Packaging machines for your food products Member of Only experts master future technologies Challenges? That´s what we like. Innovative packaging machines demand a high Life Science. Continuous growth has characterized level of specialization. Optima meets this require- this family business since it was established in 1922. ment with innovative concepts for the development With more than 1,700 employees worldwide, Opti- and manufacture of branch-oriented systems in its ma has deliberately chosen to maintain flexibility four areas of Consumer, Nonwovens, Pharma and and customer focus as central principles. Food Single Serve Cosmetics Chemicals Day after day, unimaginable quantities of prime advantages. From starter models to Consumer machines are also continuously food, cosmetics and chemical products are complete lines, including some with hand- optimized with respect to the total cost of dosed, filled and packed. Many of them ling and assembly functions. ownership. Thus they require only a mini- with machines from Optima Consumer mum of service, wear and tear and replace- and this for several reasons: machine flexi- Optima Consumer offers everything that ment parts while offering long-term high bility, high output rates, product protec- makes dosing, filling and packaging easier, performance and precise and consistent tion and process assurance are safer and even more economical. Optima weighing results. 2 Contents 4 – 5 For classic food products and innovations 6 – 7 Instant products 8 – 9 Soups & Sauces / Spices - dry 10 – 11 Soups & Sauces / Spices - liquid 12 – 13 Concentrates 14 – 15 Single Serve – capsules and pods 16 Secondary packaging 17 The SoftCan®Maker 18 – 19 Functional Closures 20 Service Lifecycle 21 Your contact partner 22 An overview of OPTIMA consumer 23 Addresses worldwide 3 For classic food products and innovations From large packs to portion packs Packaging technologies for foods Optima Consumer is your partner for packaging foods of varying regarded as extremely reliable, precise and with high output rates. consistencies: from thin liquids to pastes and for powders, granu- Whether semi-automatic single machines, fully automatic mono- lates and chunky foods. Optima packaging technologies are based block machines or complete turnkey lines, Optima has the solu- on decades of experience and are convincing again and again tions especially tailored to meet your needs. with innovations that set the standards in the branch. They are Product characteristics Containers Closures f Liquid f Glass f Screw closures f Pasty f Plastic f Press-on closures f Powdery f Composite paper f Pump closures f Granulated f Foil f Crimp closures f In pieces f Metal f Seals Machine Types f Pilot systems, sample production f Monoblock machines (filling and closing on one machine) f Semi and fully automatic machines f Complete turnkey lines f Packaging systems for portion packs 4 The best solution for every requirement The processes f Container feeding f Filling / Dosing f Labeling f Depalletizing f Closing f Handling f Cleaning / Sterilizing f Weighing f End of Line mg – kg ml – l up to 5 Instant products up to 400 containers/min. Figure shows an example: OPTIMA MMK-FS This is what matters f Calibratable weight controls f Container sealing f Easy access f Explosion-protected machine execution f Compact construction f Dosing with highest accuracy 6 Instant products The processes for instant products Cleaning of containers Closing f Air rinsing, evacuation, turning and sterilizing f Screwing, press-on, position orientation, crimping f Sealing: Inductive, ultrasonic, thermal Dosing f Adjustable speed and torque f Volumetric system f Closure inspection with rejection f Gravimetric system f Vacuum system Handling f Automatic change of product Filling f Simple and quick format changes f Careful filling of product with cup dosing system f Central controls of the technical units or auger dosing machines f Interface to a higher-level data system (MES/SCADA) f Dust-free filling process f Touch panel f Vibrating stations increase product density and output f Revolving funnels Further processes f In-line gassing f Arrangement of container groups f Volume adjustment via weighing system f Placing into trays and cartons f Dosing with highest accuracy f Filling process under protective gas f Calibratable weighing technology - 100 % tare/gross weighing system - 100 % gross weighing system 7 Soups & Sauces Spices up to 240 containers/min. Figure shows an example: OPTIMA MFL This is what matters f Hygienic design concept f Highest portioning accuracy through customized dosing and weighing technology f Tool-less and quick format changes f Calibratable tare/gross weighing system f Efficient product compression over several stations 8 