis robot that picks the bundle when it is ready for insertion into the case; again, it features fully automated size changeover, controlled directly via the operator interface.
Such SACMI connecting technologies completely revamp the way we look at production and service and are, in fact, already a reality that visitors to the IPACK-IMA fair will be able to see for themselves at the Group's stand. We look forward to seeing you at FieraMilano (stand D63-C66, hall 1). The SACMI team will on hand to illustrate all the latest technology, developed together with the Group's Beverage R&D facility, which provides close customer support from the design stage onwards and is certified by the global beverage industry's top players. On the Food front, then, CM-OPM and CM-FIMA constitute Italy's first national chocolate industry hub: providers of customer-oriented solutions that employ the best, most innovative technology the market has to offer.