Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa

Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola S.c.r.l.

Sacmi Imola S.c.

Sacmi Cooper Maccanici Imola Societa'cooperativa

Fabrizio Pucci

Fiorenzo Parrinello

Mats Qvarford

Bo Hakan Larsson

Stefano Bergami

Alessandro Falzoni

Paolo Martelli

Paolo Benedetti

Alessandro Balboni

Massimo Balducci

Gianni Minganti

Florenzo Parrinello

Giorgio Matteucci

Enrico Gianfranco Campari

Gastone Sassatelli

Rune Berg

Alberto Di Giacomo

Giovanni Mazzotti

Eleonora Balducci

Valentina Fiumi

Falzoni Alessandro

A compression moulding machine comprises: an extrusion unit configured to extrude a rod of pasty polymeric material; a cutting element, configured to portion the rod into individual charges; a rotary carousel, including a plurality of moulds, each mould being configured to receive a respective charge and to form a corresponding object from the charge; a feeder, configured to convey each charge to a respective mould at a feed position; an inspecting device, configured to capture inspection data, representing a composition of the rod or of the charges.

Compression moulding machine and method

An apparatus for forming an object comprises an extruding device () for supplying a continuous extrudate of polymeric material, at least one separating element for cutting the continuous extrudate thereby separating a dose () of polymeric material from the continuous extrudate, at least one mould () comprising a first mould part () and a second mould part () which are movable relative to one another between an open position, in which the dose () is rested on a receiving part selected from the first mould part () and the second mould part (), and a closed position, in which a forming chamber is defined between the first mould part () and the second mould part (), the forming chamber having a shape corresponding to said object. The apparatus further comprises a thermal conditioning device () configured to act on the dose () while the dose () is positioned in said at least one mould () and before the closed position is reached, by thermally conditioning at least one surface portion () of the dose () which is distinct from a resting portion () of the dose () which is resting on the receiving part.

Apparatus for making objects by means of compression moulding

A method comprises in sequence the steps of: The dispensing part comprises:

Method and apparatus for producing a dispensing part of a container, and dispensing part of a container

A method for forming an object made of a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material has a melting temperature (Tf), comprising the following steps: melting the polymeric material; cooling the polymeric material below the melting temperature (Tf); extruding the polymeric material into a tubular shaped body (H); inserting the tubular body (H) into a mould () having an internal cavity; closing off the tubular body (H) at a first end thereof; blowing air into the tubular body (H) through a second end, in order that the tubular body (H) adheres to the internal cavity of the mould ().

Device and a method for forming an object made of a polymeric material through the blowing of air into a tubular body

A closing cap (1) for a container () includes an outer shell () having a longitudinal axis (X). The outer shell () comprises a lateral wall () which extends about the axis (X) and has a shape which is tubular and coaxial with the axis (X). An end wall () closes the lateral wall () at one end and delimits a concavity. The lateral wall () is internally provided with a coupling structure () configured for removably coupling the cap () to a neck () of the container (). An inner component (') includes a closing element provided with an inner portion (′) and an outer flange (). The closing cap () also comprises a containment chamber () and an opening promoting assembly ().

Closing cap for a container

A cap for a container is made of a material at least part of which is derived from natural fibres. The cap comprises a cup-shaped body having a skirt which extends around an axis and a transversal wall arranged transversally to the axis. A cavity is defined inside the cup-shaped body. The cup-shaped body is delimited by an inner surface facing the cavity and by an outer surface facing the opposite way to the cavity. At least one projecting element projects from a surface of the cup-shaped body selected from either the inner surface or the outer surface. At least one recess is provided at the projecting element on another surface of the cup-shaped body selected from either the outer surface or the inner surface.

Cap for a container and related production method

A method for producing an object made of a polymeric material, said polymeric material having a melting temperature (T), comprises the steps of: melting the polymeric material; after the step of melting, cooling the polymeric material below the melting temperature (T) in a cooling zone; severing a dose from a flow of polymeric material coming from the cooling zone by means of a severing element (); obtaining said object by shaping the dose between a male forming element and a female forming element () which move towards one another with a mutual movement speed, the dose having a temperature lower than said melting temperature (T). Between a start-of-forming configuration, in which the dose is in contact with both the male forming element and the female forming element (), and a start-of-deceleration configuration, in which the male forming element and the female forming element () begin to decelerate relative to one another, the mutual movement speed is greater than 10 mm/s.

Method and an apparatus for compression moulding an object made of polymeric material

A cap for a container comprises: The retaining ring and the closure element are separated by a separation line, which extends externally of the hinge structure. The hinge structure comprises at least one connection band which connects the closure element to the retaining ring, the connection band being defined inside a recess provided in a side wall of the cap, the side wall extending about said axis.

Cap for a container, and method for producing a cap

A method comprises the following steps: The forming cavity has a transversal dimension measured transversely relative to the moulding direction, the forming cavity further having a transition zone in which the transversal dimension passes from a larger value to a smaller value, the forming cavity further having a bottom. During the introducing step, the pre-processed element is placed on the transition zone, so that the pre-processed element rests on the transition zone at a distance from the bottom of the forming cavity.

Apparatus and method for forming a concave object

An apparatus () for processing cups (), adapted to be filled with coffee or other products, whether solid or liquid, and to be closed with respective lids to form corresponding capsules, comprises: a plurality of pockets () for housing the cups (); an infeed station () for receiving the cups () and placing them in respective pockets () of the plurality of pockets (); at least one tool () for applying a process to a rear face (B) of an annular flange () of a cup () housed a respective pocket (), to form a sealing profile (); an outfeed station () configured to release the cups () with the sealing profile () formed on them.

Apparatus and method for processing cups

An apparatus including a co-extrusion device for extruding a multi-layer structure having at least one primary layer and at least one secondary layer, so that the multi-layer structure leaves the co-extrusion device along an exit direction; a mould provided with a pair of elements, at least one of the elements being movable towards the other in a moulding direction, so as to compression mould an object from a multi-layer dose which was severed from the multi-layer structure; a transport device for carrying the dose towards the mould; an arrangement for modifying orientation of the dose while the dose is being transported by the transport device, so that the dose is introduced into the mould with an orientation in which the secondary layer extends transversely to the moulding direction.

Apparatus and method for processing doses

An apparatus () for processing plastic cups (), adapted to be filled with coffee or other products, whether solid or liquid, and to be closed with respective lids to form corresponding capsules, comprises: a plurality of pockets () for housing the cups (); an infeed station () for receiving the cups () and placing them in respective pockets () of the plurality of pockets (); at least one tool () for applying a process to a rear face (B) of an annular flange () of a cup () housed a respective pocket (), to form a sealing profile (); an outfeed station () configured to release the cups () with the sealing profile () formed on them.

A device for printing a closure device for containers includes a first body and a second body each of which has a respective relative positioning element configured at least in a step of use of the closure device, to be arranged and/or oriented with respect to each other in a predetermined position. The printing device includes a supporting device for at least one of the bodies, a device for detecting the position or orientation of the relative positioning element of the body supported by the support device, and a device for digital printing of at least one portion of the body supported by the supporting device in order to perform a printing operation in a predetermined position and/or with a predetermined orientation with respect to the position and/or orientation of the respective relative positioning element.

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Fabrizio Pucci