IMA Dairy & Food Installs Sharpening Grinder for Monomaterial Cup Packaging Cutting Technology
IMA Dairy & Food – whose equipment solutions comprise the long-established brands Gasti, Hamba, Hassia, Fillshape, Corazza, Erca, AlphaMAC and Intecma – has installed a sophisticated grinder to expedite the cutting tool sharpening process for its ZERO Technology, a capability that helps food brands adopt sustainable, monomaterial cup packages. Highlighted by an easily extractable central cutting unit (CCU), the Zero Technology process already featured minimized production downtime for change-outs, low spare part costs and a high number of punches between sharpenings. With grinding technology allowing for on-site sharpening of individual cutting teeth, downtime is further decreased for food brands seeking solutions for incorporating sustainable cup packaging materials.
IMA’s patented ZERO Technology can cut up to 24 cups simultaneously, providing high quality cutting and pre-cutting of eco-conscious materials such as PET, PP and PLA. This allows for easily breaking multipacks into individual units – a notoriously cumbersome process that has limited the use of monomaterial packaging materials.