Wrapping Machine features PC and PLC system architecture

Tag : Flexible Packing


HayssenSandiacre, a form/fill/sealtechnologies and services leader for more than 100 years, continues a long historyof producing top-quality flow wrapping machinery by announcing thelaunch of its newest model flow wrapping machine, the Rose Forgrove"Athena." The Athena will complement the company's existing Merlinand Minerva range of machines and is its most flexible flow wrapperto date.

The Athena has been developed in both PC and PLC control systemarchitecture with simple, graphic-style touch-screen Human MachineInterfaces. With its multi-servo axis drives, this machine iscapable of wrapping products in a variety of heat and cold sealmaterials at speeds from 5 to 300 per minute. The Athena's robustframe allows this machine to accept features necessary for nonstopproduction. It is capable of hosting twin splicing reel gear, fullyautomated in-line feeding conveyors and automated reject stations.

These features allow the Athena to receive products from continuousor intermittent supply systems and run for hours without operatorintervention. Interest in the new model is high, with severaladvance orders from major food and hygiene companies in both Europeand North America.

HayssenSandiacre is a recognized global leader in horizontal andvertical form/fill/seal equipment for the packaging industry and isa division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. Founded in 1910,HayssenSandiacre has become one of the largest providers offlexible packaging technology in the market, with annual revenuestotaling $85 million.

ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. is a diversified global supplier ofpackaging, corrugating, and paper converting technology, as well asengineering consulting services, across a broad spectrum ofindustries.

Barry-Wehmiller's balanced approach to the market is made possiblethrough 10 interactive divisions: Accraply, a leading manufacturerof automatic labeling systems; Barry-Wehmiller Company,manufacturing bottle washers and pasteurizers for more than 120years; Barry-Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR), a pioneer inthe creation, development, and integration of advanced informationtechnology and engineering solutions; Design Group, a premiersupplier of manufacturing automation, facility design, and otherengineering consulting services; FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, a leadingproducer of advanced conveyance technology and material handlingequipment; HayssenSandiacre, a form/fill/seal technologies andservices leader for more than 100 years; MarquipWardUnited, aleading manufacturer of equipment for the corrugated and foldedcarton industries; Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC),providing advanced converting, printing, and packaging technologiesfor the tissue, nonwovens, and flexible packaging industries since1919; PneumaticScaleAngelus, a global provider for filling,capping, can seaming, labeling, and centrifugation; and ThieleTechnologies, a leading supplier of placing, bagging, cartoning,case packing, and palletizing equipment.

In fiscal year 2008, a combination of organic and acquisitiongrowth is expected to grow Barry-Wehmiller's annual revenues tomore than $1 billion for the first time in the company's 122-yearhistory, with more than $300 million in markets outside the U.S.