Sustainability is once again the core topic for Baumer hhs at this year's FachPack

At FachPack 2022 (September 27-29 in Nuremberg), for example, the company will present the application of bio-based adhesives with its electric tesla hot melt valves in a live demo at its booth in Hall 2 (Booth 2-411) under the motto "We think ahead." These energy-efficient high-end valves enable maximum precision in the application of both defined adhesive dots and adhesive beads, which is why they can be used to optimize or minimize adhesive consumption. Practical experience shows that, for example, 50 % and more of the previous adhesive consumption can be saved in end-of-line applications. In addition, the tesla valves offer maximum flexibility in the processing of adhesives made from renewable raw materials. This results in the advantage for packaging manufacturers that they become more independent in procurement. "Since we develop and produce all the components of our adhesive application and quality assurance systems in-house and produce them in-house, we can flexibly adapt them as needed to the requirements that the application of bio-based adhesives and the processing of new sustainable packaging materials. - starting with our energy-efficient melters and ending with our application valves," Kotecki emphasizes the advantage for Baumer hhs customers.

In this context, the patented Coating HP-500 SB application head for sustainable paper and bag production will be a highlight at the company's booth in Nuremberg. With its snuff back hotmelt technology, it allows these materials to be replaced with paper in applications where plastics were previously used. Thus, this application head is fully in line with the trend of minimizing the use of plastics in packaging production. With the Snuff Back technique, the nozzle closes against the direction of flow of the adhesive, creating a negative pressure which pulls the adhesive back into the application head. The adhesive flow is quickly and cleanly nozzle, so that no residue remains on the nozzle and the high quality of the adhesive of the adhesive application is guaranteed. At the same time, the Coating HP-500 SB application head is characterized by is characterized by extremely simple handling and high ease of maintenance. Since it can apply the hotmelt widths, it can be used flexibly in many machines.

In addition to the HP-500 SB, Baumer hhs is also bringing a new melter from the Xmelt family specifically for bio-based adhesives to FachPack. This melter was developed to meet the requirements new bio-based adhesives in processing.

With HM 500 Spiramelt, Baumer hhs will also present in Nuremberg an innovative solution for the pallet securing, which effectively minimizes the use of films in transport. As with products from Baumer hhs, the HM 500 Spiramelt valve is also characterized by its ease of ease of use and thus maximum operating safety. This is also an important criterion of sustainability, since errors and thus waste are avoided in production.

Finally, Baumer hhs will be emphasizing at FachPack 2022 that consistent preventive maintenance of adhesive application and quality assurance technology can also improve the life cycle assessments of products and processes. For example, the company's Customer Care services ensure the smooth operation and maximum availability of customers' machines. This benefits production reliability, minimizing waste at the same time. Preventive maintenance on the basis of maintenance contracts also stands for plannable maintenance interventions and costs as well as for minimized machine downtimes. If, in addition, service interventions are required, Baumer hhs technicians can now remedy a large part of technical imponderables remotely with the help of virtual reality glasses or the TeamViewer Pilot. This saves them having to travel to customers, which also benefits the environment.

Says Kotecki, "We very much invite our customers and interested parties to come and talk to us at our booth at FachPack about how they can optimize the sustainability of their products and processes with our latest innovations for our adhesive application and quality assurance systems and our latest services - and we look forward to as many intensive technical discussions as possible, for which the name FachPack traditionally stands."