MOVING IDEAS Complete lines and handling systems The development of a packaging line for fast moving consumer products, technologies for handling containers, packs and pallets, as well as integrated traceability and storage systems Text by Manuel Bolzoni, Gabriele Folli, Glauco Cima, Giuseppe Buttazzi. Paolo Ferri OCME Competence Library

Machine series OCME designs, manufactures and installs filling, packaging, palletising and handling machines for all the major mass consumer product manufacturing sectors. OCME machines are the result of decades of experience and are designed to become the backbone of our Customers’ production division. High and low level depalletisers DORADO ANTARES Roll-fed labeller Level filler for beverages In-line and rotary volumetric fillers In-line and rotary weight fillers Wraparound packers Combined wraparound and shrink-wrap packers High and low level palletisers with 90° infeed In-line high and low...

Complete lines and handling systems The development of a packaging line for fast moving consumer products, technologies for handling containers, packs and pallets, as well as integrated traceability and storage systems Contents Introduction Packaging lines for the fast moving consumer industry The ideal factory Control, interface and alarm systems PLANT supervisor (optional) Handling systems inside the line Conveyors for empty and full loose containers Conveyors for empty containers in bulk Conveyors for full containers in bulk Conveyors for secondary containers (bundles, cases, multipacks etc.)...

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult. Seneca (from Letters to Lucilius) esigning and building efficiency is a great challenge. In a packaging line, this means making use of a great number of heterogeneous resources, each of which contributes to the final result in its own way. First of all, a lot of experience is needed. Managing flows coming in and going out from best performing and highly efficient machines, which sometimes interface with pre-existing devices or third parties, requires that designers and analysts...

OCME Complete lines and handling systems Packaging lines for the fast moving consumer industry The implementation of a complete packaging line for fast moving consumer industries involves a great number of different jobs and requires preparation, high level services and considerable specialization. CME has established itself as a leader on the world market by developing some of the milestones in the history of packaging, logistics and palletizing. Speaking of OCME machinery and lines means speaking of elite systems, high-efficiency and top productivity systems studied to make up the backbone...

Development of lines Ordering Customer-oriented skills and ability to interpret the customers’ strategic and commercial demands are among the main characteristics of the OCME pre-sales personnel. They are specialized advisors in different sectors that can draw upon the rich technical heritage of the company using advanced systems for the analysis of product flows and simulation of real production conditions in plants. The design of the line being performed with the most advanced design and planning instruments is a phase requiring excellent skill and outstanding ability to interpret the technical...

OCME Complete lines and handling systems The ideal factory: infrastructure he sensors network, the control surfaces and related interconnections of a packaging line are the nervous system of the human body. They let you know what is happening and, consequently, how to intervene. The quality of network infrastructure is measured against the ability of the company to control all parameters, promptly manage either changes in production and alarms and management of machine stops by enabling tele-assistance services. OCME has been one of the first companies to develop an extended lines control system;...

Figure 3 Management of all components of the line. Network infrastructure (Ethernet OCME) The OCME solution for the production line automation and is made up of a well-tested and highly reliable system for information sharing in real time between all entities present in the factory. Ethernet OCME network is made by highly qualified specialized technicians able to guarantee optimal operation and maximum availability of infrastructure. The network, which is partly wired and partly wireless, enables the different components of the plant to communicate. Figure 4 Centralized adjustment of the palletizer...

OCME Complete lines and handling systems The ideal factory: control, interface and alarm systems Optimal interaction and integration between production line, corporate information system, logistics system and, finally, operators is a necessary prerequisite for aiming at maximum efficiency. ommunication of warnings, alarms, operative status and the entire flow of incoming and outgoing information from the production line must always be accessible to the company. To this end there are a lot of interfaces between systems (e.g. between operative systems of lines and corporate information systems)...

Control panel For all conveyors (cartons/bulk/pallets etc.) the concept of modularity and mechatronic integration has been adopted. All conveyors are actually managed by inverters integrated in the motor by means of which speed and start/stop ramps can be set according to the material transported. For each conveyor an interface is also foreseen for inverter control and the connection of field sensors. Cabling occurs by means of a power bus for motors and a field bus for signals. All conveyors are controlled by an electrical panel able to manage from 25 (basic version) to 50 motors. Pushbutton...

OCME Complete lines and handling systems The ideal factory: control, interface and alarm systems Display (optional) Displays of different sizes and types can be arranged in different points of the plant to allow for easy reading of the main alarms/signals of conveyors. Tele-assistance (optional) All machines connected with the OCME ethernet network installed at the customer’s facilities can be monitored from our offices via internet (or even suitable telephone lines). Albatros (optional) It is software completely developed by OCME with WINDOWS XP Embedded as operative system. A 15” touch screen...