World premieres and system solutions

Loesch Verpackungstechnik attends interpack with a wide range of new machines and presents the world premiere of its RCB-HS for packaging small chocolate products. It shows the new Loop-GB gondola storage system and the FCB high-performance platform for packaging chocolate, biscuits and chewing gum with the new CMT cartoning machine.

The innovative packaging system RCB-HS is ideal for small chocolate products, combining a hermetically sealed pack style with a traditional fold wrap look. “Unique in this segment. The RCB-HS offers a new way to pack chocolate bars, tablets and neapolitans in a premium look, at the same time ensuring excellent product protection from environmental influences,” says Olaf Piepenbrock, managing partner of the parent company Piepenbrock. Consumers can enjoy products with longer shelf lives and improved taste and texture. “With excellent performance of up to 600 products a minute, the RCB-HS in this combination is unique in the chocolate sector,” explains Piepenbrock.
LoeschPack shows a complex system with new Loop-GB gondola storage system, high-performance FCB platform and new top loading cartoning machine CMT. The Loop-GB (gondola buffer) storage system is suitable for a huge range of pre-packed or unpacked products and features a large and variable size range. It guarantees gentle product handling by reducing gondola vibration and consistently helping to prevent mechanical forces act on the product.
“Our new gondola storage system harmonizes incoming product flows depending on positioning in the feed and distribution system, and adjusts them as required,” says Piepenbrock. This counterbalances output fluctuations in the downstream packaging area, enables brief temporary holding of products and prevents the packaging machines from overflowing. “The Loop-GB can also be used to feed packaging machines directly or interlink various levels within a production facility,” so Piepenbrock.

Top performance when packing in cartons

By uncoupling the dosing unit and the packaging machine, the overall line performance and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) are considerably increased compared to a coupled process. “The Loop-GB‘s feed and discharge rate of up to 160 rows a minute represents world-class performance in the industry. Our buffer is also extremely flexible – depending on the task, one, two or three outputs are possible,” says Olaf Piepenbrock.
The new CMT high-performance cartoning machine combines excellent flexibility with maximised performance in a highly compact design. The modular top loading cartoning system offers customers ideal layout freedom during integration in their peripheral plant equipment. With suitable products, the new platform can handle up to 1,500 products a minute during infeed. The CMT then generates a range of pack formations with an output of up to 150 cartons a minute. “In this high-end segment, the system ideally complements the high-performance primary fold and flow wrapping packaging machines in our portfolio, as our new product reliably handles both accumulable and non-accumulable products,” says Olaf Piepenbrock.
LoeschPack is rounding off its showing at interpack 2017 with an extensive presentation on all aspects of chewing gum. Technical animations, videos and a multitude of fascinating product samples exemplifying many different packaging solutions will be shown. Visitors will also be able to find out about the automation solutions for feeding chewing gum slabs into high-performance packaging machines.

interpack, Hall 15, Stand A 41