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New manufacturing facility in 2018 capacity but also quality standard. Customers will benefit
from reduced lead-time of machines as well as in-stock spare
Polystar will open its third assembly site at the end of parts. A new test facility will also be included with 3 complete
2018. The expansion of an additional 10,700 square meter recycling systems on display for international visitors.
factory aims
to meet the 25 exhibitions in 2017 ~ 2018
continuously Polystar will also participate in 25 worldwide exhibitions in
increasing the year of 2017 and 2018 including Australia, Argentina,
custo mer China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Russia,
demand. The Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Vietnam, UAE and others. POLYSTAR’s
new facility best seller Repro-Flex series was first introduced in K Show
will increase 2013. An improved version was again presented in last year’s
no t o nly K 2016. Visitors will be able to see the Repro-Flex with live
production demonstration in the upcoming worldwide exhibitions.

New Stacking Robots For ACF Thermoforming Machines

Speed, accuracy and reliability are the three key factors that distinguish the new stacking robot series
supplied with the ACF thermoforming machines.
resented for the first time during K Show 2016 in displacements of the articles, from the picking up to the
PDüsseldorf the last October, the ACF is now for AMUT- discharging points, and to achieve higher speed, up to 40
COMI the top-of-the-range model because of the positive cycles/min. The robot skills have been definitely enhanced.
response received from both national and international A specific page has been purposely created to provide
markets. Such successful feedback is mainly due to the the operator with wide flexibility in setting all the cycle
peculiarity of ACF series of ensuring a high flexibility in parameters of the robot. The interface is user-friendly and
production, in terms of variety of articles and process intuitive.
materials, a high standardisation level, high performances
and the best value for money.
AMUT-COMI R&D Division has designed and developed in house
this technology to fulfil the potentials of all ACF models and to
offer an unrivalled solution properly studied for this sector, as
alternative to the standard systems available on the market.
The new stacking robots, proposed as an evolution of the
classic vertical wall stacker, are available in two models:
- ER2X: consists of a vertical axe to pick up and discharge
the articles and one horizontal axe to take the parts from
the picking station to the stacking unit.
EASY has been developed to comply with the concept of
-ER3X: is equipped, in addition to the vertical and horizontal 4.0 Industry and enables the AMUT-COMI thermoforming
axe, with a third rotating axe, 0°-180°, to turn parts for A-B machines to be networked with the DIGITAL FACTORY for a
stacking or other purpose. This system allows getting different SMART PRODUCTION.
stacking possibilities depending on the characteristics of the
products. AMUT-COMI, Thermoforming Division of AMUT GROUP, offers
a wide range of in-line and off-line thermoforming plants,
EASY, the performing software, made possible to implement characterised by high speed, modular configuration and high
a work circle of the robot completely harmonized with strength and efficiency to thermoform different articles
all operations of the thermoforming machine. The axis for several sectors: Food, Fruits and vegetables, Industrial,
interpolation during the movements permits the optimized Floriculture, Medical, General Packaging, Technical .

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