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new-generation electronic gauges is the recommended quantity) ented according to the layout of
managed by a new dedicated panel. into the storage area from a safe the production lines.
The after-forming line can be working position. This quantity
equipped with a standard electri- of loaded tubes gives the operator PM-V
cal annealing lehr with vials con- much longer available time before The Automatic Packing
veyed through racks following the the loading of the next bundles. machine PM-V, available with 4
same concept of OCMI ampoule Job changeover is very quick or 5 box filling stations placed on
furnaces. This lehr can process and only consists of the replace- the rotating table, replaces tra-
vials with a minimum total length ment of tube adaptors of loading ditional manual packing opera-
of 35mm and guarantee total stations and the shift to different tion and solves problems regard-
removal of strains from the glass tube diameter by means of the ing friction and scratches. With
surface thanks to the optimal manipulator switch (diameters to this option there is no contact
distribution of heating elements be processed from 8mm up to between vials thanks to the pick-
along the three furnace sections. 30mm). ing from the line chain by means
The process consists in the of vacuum cups, which also mini-
picking-up of the single tube mises the risk of scratches or
ALTERNATIVE VIAL
from the bundle and its lifting breakages during packing.
ANNEALING
The alternative new version of up to the loading area on the A presence sensor installed
the vial annealing lehr developed top of the equipment. Here, the before the loading point of the
at OCMI’s Italian headquarters, first cylinder rotates the tube by packing machine detects miss-
is supplied by an in-put manipula- 90° up to vertical position and ing vials and ensures the filling
tor with six mechanical grippers another cylinder brings the tube of complete vial rows in the box
picking the vials from the cool- up to the pre-loading area (if the without any empty spaces.
ing conveyor and positioning them station has one tube under pro- The number of vials per each
horizontally on drilled metal trays. cessing) or to the loading area (if row and the number of rows can
This pick-place manipulator allows the station is completely empty). be set from the control panel
to reduce the total length of vials to Each new unit has been devel- according to the dimensions of
be processed since the grippers are oped with independent function the box.
adjustable according to vial height. control from the Roboglass touch- Thanks to the described
In standard configuration, the screen panel. For example, the optional equipment, OCMI is
LF520 line works with a tra- operator can choose the stations able to offer complete automatic
ditional packing section with a to be loaded during the setting lines from tube loading to vial
mechanical vial pushing device of the equipment or can exclude packing, where operator func-
inside the box. some stations from loading if they tions are almost completely lim-
have technical problems. ited to production supervision. Q

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
Roboglass TUBE LIFTING
Optional equipment such as The tube lifting system,
Roboglass (automatic tube load- equipped with new-design
er) and PM-V (automatic pack- tube supporting parts, reduces
ing machine) are available to the risk of scratching in the
complete this line and minimize tube storage area. At the same
operator manual handling. time, Roboglass keeps the same
The Roboglass automatic tube dimensions and compact struc-
loader has been recently devel- ture of the previous versions,
oped by replacing the original which has always enabled to
pneumatic control of tube han- install this optional equipment
dling with more advanced system even in the narrowest produc-
consisting of solenoid valves. tion areas. The structure also OCMI OTG SPA
OCMI’s automatic loader com- allowed to choose the best posi-
pletely replaces semi-automatic tioning of the automatic loader Via Venezia Giulia 7
rotary turret loaders installed on according to the space available 20157 Milano (MI) - Italy
Tel.: +39-02-3909181
standard forming machines. between the vial lines. Fax: +39-02-3570944
The only manual operation The floor space occupied by E-mail: info@ocmigroup.com
required is the loading of glass Roboglass is no more than 2.5 www.ocmigroup.com
tube bundles (4 or 5 bundles square metres, and it can be ori-

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