conveyor, equipped with chains in thermoplastic material with a low coefficient of friction, a mechanical system for separating the product, composed of a pneumatic device for blocking and releasing the top and bottom of the loose product, creates the desired format. The pre-folded blanks are picked from the cardboard magazine by an alternating movement picker composed of a group of vacuum suction cups. By moving away from the magazine, the picker opens the cardboard blank by giving it the squared shape of an open case. The rotary flap-folding devices close the lower flaps of the box. The upper stabilizer counteracts the upward thrust that the case undergoes during the closing operation of the lower flaps. The pre-insertion flap opening keeps the case upper flaps open during the product insertion. The product is picked by grippers in the case of loose containers and by suction cups in the case of packs and is placed in the case through a top-loading system. Flap-folding devices activated by semi-rotary cylinders close the case upper flaps. In the case of packers with hot melt glue sealing (G model), there is a glue unit with double spray gun. SMI USA ■ SMI Russia SMI East Europe inery Centroamericana Guangzhou rep SMl Asia Services ; <•> - SMI do Brasil compliant loT ready www.smigroup.it ^smi SMI S.p.A. Via Carlo Ceresa, 10 I-24015 San Giovanni Bianco (BG) Tel.: +39 0345 40.111 Fax: +39 0345 40.209 E-mail: [email protected] V^smi ACP ERGON Series Pick & place case packers

QUICK & EASY FORMAT CHANGEOVER ACP pick & place case packers: Once the type of box is chosen, the next step is to select the packaging process and the machine that will carry it out. The first characteristic every customer looks for is flexibility: nowadays the market is experiencing the emergence of new trends and new consumption patterns to which production has to quickly adapt. Changing from one format to another or even from one product to another in short time is possible thanks to SMI pick and place packers from ACP series. In order to carry out the format or product changeover it suffices...