Bottling machines, secondary packaging machines, packaging machines, shrinkwrappers, tray packers, wrap around case packers, Shrink Wrap Machine, case packers, PET blow moulding machines , Stretch blow-moulders, Molds for PET blow moulders machines, L-Sealers,Conveyours, casepackers, Handle applicators, Shrink film, Molds, motornet system automation and control, sercos interface

Conveyors and integrated systems

Through Smiline division, SMI designs and manufactures conveyor belts to move loose products or bundles inside bottling and packaging lines. Smiline product range is employed especially in the food and beverage industry and includes the following product types:

» air conveyors, to carry empty containers from the blow moulder to the filling machine;
» chain conveyors, to carry loose or packed products towards packaging machines or palletizers;
» medium and high speed multilane dividers, lining up loose products or bundles into one or more rows and conveying them to packaging machines or palletizers.
Smiline conveyors are very competitive on the market, thanks to their innovative design and manufacturing solutions: wear and tear resistant high quality materials, dramatic reduction of energy costs, quick changeover operations, easy management of the packaging line.

Smiline multilane dividers achieve outputs until 600 containers per minute (depending on the model and the container) and can be divided into two categories: DV models, with one infeed row and more than one outlet row, and the GDV, with one or more rows both at the infeed and at the outlet.

SMILine conveyors are controlled by the VLS (VaryLine System) PRO, an advanced hardware/software system based on the PROFIBUS field bus. The VLS PRO can control up to 121 inverter-equipped motors by means of a single control post, which, thanks to its reduced size, can be placed in the most strategic position within the bottling line and can be run by a single operator through a human-machine interface available in more than 20 languages.

SMILINE also designs complete bottling and packaging lines and turnkey plants. The extensive expertise enables SMILine engineers to develop customized solutions, according to the end user’s specific requirements. Machines and equipment of the latest generation are selected and integrated in order to create production lines characterized by the following advantages:
- high-automation processes;
- great flexibility of applications and production;
- excellent performance/price ratio;
- high reliability and safety.

Moreover, SMILine automation and control systems provide real-time data and information about the operation and performance of the machines in use; this involves a constant improvement of the production processes, the reduction of the down-times and the excellent exploitation of the company resources.  
SMILine engineers can create complete lines for a wide range of applications, from 5,000 to 90,000 containers per hour.

System Engineering Department (SED)

According to the client’s production needs, SMI can also take care of designing complete solutions, through the accurate study of the project feasibility, of the countless interactions among the different machines and of all the aspects connected with logistics and costs (TCO - Total Cost of Operation). Furthermore, tri-dimensional graphic simulations of the systems proposed are realized through the “Virtual Factory”.

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