sacmi&rsquos top trayforming technology will play a starring role at fruit logistica, the international fair dedicated to fruit and vegetable processing technology being held in berlin from 5th to 7th february. taking pride of place on the 102 m2 sacmi stand hall 4.1, stand a13 will be the brand new tf 40 imola, a perfect synthesis of all the best traymaking machine knowhow developed in imola. the tf 40 imola encapsulates sacmi packaging&rsquos more than 20 years&rsquo experience which led to the tf 40 and the very best technology from imolabased smi packaging, the trayforming machine branch of which was taken over by sacmi at the end of 2012. the result a machine that combines maximum performance with outstanding reliability.with the modular tf 70, instead, the focus shifts from the allnew to the more triedandtested. already presented in 2013 as a prototype, sacmi can now provide this machine complete with a ts 60 stacker. the distinctive characteristic of the machine is, naturally, its modularity, which allows &ndash starting from different base modules magazine, press and corner unit &ndash  the user to obtain a forming machine for standard trays the tf 50 or the new tf 70, currently the most competitive, highestperforming solution on the market for the manufacture of trays with corner posts. the strong points of the modular tf 70 also include &ndash in addition to the high output rates of up to 50 piecesmin provided by the dual feed chain and other technical solutions &ndash the possibility of working in line with the new stacker, redesigned by sacmi to cope with the high output rates of the new machine and so manage two trays in parallel, up to a maximum length of 800 mm, and make stacks without any height limit.other new sacmideveloped advantages for the fruit and vegetable sector include reduced maintenance requirements, userfriendliness and fast size changeovers advantages that really make the difference compared to competitors&rsquo machines.flexibility, productivity and &ndash in this case &ndash extreme compactness are also the key traits of the latest sacmi solution, the tf 80, also to be showcased at the berlin fair this automatic tray forming machine can manage two different tray sizes in parallel with output rates of around 120 pieces per minute. the perfect attentiongrabber, then, for a fair such as fruit logistica, expected to attract over 58,000 visitors from over 130 countries.
