意大利包装机械制造商 TME 并没有因疫情而停下脚步，而是一刻也未松懈。该公司与 Festo 携手合作，提高了其最新一代单件包装机器的能源效率。TME 公司位于意大利艾米利亚-罗马涅大区的“包装谷”，非常值得一看。
Easy integration of the servo drives
In addition to the production of 280 to 1200 capsules per minute, "this system allows all capsule models and different materials such as plastic, compostable material and aluminium to be processed," Lamantea adds. "This means that coffee as well as powdered drinks, teas and medicinal teas can be packaged." Festo was chosen as a partner because it offered a new range of brushless servo systems type CMMT and EMMT that integrated seamlessly with TME's control platform, which is based on EtherCAT technology.
The coffee is dispensed and sealed by a screw conveyor system driven by brushless motors from Festo. "The aim was to increase the production capacity of the (high-end) capsule packaging machines HTS with the best technological solutions available on the market," explains Gabriele Barbarini, Application Sales Engineer at Festo.
Energy saving webinars
"The support from Festo support has also extended to the development of electric automation components. This has enabled us to produce high-performance machines that are also characterised by saving energy consumption. The machines from TME stand for durability and sustainability and take individual customer requirements into account," emphasises Purchasing Manager Lamantea. "Festo started by advising us on pneumatic solutions, and then also supported us over time with the development of the best mechatronic solutions for our HTS production lines. They have provided us with support during face-to-face meetings, but also in the form of many webinars on topics such as energy saving and machine safety, which the experts from Festo have organised over the last two years."
It is worth noting that TME has had an automatic shutdown system for production breaks in place in its plants for more than twenty years. "This allows us to recover the energy that is generated by the brushless motors during braking and feed it into the common energy bus and, thanks to Festo, optimise compressed air management," explains sales expert Alice Magnani.
Energy efficiency module MSE6
"TME has integrated the new modules of MSE6 series into some of its projects specifically for compressed air optimisation," confirms Festo Project Engineer Gabriele Barbarini. That is how solutions have been found that can be seamlessly integrated into the compressed air preparation units, allowing consumption to be monitored and energy wastage to be reduced.