published on 21/09/09
PFM Packaging Machinery has launched a new mid-speed electronic flow-wrapper aimed at the bakery and confectionery markets.
The Zephyr, developed by the Italian group’s SPS arm, can pack up to 450 items a minute and in sizes of up to 350mm in length for multi-packs.
SPS equipment can typically pack up to 700 items a minute, but PFM UK sales and operations director Chris Bolton said many bakery and confectionery manufacturers did not need such high speeds.
The Zephyr has been designed to provide the same cost/performance ratio, but at lower speed and capital outlay, he said.
The Zephyr comes with a four-axis servo drive as standard as well as extras including specialist biscuit handling equipment for delicate products.
All of the machine’s drive elements are separate from the product handling areas and it is based on a cantilever design.
PFM will also be exhibiting at the PPMA Show, which takes place at the NEC from 29 September to 1 October, where it will launch the new BG4800 EWL high-speed MAP flow-wrapper.

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