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branch Moderne Mecanique. since the grippers are adjustable hour. These machines operate
The line was equipped with cool- according to vial height. with continuous rotation accord-
ing fans, a calibration section The LF520 line was working ing to OCMI’s tradition.
including control of total length, with a traditional packing sec- The TAM114 16-station
and internal mouth diameter and tion with mechanical vial pushing Index-style machines are manu-
printing station. The calibration device inside the box. factured at OCMI’s Indian fac-
station is equipped with new gen- tory OCMI INDIA, and are par-
eration electronic gauges man- AUTOMATIC TUBE LOADING ticularly dedicated to the local
aged by a new dedicated panel. – ROBOGLASS; PM-V market.
The line presented in April was AUTOMATIC PACKING With regards to ampoule
equipped with a standard electri- During the event, the forming machines, several units
cal annealing lehr with vials con- Roboglass (automatic tube load- under assembly were available in
veying through racks following er) and the PM-V (automat- OCMI’s workshop, giving visi-
the same concept of the ampoule ic packing machine) were not tors the opportunity to see for
lehr. This lehr can process vials physically available, but for those themselves the main technical
with a minimum total length who were interested in finding features of the FA36S and MM30
of 35mm and ensure absolute out more about this optional machines. OCMI staff were also
removal of strains from the glass equipment OCMI had prepared available to show detailed videos
surface thanks to the optimal a series of technical documenta- about ampoule-, dropper-, dental
distribution of heating elements tion and videos. cartridges production lines, and
along the three lehr sections. explain the main optional devices
The alternative new version of VIAL PROCESSING AND allowing to improve productivity
the vial annealing lehr developed AMPOULE FORMING and efficiency.
at OCMI’s Italian headquarters, is OCMI’s range of vial process-
fed by a loading manipulator with ing machines includes FLA20/E CAMERA INSPECTION
six mechanical grippers picking machines equipped with dou- All OCMI forming machines
the vials from the cooling con- ble head main forming station can be equipped with hot-end
veyor and placing them in hori- also driven by servo-motors, and camera inspection systems for
zontal position on drilled metal the high-speed FLA35 for large dimensional control to check
trays. The pick-place manipula- batches, equipped with seven machine performance in real time
tor allows to reduce the total main forming heads for a maxi- and identify any type of produc-
length of vials to be processed mum output of 4,500 items per tion issue immediately. In partic-

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