Secondary packaging is now under the magnifying lens.

The US association PMMI (www.pmmi.org) has conducted a research by interviewing packaging operators from consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms in the food, beverage, dairy, electronics and personal care markets; materials suppliers; and contract packagers.

The result of this research titled ‘Secondary Packaging Market Research Study’ outlines how sustainability represents the top-of-mind for the 70% of the interviewed.  Or better, the survey states that sustainability  often represents a way to reach a target more than a goal itself.

Among tendency outlines by the interviewed, a progressive growth in the use of alternative materials jumps out, such as corn-based bio-plastic polylactic acid (PLA); Hexacomb, a honeycomb product made from container board and starch; thin-seal polypropylene; reductions in flute construction and micro flutes; and folding boxes in new ways to reduce corrugated fibreboard.

Needless to say, these new solutions impact on all the chain of machines (fillers, unscramblers and cappers) utilized in the primary packaging.

A machine is requested to perform with the greatest efficiency and to ensure the highest yield  and reliability.

Talking about automatic machines destined to the packaging industry, rapidity in performing  format change-over operations becomes a principle of choice of paramount importance; rapidity that Ronchi has patented for their Filling and Capping systems.

Its name is ‘Quick release’ and permits to carry out format change-over operations in very reduced times.

Filling recipes are recalled directly from the operator’s panel and managed by a PLC. The mechanical adjustments of the various machine parts are done by the machine operator with no tool.

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Home sweet home. Sure, but it must be kept clean! So, why not making this task easier? The new trend in terms of household detergents is dictated by foams sprayed out through trigger pumps. Foams ensure the utmost efficacy in those points where dust is difficult. Trigger pumps are easy-to-use and spray the product out even if the bottle is in unusual position, thus helping to reach the most hidden and difficult corners.

To respond to this growing demand from the market, Ronchi has realized  capping/inserting machines specifically purposed to handle trigger pumps, allowing to screw-on the ring-nut through the capper itself. Trigger pumps cappers/inserters realized by Ronchi can reach a production speed of 350 pieces per minute.

Roll-on deodorant was invented at the end of years 1940 in the United States.

The intuition came to Helen Barnett Diserens while observing an invention that at those times was revolutionizing the handwriting: the ballpoint pen

Ink flew perfectly dosed while rolling on a ball. So she thought: why not using the same mechanisms in the cosmetics?

And it is how the roll-on came to light, a system that, from that moment on, has become one of the most utilized applicators worldwide.

In pocket version, ergonomic shapes, dosing practicality, the roll-on is a quite committing challenge for the packaging conditioning companies, as it requires more and more sophisticated filling and capping solutions.

The offer of the Ronchi Mario spa does not cover machinery only, but ideas and solutions first. The Research & Development team at Ronchi’s has studied a revolutionary capping system specially devoted to the Aerosol Can capping.
Container and cap are both cylindrically shaped.
The demand is to ensure the perfect cap orientation following the main silk-screen printing on the container, at a speed of 400 b.p.m.
A challenge, for the achievement of which it is necessary to read both bottle and cap and to align them accurately according to the specific requests of the Customer.

A capping system of the SIRIO/S line has so been realized that, through the application of brushless motors and a sophisticated reading equipment, ensures the most accurate orientation between cap and bottle, with just 1,5 tolerance degree. The system has been studied and guaranteed in full compliance with the ATEX standards.