Loesch Verpackungstechnik GmbHIndustriestr. 1D-96146 AltendorfTelephone: +49 9545 - 449 – 0Fax: +49 9545 - 449 – 500Email: info@loeschpack.comWeb: www.loeschpack.com

Press release no.01/2017

SubjectWorld premières, system solutions and “ChoConnect”

ContactChristoph KrombholzMarketing Manager

Loesch Verpackungstechnik GmbH Industriestr. 1D-96146 Altendorf Telephone: +49 9545 449 – 220 Mobile: +49 177 9408 – 220Fax: +49 9545 449 – 500Email: c.krombholz@loeschpack.comWeb: www.loeschpack.com

LoeschPack unveils new products at interpack 2017

World premières, system solutions and “ChoConnect”(Altendorf/Düsseldorf, 10/03/2017) Loesch Verpackungstechnik will be attending interpack 2017 in Düsseldorf with a wide range of new machines. On stand A41 in hall 15 at the leading industry fair, the Franconian machinery engineering company will be presenting the world première of its RCB-HS for packaging small chocolate products. LoeschPack will also be showing the new LOOP-GB gondola storage system and the FCB high-performance platform for packaging chocolate, biscuits and chewing gum. Completing this system is the new CMT high-performance cartoning machine. The system supplier is also presenting new developments relating to Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things.

At interpack 2017 LoeschPack is presenting the world

debut of its RCB-HS. This innovative development is

ideal for small chocolate products, combining a

hermetically sealed pack style with a traditional fold wrap

look. “Unique in this segment,” says Olaf Piepenbrock of

the latest product developed by LoeschPack. The

managing partner of parent company Piepenbrock adds:

“The RCB-HS offers a new and innovative way to pack

chocolate bars, tablets and neapolitans in a premium

look, at the same time ensuring excellent product

protection from environmental influences.” Consumers

can enjoy products with longer shelf lives and improved

taste and texture. The chocolate products are presented

in a superior fold wrap look. “With excellent performance

of up to 600 products a minute, the RCB-HS in this

combination is unique in the chocolate sector,” says

Piepenbrock. The machine produces the fold wrap in one

wrapping head and hot-seals the pack circumferentially.

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The heat bars always seal film against film, ensuring

extremely tight packaging and preventing any damage to

the products. Folding elements then produce the

traditional fold wrap. “The conscious decision to dispense

with any use of glue to seal the pack reduces soiling of

the machine, minimises running costs and simplifies

machine operation,” explains Piepenbrock.

Full expertise in one system: LOOP-GB, FCB and CMTLoeschPack is presenting its new LOOP-GB gondola

storage system, the high-performance FCB platform and

the new top loading cartoning machine in a complex

system. 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 harmonises incoming product flows depending on

positioning in the feed and distribution system, and

adjusts them as required,” says Olaf 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,” says Piepenbrock, naming

some further possible uses. 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 Piepenbrock.

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The “F-Series” for ultimate flow wrapping performanceThe high-performance F-Series platform for packaging

chocolate, biscuits and chewing gum in flow wrap is

another of LoeschPack’s exhibits at interpack 2017. “Our

F-Series flow wrapping system solutions are a byword for

top performance, outstanding, overall equipment

effectiveness and excellent size flexibility combined with

low packaging costs,” says Piepenbrock. Short size

changeover times make the F-Series a compelling

proposition for customers. Every setting can be precisely

reproduced, guaranteeing stable machine operation and

optimum performance after only a very short time.

Piepenbrock points to another benefit: “Intelligent process

engineering for the seal modules means fewer rejects

when stopping and starting the packaging machine.” This

makes the F-Series more resistant to varying ambient

conditions. In addition, the new product line features ideal

hygiene characteristics, meaning fewer interruptions for

cleaning. Simple and time-saving cleaning, together with

outstanding maintenance accessibility, further increase

the efficiency of the flow wrapping machines. “Alongside

traditional fold wrapping machinery, the F-Series is easy

to integrate in a system with storage, feeder, secondary

and end-of-line packaging from LoeschPack,” says

Piepenbrock. A newly developed transformation wheel for

transferring pre-packed items to LoeschPack secondary

packaging equipment serves as an additional system

component in the field of high-performance feeding. Up to

1,500 items a minute can be picked, adjusted in their

horizontal alignment for discharge and set down again.

That facilitates faster and more efficient feeding of the

downstream machinery.

CMT: a byword for top performance when packing in cartonsThe new CMT (Cartoner for Multipacks Toploading) high-

performance cartoning machine from LoeschPack

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combines excellent flexibility with maximised

performance in a highly compact design. The completely

new, 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 the LoeschPack

portfolio, as our new product reliably handles both

accumulable and non-accumulable products,” says Olaf

Piepenbrock. In the platform layout, modules decoupled

via an electromagnetic shuttle system enable a huge

range of machine versions. The main segments of

“erecting carton”, “filling”, “sealing lid” and “carton

discharge” apply a modular concept and are supported

by a flexible base frame. Each shuttle can be separately

controlled and – depending on the behaviour of the other

shuttles – precisely positioned. The CMT can easily

handle traditional layouts such as “in-line”, “90°” or

“counterflow”. “Considerable freedom is enabled in terms

of the operating side, the position of the carton magazine

and the feed layout. This layout flexibility is the platform’s

outstanding strength in this market segment,” says

Piepenbrock. The new cartoning machine can thus be

ideally integrated within customers’ packaging and

logistics process as well as existing systems.

