Dorado and Antares are the names that designate Ocme's range of depalletisers.

Dorado models are low or high level machines dedicated to loose containers such as cans, tin cans, jars, bottles with speed varying from 2 to 7 layers/minute. Layer transferring takes place through a rotating pusher or with self-adjusting gripping head. First model installed: 1968

Antares models are low or high level machines dedicated to secondary containers such as plastic crates, carton cases, pails with speed varying from 4 to 15 layers/minute. Layer transferring takes place through a gripping head. First model installed: 1967

Sagitta is the roll-fed labeller developed by Ocme in 2006 to complete the range of beverage bottling lines offered. The machine can handle PET bottles with sizes varying from 0.33 L to 3 L and has been designed with particular attention paid to ergonomics, easy maintenance and handling.
 

Hydra is the level filler destined to the bevarages industry, launched by Ocme on the international market in 2004. There are 2 models available: one for still liquids (still water juices, spirits) that uses a level filling technology, and one for carbonated liquids (still or sparkling water, juices, soft-drinks, beer) that employs the isobaric filling system.

Hydra can process glass or PET containers, with an output speed from 12,000 to 100,000 bottles/hour. The pitch ranges are 94 mm for maximum bottle diameter of 89 mm; 113 mm for maximum bottle diameter of 108 mm and 126 mm for maximum bottle diameter of 115 mm. The number of filling valves varies between 40 and 160 based on machine output speed and pitch.

Lynx is the range of fillers dedicated to fill viscous liquids adopting the technology of volumetric piston filling. Lynx range include 2 main groups:

Lynx L is the series of in-line volumetric fillers dedicated to products such as personal care, home care, edible oil, lubricating oil and chemicals. Containers handled may be bottles or cans, made of plastic, glass or metal with volumes varying between 50 ml and 5 litres and speed ranging from 1.000 to 5.500 containers/hour.

Lynx R is the series of rotary volumetric fillers dedicated to products such as personal care, home care, edible oil, lubricating oil and chemicals. Containers handled may be bottles or cans, made of plastic, glass or metal with volumes varying between 50 ml and 5 litres and speed ranging from 1.000 to 45.000 containers/hour.

Libra is the line created for viscous liquids using the electronic weight filling technology. The Libra line comprises 3 main sub-groups of models:

Libra R5 is the rotary weight filler dedicated to filling with personal care products, household detergents, edible oils, lube oils and chemical products. The containers handled include bottles or tins made of plastic, glass or metal, with a volume ranging from 50 ml to 5 liters, and output speeds between 3,600 and 60,000 containers/hour.

Libra R30 is the rotary weight filler created for industrial detergents, chemical products, edible oils and lube oils. The containers handled include plastic or metal pails with a volume ranging from 10 to 30 liters, with output speeds between 300 and 1,500 containers/hour.

Libra LT is the in-line weight filler dedicated to filling with industrial detergents, chemical products, edible oils and lube oils. The containers handled include drums or pails made of plastic or metal, with a volume ranging from 60 and 200 liters, with output speeds between 30 and 150 containers/hour.

Vega is the line of shrink-wrap packers destined to packaging bottles, jars, tin cans, etc. in film only, film and layer pad and film and tray configurations, with output speeds between 20 and 450 bundles/min.

• The line of Vega shrink-wrap packers is subdivided into 2 subgroups with different features, based on the output capacity required:

Vega HT: for output speeds from 40 to 150 cycles/minute on single, dual or triple track.
Each category of machines may process the following types of packages:

• film only
• film+paer pad
• film+tray
• film+u-board

OCME's wraparound packers represent excellence in world secondary packaging cartoning systems. Different models are available for speeds from 20 to 100 packs per minute, for handling containers such as bottles, cans, jars, tins and multipacks. As a complement to the basic models, versions for the insertion of partitions (traditional or pre-formed) are available.

Gemini is the series of secondary packaging machines that combine the functions of a wraparound packer with those of a shrink-wrap packer. These are extremely flexibile machines with the capacity to process:

• trays without film
• trays with film
• multipacks in bundels in film only packs
• wraparound cartons

Available models

• Gemini S 40
• Gemini S 60

Perseus is the line of palletisers with 90° infeed used to handle packs such as bundles, cartons, crates, multipack, drums, etc. with speeds ranging from 3 to 7 layers/minute. There are 2 models:

• Persues L low level palletiser with stationary pallet and 1 or 2 infeeds and output speeds of up to 5 layers/minute
• Perseus H high level palletiser with mobile pallet and 1 or 2 infeeds and output speeds of up to 7 layers/minute

Orion is the line of palletisers with in-line infeed used to handle packs such as bundles, cartons, crates, multipacks, drums, etc., with output speeds ranging from5 to 9 layers/minute. There are 2 models:

• Orion L stationary pallet low level palletiser with infeed divider and an output speed of up to 5 layers/minute
• Orion H mobile pallet high level palletiser with infeed divider and an output speed of up to 9 layers per minute

Pegasus is the line of robot palletisers with multiple gripping system or layer grippers to pick up a complete layer of packs, capable of handling packs such as bundles, cartons, crates, multipacks, drums, etc., with output speeds of up to 7 cycles/minute.

The structure of the robotic island may be tailored according to the type of container to be handled, the speed of the production line and the accessory operations that the robot must carry out (for ex.empty pallet infeed, insertion of layer pads)

Auriga is the line of laser guided vehicles dedicated to internal plant logistics. These vehicles are generally used at end of line to handle emplty and full pallets, but may also be used to feed processing materials into the packaging lines, for warehouse storage operations, etc.

The models in the Auriga line may be fitted with forks, on-board conveyors (roller or chain) and with special gripping devices to handle specific types of products. The vehicles are subdivided into 3 standard models, based on the loading capacity (expressed in quintals):

• Auriga 15
• Auriga 30
• Auriga 45

Albatros, is the PC-based supervisor developed by Ocme to handle single machines or more complex packing and/or palletising lines.

The supervisors are intelligent systems for self-diagnosis and control of machine and complete line functions. They allow for recording and management of large amounts of data, through the use of databases.

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...in a competitive environment the best result is obtained when each component of the group does what is best for him/herself and for the group.
John Nash (Bluefield, USA, 1928, Nobel Economy Prize in 1994)

Filling bottles for tomorrow’s consumers
In a literal sense, filling is no more than the task carried out by a machine that packages liquid products such as drinks or water. Nonetheless, for modern-day companies, the apparent simplicity of this phrase hides a plethora of variables and possibilities that embrace all the types of containers and caps and all the materials used in their manufacture and the nature of the product to be filled, as well as by no means secondary aspects associated to productivity, precision, overall cost of the filling technology and the environmental impact of the production sites.

Palletising consists in placing boxes of products on a support, usually wooden (called, precisely, a pallet) in order to facilitate moving many products simultaneously without subjecting them to undue stress.