Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa

Sacmi Imola S.c.

Sacmi Verona S.p.a.

Sidel Spa

Defranceschi S.r.l.

Daniele Marastoni

Gabriele Stocchi

Maurizio Pedercini

Ireneo Orlandi

Claudio Ricci

Donato Laico

Fabio Carnevali

Rossano Mosca

Lorenzo Mimmi

Nicola Andreatta

Paolo Lanfredi

Vanni Zacche′

Arnaldo Bertuol

Marco Carati

Mirko Raggi

Martino Mossini

Andrea Farina

A storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line () comprises: a plurality of drawers () configured to contain groups of objects (); a frame () which defines a plurality of compartments () configured to house the drawers (); a conveyor () movable in the storage system () itself and configured to access the compartments () in such a way as to withdraw and place drawers () from and into the compartments (); a loading bay () having one or more loading compartments for receiving corresponding drawers () and having a loading manipulator () configured to place in the drawers () the loose objects () received from an infeed conveyor (); an unloading bay () having at least one unloading compartment for receiving a corresponding drawer () and having an unloading manipulator () configured to place onto an outfeed conveyor () the loose objects () stored in the drawer ().

Storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line

A device for unloading and storing preforms for the production of containers made of plastics includes at least one cooling plate that defines a plurality of receptacles for respective preforms and a component for transferring the still-hot preforms from an injection molding device to the cooling plate. The device includes pick-up components adapted to pick up the preforms from the cooling plate and place them inside at least one accommodation container.

Device for unloading and storing preforms for the production of containers made of plastics

A continuous cycle bottling line () for containers of thermoplastic material, comprises: a parison () moulding unit (), a thermal conditioning unit () for the parisons (); a blow-moulding unit (); a filling unit () configured to receive the blow-moulded containers () from the blow-moulding unit () and to fill them with liquid or semi-liquid food products; a moulding unit () for making caps () of plastic material; a capping unit (); a storage system () which is configured to contain the parisons () and the caps (), which is interconnected with the units making up the line, and which defines inside it a controlled-atmosphere environment; the line defines an integrated system where the connections of the different units with each other and with the storage system () are located in a controlled-atmosphere environment.

Bottling line and method

A continuous cycle bottling line for containers of thermoplastic material comprises: a parison molding unit; a blow-molding unit for making containers; a unit for filling the containers; a thermal conditioning structure for the parisons, for heating and cooling the parisons in a heating module and in a cooling module, respectively; an automatic controlled-atmosphere storage system for containing the parisons and interconnected with the other parts of the line; a pressurization system configured to pressurize at least the following parts of the line: the storage system, the at least one blow-molding unit and the connections between the thermal conditioning structure and the storage system; where the heating and cooling modules, alternatively or in combination, i) are pressurized, ii) have a plurality of shutters configured to occlude the opening at the end of each parison, so that the interior of the parison remains closed when the parison is inside the heating and cooling module.

Continuous cycle bottling line thermal conditioning structure in controlled environment

A system for feeding preforms to a container blow-molding machine includes a sorting and alignment device fed with randomly arranged preforms and parallel alignment rollers that rotate about their respective axes and arrange the preforms in conveyance tracks inclined with respect to the horizontal. The system includes elements for removing the incorrectly positioned preforms, which are individually laid flat and arrive from the alignment rollers on the conveyance tracks and are oriented parallel to the longitudinal advancement direction. The removal components include an upper guide having a flow control portion arranged at least in one active blocking position thereof, above the end of the alignment rollers proximate to the conveyance tracks distanced from the alignment rollers to allow passage below the flow control portion of the correctly oriented preforms and block the longitudinal end.

System for feeding preforms

A plant for making containers of thermoplastic material in continuous cycle comprises: a rotary molding machine () configured to make parisons () of thermoplastic material having a body () with a closed bottom and a neck () which defines an opening; an oven () for heating the parisons (), connected to the molding machine () and equipped with heating means () operating on the body () of the parisons (); a rotary blow-molding machine () configured to receive the parisons () heated in the oven () and to blow-mold them in molds () to make the containers; and a management unit () for the plant (), configured to switch off the oven () heating means () during a shutdown period of the blow-molding machine () but without interrupting the operation of the molding machine (), so as to enable the parisons () located in the oven () to cool down during their transit through the oven ().

Plant for making containers of thermoplastic material

An apparatus for manufacturing plastic preforms, comprising a rotating carousel forming device for plastic preforms and movement elements adapted to pick up the preforms from the rotating carousel forming device; the movement elements are associated with a supporting structure for a plurality of shaping receptacles, which are mutually spaced and movable along a transfer path, the shaping receptacles being adapted to receive a respective preform directly from the rotating carousel forming device and at an angular pick-up portion which is defined along the circular movement trajectory of the preforms on the rotating carousel forming device.

Apparatus for manufacturing plastic preforms

A device for producing a sleeve-like label, comprising at least one feeder, designed to feed to at least one forming spindle a portion of heat-shrink film, and elements for wrapping the portion of heat-shrink film around the lateral surface of the forming spindle; elements for detecting the angular position of the free edge of the second longitudinal end of the portion of film wrapped around the forming spindle with respect to an absolute reference system that is jointly connected to the forming spindle; relative movement elements adapted to move the free edge detected by the detection elements to a preset position in order to provide a connecting portion at a preset distance with respect to the free edge, elements being further provided for transferring the sleeve-like label from the forming spindle to a container to be labelled.

Method and device for producing sleeve-like labels

A device for forming and transferring a sleeve-like label to a container to be labeled, comprising a feeder designed to feed a portion of heat-shrink film to at least one forming spindle and means for wrapping the portion of heat-shrink film around the lateral surface of the forming spindle, feeder means being provided which are adapted to move, along an approach path that has at least one component perpendicular to the axis of the forming spindle, the container to be labeled to a labeling position arranged below the forming spindle and pick-up means adapted to pick up the container with the sleeve-like label fitted around the respective lateral surface along a path for removal from the labeling position which has at least one component perpendicular to the axis of the forming spindle.

Device for forming and transferring a sleeve-like label to a container to be labeled

The invention is generally applicable to labeling apparatus, and relates to a device () for rotating Container plates in a labeling apparatus; such device () being engaged by at least two wheels () with a cam () for guiding and rotating it, so that the plate connected therewith is also rotated; each wheel () consisting of at least one rigid element () and at least one elastic disk () coupled thereto, having a greater outside diameter, so that the cam () is first contacted by said elastic disk (). As the load between the elastic disk () and the cam () is increased, and such disk () is elastically deformed, the cam () is contacted by the rigid element ().

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