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Multivac receives dvi award

On November 12, Tim Slomp, manager of the department for thermoforming machines, Winfried Wolf, product manager for thermoforming machines, and marketing manager Valeska Haux accepted the award in Nuremberg on behalf of Multivac. “We are very pleased about this distinction,” Tim Slomp said. “It confirms the innovative concepts that we have realized in our machines, especially in respect to the hygiene design that is unique in the industry, and the improved process reliability.”

“In the food industry, consumer protection and food hygiene have the highest priority,” Valeska Haux says. “The hygiene-optimized design of our new thermoform packaging machines reduces the time and cost in order to guarantee a hygienically flawless machine condition. This results in a reduced standing time and therefore a higher output and productivity by the packaging machine.”

Consistently optimized for hygiene

This year the DVI introduced the competition category “machine technology” for “outstanding technical solutions (…) and new technologies to improve quality and efficiency in the packaging process.” In their explanation for awarding the prize to Multivac, the DVI jury emphasized the consistent hygiene design of the new thermoforming machine generation:

“Thermoforming machines with this design are primarily used to package sensitive products. Accordingly, high demands are placed on the hygiene-oriented design that have been satisfied in an exemplary fashion in the present example. The assembly of the machine and the constructive details such as accessibility, surfaces and functionality are part of a consistent hygiene design concept. The optional feature for Cleaning in Place makes it possible to fulfill high application requirements in a unique way.”

The hygiene-optimized design was not only consistently realized in the exterior machine area but also for the interior assemblies, which are part of the “spray area”. The transport chain with open spring coils and an open chain guide profile without dead spaces were among the parts that were developed in a completely new way. This patented innovation makes it possible for dirt to be rinsed without a trace and without having to disassemble the chain. Up to now, the design of thermoforming machines had made this impossible. The models R 535 and R 245 can be optionally equipped with a Clean in Place system. This enables the automated and standardized chemical cleaning of the chain, chain guide profile and interior assemblies.