illig Invitation - Interpack 2014, Hall 6 - Booth E02

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World Premiere of ILLIG FSL 48 – A New Standard for FFS Lines

Experience the new FSL48

The newly designed FSL 48 form, fill and seal line, tailored to meet the demands of the food industry, and especially the dairy industry, will be the core element of ILLIG's trade fair appearance at this year's Interpack, Düsseldorf, May 8 to 14. As of now an IML (in-mold labeling) station is integrated in an FFS line and employed to decorate packs in a brilliant way directly in the thermoforming process. Most conventional cup geometries which can be produced on form, fill and seal lines can be realized.

Filling and labeling – whatever fruit flavor is desired. The ILLIG multi-lane filler sets the standard for form, fill and seal lines. Now, several flavors can be filled in one machine format using the same or different labels. In all production phases the most demanding hygiene conditions for food packs are met. Different flavors can be filled at the same time by the line with one machine format, such as strawberry, orange, banana, cherry. Trade and consumers find their 4, 6 or 8 favorite flavors in crates or boxes at a glance, subject to the format layout of the ILLIG FSL 48. Manual re-sorting is no longer required.

In addition to this core element ILLIG will present economical solutions for blister packs at the Interpack stand which add to product protection, transport protection and also eye-catching presentation of products at the point of sale (POS).

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illig Invitation K-2013

The IC-Thermoformer – A New Machine Generation which Thinks and Controls

Experience the new thermoformer IC-RDM 54K and IC-RDKP 72 as line.
ILLIG consistently pursue the strategy of increase in efficiency in thermoforming by employing the IC technology. This new control concept is designed for the current machine generation featuring servo driven motions in all sections of the machine. High dynamics can be achieved in the forming process using this drive concept and the process-controlled machine sequencing which can be realized with it. This results in high productivity of the thermoforming line with high quality of the formed parts at the same time. ILLIG Intelligent Control Concept now provides the possibility to the user to utilize the capacity to the full extent with only low operating effort required. The IC concept includes compatible control modules for the dynamic optimization of all processes, from simplification of machine operation and accelerated commissioning of new tools through to process control in order to eliminate environmental influences and also to improve process stability and product quality.


The Intelligent Control Concept includes several compatible modules:ThermoLineControl®
Dynamic process optimization
Compensation of ambient influences during process
Faster mold change
sas-up® (self-adaptive start-up phase)
ILLIG NetService (troubleshooting and remote diagnosis)

        

Two automatic roll-fed thermoforming lines with machines and molds of the RDKP and RDM-K series, equipped with the new IC technology, will be presented at the K stand under production conditions. RDM-K machines are specifically designed for serial production of cups of various shapes and sizes out of thermoplastic material. Roll-fed thermoformers of the RDKP series produce trays and hinged packs, used e.g. for protection of food articles during transport and presentation on the supermarket shelf. On the stand APET cups will be produced on an IC-RDM 54K machine, forming area 520 x 300 mm². The machine is equipped with an 18-up tool, i.e. more than 50,000 cups are produced per hour. Hinged packs are produced on an IC-RDKP 72 machine (forming area max 756 x 535 mm²) out of PP on a 6-up tool.

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Hall 3 - Stand A52

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ILLIG's new FSL 48 – Redefining the Standards

ILLIG's new FSL 48 – Redefining the Standards in hygienic decorative packaging of dairy products
The new FSL 48 – hygienic & decorative filling and packaging of dairy productsThe hygiene levels supported by the new FSL 48 range from thermoforming IML-decorated cups with sterile air through a configuration with an all-enclosed filling section to the optional sterilization of lid foil by UV irradiation. Moreover, the machine's newly developed multi-track filling unit is designed to provide CIP (cleaning in place) and SIP (sterilization in place), making it generally suitable for aseptic filling. Thus, the FSL 48 delivers filling and packaging capabilities which reliably conform to diverse standards up to VDMA Hygiene Class IV for hygienic filling equipment. Thanks to the multi-track filling unit, cups can be filled with up to eight different product varieties at the same time. The new FSL 48 can process all customary sheet stock suitable for FFS lines, e.g., PS, PP, multilayer materials (e.g., PS/EVOH/PE), APET, and even stock made of PLA (polylactide) organic polymers. The same applies to the heat-sealable lid material.

The new forming, filling and sealing machine FSL 48 is cut out for the task of hygienic filling and packaging of dairy products – including, e.g., product families of differently flavored varieties – in thermoformed IML-decorated cups.

The format surface area of 480 mm x 320 mm (or up to 350 mm in the case of non-decorated articles) makes it possible to accommodate the output of one complete cycle – e.g., 12 standard curd cheese packs – in a carton compatible with the Euro pallet module following sealing and separation of the cups from the web. This format size is adaptable to obtain single or dual cups, or 4- or 6-cup trays. The machine's controlled, exclusively servomotor-driven movements result in a very smooth operation, so that even highly liquid products can be filled into single-serve packs at rates exceeding 30 cycles/minute without product overspilling onto the sealing rim. 

Apart from the machine version with integrated IML unit (FSL 48 model), the basic machine is also available in its FS 48 standard form for thermoforming, filling and sealing single-serve packs or other non-decorated foodstuff containers. Any configuration of this FFS machine – whether FS 48 or FSL 48 – can be combined with a carton packer matching its output capacity. The packer, which is also servomotor-driven, features an automatic carton erector and can handle any kind of carton, from trays to open-top to wraparound types.

IML: Brilliant custom decoration of a broad diversity of cup geometriesThe IML unit developed for the FSL 48 uses printed pre-cut labels supplied from a storage magazine. These labels are placed in the mold cavity and become integral with the cup wall in the subsequent thermoforming cycle. Since the IML process does not require vertical container walls, this decorating method provides the additional benefit of supporting a broad diversity of cup shapes for improved visual impact on the supermarket shelf. Indeed, IML opens up a broad range of cup decorating options – from one-sided, two-sided or three-sided (e.g., U-shaped) to four- or even five-sided (including a bottom decoration, e.g., with an integral bar code) designs – to combine high visual appeal with superior functionality. Depending on the cup material, the technology supports matching PP, PS or paper labels. The IML unit is integrated directly into the molding station and requires no more floorspace than a conventional banding unit.

The IML unit of the FSL 48 machine withdraws labels printed in brilliant photo quality from a storage unit and transfers them into a mold cavity. Diverse cup geometries are supported. Even the bottom of the cup may be used – e.g., to apply a large and easy-to-read bar code without interfering with product design.

Another advantage of the IML technology employed consists in the fact that each mold cavity can accommodate a differently printed label. Such versatility is helpful in filling and packing product families, which is basically made possible by the multi-track filler configuration. Product changes too are quick and easy to implement with this technology.

Inserting the labels into the mold adds an additional operating step to the thermoforming workflow. In the interests of attaining maximum productivity (i.e., high cycle rates) despite this requirement, the label is inserted concurrently with the ongoing molding step outside the closed mold. To this end, the lower part of the mold is in the shape of a fourfold cube which rotates through 90 deg. in every cycle. Each printed label is inserted and fixed in the cavity with the lower mold part awaiting its next 90-deg. turn into the molding position. At the rate of 30 cycles/minute that can thus be achieved, and with the useful sheet stock area sized to yield, e.g., 12 standard curd cheese packs, the machine will thus deliver 21,600 single-serve packs per hour – hygienically filled and sealed into a custom-designed container of high decorative appeal for sustainable presentation on the POS shelf.

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