ULMA IS THE WORLDWIDE MAIN SUPPLIER OF HORIZONTAL FLOWPACK MACHINES FOR THE FOOD AND FRUIT SECTOR.
THE USE OF PLASTIC FILMS IS BEING STUDYED AND QUESTIONED.
IN EUROPE, MANY NEW RULES ARE BEING SET FORTH ON HOW PACKAGING IS AND IS NOT ALLOWED.
THE RULES SOMETIMES DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF VEGETABLES OF FRUIT, ON THE WEIGHT OF THE PACKAGING, WHETHER OR NOT SMALLER THAN 1000 OR 1500 GR, THE TYPE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL (WHETHER OR NOT IN A MONOMATERIAL, OR IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF PLASTIC STILL PERMITTED), etc. .
FURTHER, WE ALSO SEE THAT THESE REGULATIONS VARY STRONGLY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY AND ABSOLUTELY NO UNIQUE GENERAL EUROPEAN STATEMENTS ARE MADE.
SOME COUNTRIES DO NOT SET ANY RULES, WHILE IN OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS FRANCE & SPAIN, CHANGES TO THE FIRST RULES ARE ALREADY MADE.
OUR CUSTOMERS ARE THEREFORE IN DOUBT WHETHER TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO INVEST IN A MACHINE THAT FOLLOWS THE CURRENT TREND… AND ALSO THAT OF THE FUTURE: AN ULMA MACHINE ULTIMATELY LASTS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS!!
TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THIS SITUATION, WE HAVE CARRIED OUT MANY TESTS WITH OUR ULMA SIENNA HI TECH HYBRID MACHINE IN COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS FILM SUPPLIERS.
THE FILMS CAN VARY STRONGLY IN TYPE AND BEHAVIOR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN THEIR FORM SHOULDER AND IN TERMS OF WELDING AND CUTTING PROPERTIES.
WE CAN NOW SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VALIDATE THE FOLLOWING FILMS ON 1 MACHINE:
· NORMAL BOPP FILM 16 TO 30 µM
· BIOBASED PLASTIC /CELLULOSE FOIL
PAPER FOIL WITH COATING WITH OR NOT WITH NET FROM 40 TO 70 GR/M²
· PAPER FOIL WITH THIN LDPE LAYER
WITH THE NEW ULMA SIENNA HI TECH HYBRID, ONE MANAGES TO PROCESS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FILMS THROUGH A SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE MACHINE PARAMETERS / PROGRAM VIA THE OPERATOR PANEL AND SETTING THE CORRECT FILM RUN.