IMA Dairy and Food USA

IMA offers case packing equipment for pharma, food and beverage applications. A medium-output, top loading case packer for loose or bundled pharma products, the CPV15 is designed with maximum ergonomics for operating staff in mind; the system also guarantees smooth handling even for unusually shaped products, thanks to servo technology. Other machines include the MMP400 wrap around case packer for coffee packages, engineered to protect and preserve the highest integrity of the content. Built to pack individual or bundled products into cases, display boxes or trays starting from flat blanks or pre-glued cases, this system handles all kinds of coffee containers, from single serve capsules to bags.

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IMA supplies filling equipment for liquid pharmaceuticals and personal care products of various viscosities. FLEXIFILL is designed for filling all types of pharmaceutical products ranging from eye drops and contact lens solutions to detergents, infusions, oral and topical solutions. Handling both plastic and glass containers in low to medium outputs, FLEXIFILL is suitable for filling large volumes up to 1000 ml, mostly required for personal care products. Coupled or in monobloc with intermittent or continuous motion cappers, it can handle all types of pharmaceutical closures. Suited to fill from water-thin to syrup-like viscosities, the FILLIT unit features IMA's exclusive gear pump technology, designed to enable precise, drip-free fills. With a vast choice of gear and seal materials, product compatibility is rarely an issue.

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Modula is a continuous rotary machine that fills and ultrasonically seals pre-made pouches using a patented “double pick-up” system that avoids the use of chains for pouch handling. Designed for solid, liquid and high-viscous products, the versatile Modula offers high-speed changeover features. Suitable for different filling applications such as food, pet food and beverages, where high hygienic standards, huge flexibility, and rapid changeover procedures are key factors on a competitive market, Modula ensures ultimate filling accuracy and sealing reliability and boasts an extremely low rejection rate. The modular structure enables customers to use a large variety of pouch shapes and create customized solutions for a vast range of products.

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IMA specializes in dosing and wrapping equipment for pasty products. The Multipack 2000 features a dosing variety from 50 up to 500g and an output of 100 ppm, for products such as butter, margarine, edible fats, fresh cheese and other pasty products. FD Series machines dose and wrap soup cubes, handling different wrapping materials, like parchment, backed foil or other flexible materials, at rates of 1,200 ppm. IMA also offers numerous other dosing and wrapping equipment models.

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Smart Cup is a continuous motion thermoform/fill/seal machine that is designed to provide maximum flexibility with regards to cup shape and size. The rotary design provides time for filling and time for sealing, which cannot be achieved on an indexing machine. Smart Cup uses a token at the start of the process, so there is no need for a punching tool; this design helps reduce maintenance costs. The token can be made of any thermoforming material: PS, PP, PET, PLA, multilayer.

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IMA offers vertical and horizontal cartoning equipment with a specialized focus on pharmaceutical applications. Featured machines include the X Series for parenteral administration medical products. Designed for small-medium production batches, the FLEXA Series offers the right compromise between flexibility and speed while the DYNAMICA Series the ideal solution for high speeds. The VERTICARE vertical cartoner can be equipped with a series of modules to enable bespoke product handling and fully customized packaging. Its robotic system is designed to manage a broad variety of products in terms of dimensions, shape, stability and fragility.

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Kompakta is a linear machine that creates stand-up pouches from pre-printed reels. Loaded with two reels for the front and back of the pouch and several reels for the bottom (depending on pouch size), Kompakta automatically unwinds, punches and cuts the material on reels using blades and cutters, before on 3 sides to obtain the finished pouch.

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