Spices Soups & Sauces The processes for dry powdered soups, sauces & spices Cleaning of containers Closing f Air rinsing, evacuation, turning and sterilizing f Screw capping, press-on, position orientation, crimping f Sealing: Inductive, ultrasonic, thermal Dosing f Adjustable speed and torque f Volumetric system f Closure inspection with rejection f Gravimetric system f Closures processing from the stack or as bulk goods f Vacuum system f Product-specific Weighing f 100 % tare/gross weighing system (calibratable) Filling f Shut-off weigher f Careful filling of product with cup dosing system or auger dosing machines Handling f High filling accuracy f Easy to clean f Programmed topping up f Simple and quick format changes f Dust-free filling process f Central controls of the technical f Vibrating stations increase product density and output f Data interface to production control panel f Processing of mixed products f Touch panel f Revolving funnels f In-line gassing 9 Soups & Sauces Spices up to 200 containers/min. Figure shows an example: OPTIMA SHF This is what matters f Toolless and quick format changes f CIP / SIP fully automatic cleaning f Chunky ingredients in liquid f Inductive without pressure vessel f Multi-component filling 10 Spices Soups & Sauces The processes for liquids and pasty f Sauces & spreads (sweet and savory) f Soups & spices Cleaning of containers Closing f Sterilizing and air rinsing f Screw capping, pressing-on, position orientation f Sealing: Inductive, ultrasonic, thermal Dosing f Adjustable speed and torque f Coriolis mass flow meters (MDM) f Closure inspection with rejection f Magnetic-inductive flow meters (IDF) f Piston pump Further processes f Gravimetric system f CIP / SIP f Volumetric system f Filling module completely changeable - Quick change of product Filling - Avoidance of cross contamination f Low-germ under laminar flow f Low-germ processes under laminar flow f Hot filling, double-jacket execution f Explosion-protected machine execution possible f With chunky parts f Data exchange with customer´s master system f High filling accuracy f Multi-component filling 11 Concentrates up to 350 containers/min. Figure shows an example: OPTIMA OF-OV This is what matters f Turn-key lines f Processing of non-freestanding containers f CIP / SIP fully automatic cleaning f Low-germ filling f Short format changeover times due to carrier systems f Minimized energy consumption 12 Concentrates The processes for liquid concentrates Cleaning of containers Further processes f Sterilizing and air rinsing f CIP / SIP f Container feeding and/or sorting Dosing f Filling module completely changeable f Coriolis mass flow meters (MDM) - Quick change of product f Magnetic-inductive flow meters (IDF) - Avoidance of cross contamination f Gravimetric system f Low-germ processes under laminar flow f Volumetric system f Explosion-protected machine execution possible f Data exchange with customer´s master system Filling f 100 % weighing controll f Low-germ under laminar flow f Container coding f Hot filling, double wall model f Placing into trays f End of Line solutions Closing f Screw capping, press-on, position orientation f Sealing: Inductive, ultrasonic, thermal f Adjustable speed and torque f Inspection stations with rejection f Easy format change 13 Single Serve – capsules and pods up to 1.500 packs/min. Figure shows an example: OPTIMA CFL This is what matters f Modular system f Integrated controls / components f Only one operator panel for all functional modules f Functional modules can be moved on a patented track system f Multi-lane and intermittently working model f Servo-driven dosing technology f Individual lanes can be switched off f Integrated weighing technology 14 Single Serve – capsules and pods Portion packs – quickly produced and with high pressure Since their introduction, portion packs for coffee, tea and other packaging can be taken into account individually by the modular food items are ever more in demand. Optima offers filling and pa- construction. ckaging machines specially designed for the rational and flexible The quality of the product has first priority. With the integrated manufacture of small packaging sizes. combination of dosing and weighing technology, high output ra- The special features of the various coffee types and their typical tes with the highest level of filling precision can be achieved. Capsules Pods Processes: Processes: f Container magazine and sorting f Bottom paper uncoiling f De-stacker and Pick-and-Place modules f Pre-forming the pad f Auger dosing device f Dosing and filling f Piezo-electric filling chute f Turning the product several times f Drum doser f Compressing f Multihead weigher f Cover paper uncoiling f Product optimization, gas flushing f Pod sealing