“ChoConnect” contributing to Industry 4.0

When it comes to Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things

(IoT), LoeschPack offers its customers a wide range of

options. As a member of the “ChoConnect” cooperation

network, the company also helps to point the way ahead.

Numerous equipment options for machinery made at the

innovative Franconian company have already been

reflecting aspects subsumed under the term Industry 4.0

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for many years. One example is a remote maintenance

module that allows LoeschPack to analyse machine

states directly in the customer’s production facilities and

use the information gained to make recommendations for

action. The application makes it possible to install new

firmware in the machinery without a programmer needing

to be present. At interpack 2017 in Düsseldorf, the

special-purpose machinery engineer will for the first time

be presenting a method of interlinking several machines

made by different manufacturers within a single

production line. To this end, LoeschPack, Rexroth,

Winkler und Dünnebier, Theegarten-Pactec and Sollich

have come together to form a strategic partnership called

“ChoConnect” and define a common standard. “This

process is not only about sharing ready signals and

coordinating interfaces in the machines, but represents

the wide-ranging and intelligent networking of individual

production stages,” says Piepenbrock. Starting with

automatic recipe transfer and the transmission of

machine states or performance variables, a form of

“virtual production” will be shown at interpack 2017 and

can be viewed at the stands of all the participating

companies. “We are jointly working on a ‘responsive

production line’ that, as required and depending on the

machine states in the overall line combination,

automatically adjusts its output at the separate production

stages,” adds Piepenbrock. “On this scale, the alliance’s

approach is unique within the industry and will set a clear

benchmark.”

Frequent batch changes are a further aspect of modern

confectionery production, requiring fast, reliable and

reproducible format changeovers. Based on RFID

technology, LoeschPack is presenting a solution for

reliable detection and control of its size components. With

this application, the operator is assisted when changing

sizes, as the machine automatically checks whether all

size components are fitted and correct. Only once all

steps have been correctly completed and match the

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intended size does the machine commence operation.

This produces a noticeable reduction in production time

losses and further increases the efficiency of the

machinery and systems. The beneficiary of these

innovative technologies is the market leader for bar

packaging, the LTM-DUO. The latest generation of the

flexible fold wrapping machine packs up to 215 bars of

chocolate a minute in a primary wrap, with a carton label

outer wrap.

Gum Information Center (GIC)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 be able to

find out about the automation solutions for feeding

chewing gum slabs into high-performance packaging

machines. The LoeschPack stand team will provide

information on the new LOGAMAT-S wrapping head

machine for traditional chewing gum sticks as an

economical variant in the high-performance range of up

to 1,500 sticks a minute. The machine first packs the

sticks individually in paper-backed aluminium film. Five

pre-packed sticks are held together with band wrap and

then packed in the sales packaging. The company will

also be telling visitors about its innovative chewing gum

packaging and systems solutions for wrapping, boxing

and sealing multipacks in cellophane.

Loesch VerpackungstechnikLoeschPack is a technology and innovation leader in

packaging machines and complete systems for

packaging chocolate, chewing gum, confectionery, dry

baked goods, food and non-food products. In this

tremendously dynamic industry, LoeschPack has been a

byword for the highest quality standards, flexible and

economical system solutions and all-around, innovative

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global service with innovative service products since

1919.

Like its affiliate Hastamat Verpackungstechnik GmbH,

Loesch Verpackungstechnik GmbH is part of the German

family-run business Piepenbrock. The company, founded

in 1913, is currently headed by the fourth generation of

the family, managing partners Olaf and Arnulf

Piepenbrock.

Together with affiliate company Hastamat, joint

packaging systems and solutions for a wide range of

packaging tasks will be on display at interpack 2017, in

line with the promise of > Packaging your ideas…

Product range:

> Feeder and buffering systems> Pick and place robot solutions> Fold wrapping machines> Horizontal flow wrapping machines> Coiling machines> Tray loading systems> Cartoning and erecting machines> Complete packaging lines

Find out more about LoeschPack at http://www.loeschpack.com/

Find out more about Hastamat at http://www.hastamat.com/

Find out more about Piepenbrock at http://www.piepenbrock.de/

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Caption: >> LoeschPack 1-2017 (1) << Loesch LTM-DUO for fold

wrapping of chocolate bars with innovative Internet of

Things components

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>> LoeschPack 1-2017 (2) << High-performance

horizontal flow wrapping machine FCB from the Loesch

F-Series for primary packaging of chocolate bars

>> LoeschPack 1-2017 (3) << RCB-HS: Hermetically

sealed package in fold wrap appearance with an output

of up to 600 chocolate bars per minute

>> LoeschPack 1-2017 (4) << The new top-loading

cartoning machine CMT combines high performance and

flexibility

>> LoeschPack 1-2017 (5) << Fold wrapping machine

LOGAMAT-S for classical chewing gum sticks with an

output of up to 1,500 sticks per minute

>> LoeschPack 1-2017 (6) << LoeschPack Logo CMYK

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