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2 3 1 Lita Srl Strada Provinciale Chieri, 19/3 10046 Poirino (Torino) Italy Tel: +39 011 943 10 04 Fax: +39 011 943 19 00 [email protected] www.lita.to.it This year, LITA has been celebrating 50 years of activity and this important anniversary is evidence of efficient industrial policy, which turns into great satisfaction to all the customers who have entrusted LITA in these years. Excellent performance, accurate design and high reliability characterising LITA machinery are excellent guarantee for anyone wanting to make an important investment. The engineering of every model is entirely developed through cutting- edge CAD in 3D environment and is constantly developed as to improve the product, always paying great attention to keep the cost competitive. LITA machinery can be used in a many sectors, such as: food and beverage, chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical. The company is producing models for both low capacities, which are usually used for high added value products, and high-capacity models for staple commodities. Although LITA machinery can be found on the premises of internationally renowned companies, Europe is still their major market where 80% of the company’s turnover is invested, in particular in the United Kingdom and France. LITA – Case History GKKZ– Gatchinsky St. Petersburg - Russia Leader in the pet food sector, Gatchinsky GKKZ has asked LITA to automate its main production line. This plant required the palletization of 25-kg bags consisting of 15 piece/min. LITA provided a Kawasaki anthropomorphous robot equipped with a pincer suitable for this kind of product. In addition, this system is also provided with independent device for interlayer and empty pallet insertion. (photo 1) CJSC L’OREAL – Dobrino - Kaluga Region - Russia World leader in cosmetics and personal care products, CJSC L’Oreal has increased its production in its new Russian factory; on account of excellent market feedback, the company has invested in 3 high-capacity palletizing lines. For this important investment, L’Oreal has again trusted LITA, which is one of the group preference suppliers. LITA supplied three high-speed, Cartesian-axis palletizing robots JOLLY equipped with digital servodrives and brushless motors, able to perform 14 cycles per minute, change pallet included. The plants are provided with empty pallet cabinet and pallet conveyor for automatic pallet change, which can also be handled with manual transpallet. The mechanical parts are entirely in aluminium, combined with accurate linear sliding on guides which makes the system highly flexible, quick and accurate. The machines are equipped with a gripping device as to handle boxes of up to 20 kg. The feeding system has been designed to perform the robot gripping in single, double or multiple ways. The systems guarantees production of 40 6-piece crate/m. (photo 2) Pasta Berruto – Carmagnola, Torino, Italy In terms of innovation, LITA has always expressed itself at the best level and its commitment to searching for target solution able to meet customers’ specific requirements is evidenced by a palletization system for bags of pasta in pallet-box. Palletization plant for bags of pasta in pallet-box, installed on the premises of Pasta Berruto SpA, an important producer of Torino, has been especially designed to handle 5-kg bags of pasta, mainly for the catering sector and centres, in different size and with production capacity of 25 bag/m by means of an anthropomorphous robot. To guarantee suitable protection during the transport, this product is usually placed inside a pallet-box, which is a big tray with sides 700 mm high, laid on pallets. In order to put the packages inside the container at the requested rate a special picking place has been designed to handle two overlaid bags per cycle. To perform this product positioning, the picking place is equipped with a two-level feed conveyer system. It is also possible to install a box centering device for an accurate positioning during the filling phases. (photo 3) Lita Srl Strada Provinciale Chieri, 19/3 10046 Poirino (Torino) Italy Tel: +39 011 943 10 04 Fax: +39 011 943 19 00 [email protected] www.lita.to.it B E V E R A G E I N D U S T R Y B E V E R A G E I N D U S T R Y 43 42
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