Automatic shrink wrapper system for food. In Modena there is a tale to tell
It is the story of the Fini Group in Modena, a significant industrial reality in the food sector whose products represent the best of Italian gastronomy. A tradition that started in 1912 and that today is well summarized by the company mission "Not just good". Because good isn't enough when it comes to food. The Fini group and the installation of an automatic shrink wrapper system are discussed in this article.
For secondary packaging of its range of products, Fini Group turned to SMI for the installation of an automatic shrink wrapper. (photo: SMI)
The company, through its brand “Le Conserve della Nonna,” plays a key role in the canned sector, offering over 150 products ranging from breakfast to dinner, sweet to savory. The product line includes tomatoes, sauces, pestos, and gravies made from tomatoes grown exclusively in Emilia Romagna, as well as a wide variety of legumes, simple or enriched, vegetable spreads, jams, and various types of vegetables in oil.
Conserve della nonna: the secret of the goodness
The product line includes tomatoes, sauces, pestos, and gravies made from tomatoes grown exclusively in Emilia Romagna. (photo: SMI)
For the secondary packaging of this wide range of products, the Fini Group turned to SMI for the installation of an automatic shrink wrapper from the CSK ERGON range that stands out for advanced automation, operational flexibility, low energy consumption and respect for the environment.
The SMI solutions for the Fini Group
The CSK 50T ERGON machine packs different types of 0.37 L and 0.72 L glass bottles and a wide variety of 0.212 L / 0.3 L / 0.312 L / 0.314 L / 0.37 L / 0.5 L / 0.72 L and 115 g glass jars in several pack formats in film only, pad+film and tray+film.
The main features of the CSK ERGON range:
The very flexible production and packaging process enables to quickly and easily switch from one format to another to maintain high levels of plant operational efficiency. The packer is equipped with a motorized system of oscillating guides at the machine infeed, which facilitates the correct channeling of loose containers on a conveyor belt equipped with thermoplastic chains with a low coefficient of friction.
Other features are:
grouping of loose containers in the desired format carried out continuously by means of electronically synchronized separation pegs or bars;
cardboard magazine positioned under the infeed conveyor, from where the blanks are picked up by an alternating motion picker;
curvilinear cardboard ramp in the initial and final section, to facilitate the insertion of the blank under the grouping of the products at the outfeed of the electronic separator;
compact film cutting unit; the blade is controlled by a direct-drive transmission brushless motor, which makes the cutting operation more precise and the maintenance easier;
new ICOS motors, equipped with integrated digital servo-drive (driver), that simplify the machine wiring and ensure greater energy efficiency, lower noise and reduced wear of components;
shrink tunnel equipped with metal chain (optional) and lubrication that ensure better film sealing under the pack;
optional system with format changeover automatic adjustments;
the machine is also equipped with a series of optional devices to ensure the high quality of the final pack, such as the product stabilizer and the additional 1,150 mm conveyor belt, placed at the outfeed of the tunnel for fast pack cooling.
