Qimarox shortens delivery time to two weeks

A top-quality product elevator that is ready for delivery in two weeks. That is the promise that Qimarox makes with its new Fast Lane Service. System integrators from around the world now have access to reliable, durable and affordable material handling components faster than ever before. And all at the same low prices.

An increasing amount of time in projects, in production and logistics, is devoted to preparation. System integrators spend a lot of time consulting with customers about the exact design of, for example, a final packaging line or order picking system. And once the design has been established, there is often little time left for implementation.

Qimarox is catering for this with the introduction of its Fast Lane Service. Thanks to this unique service, system integrators in urgent need of a product lift can have a Prorunner mk1 vertical conveyor at their disposal in two weeks. This ultra-short delivery time makes the product elevator an even more attractive alternative to other vertical conveyor systems. As soon as the order is received, Qimarox technicians start assembling the Prorunner mk1.

No extra costs

The Qimarox Fast Lane Service is possible thanks to the modular design of the Prorunner series. By using standardised, interchangeable components, most parts are in stock. Production then takes no more than two weeks. Then the product elevator in Harderwijk is ready for transport to the final destination.

System integrators do not have to pay extra for the Fast Lane Service. The most important condition is that the stopwatch only starts once the invoice amount has been transferred. In addition, the service only applies to orders with up to four standard product elevators. If system integrators choose a modified design, production will take more time and the order will be added to the standard production planning.

Reduction of lead times

Qimarox Fast Lane Service is particularly suitable for system integrators on the Asian or American continent, who often have to deal with long transport times. With a production time of up to two weeks, these system integrators save valuable time. By assembling the product yourself, the transport volume can be reduced to a relatively small building kit. This even makes it possible to transport product lifts as air freight. The result: an even further reduction of lead times.

The Fast Lane Service is being launched with the Prorunner mk1, the standard product elevator that is now in use in hundreds of sites around the world. If this service is successful, Qimarox will also develop Fast Lane options for the Prorunner mk5, mk9, mk10 and other components. The ultimate goal: ultra-short delivery times for all material handling components, including Qimarox’s palletisers.

About Qimarox

Qimarox is a leading manufacturer of components for material handling systems characterised by ruggedness and reliability. Innovative concepts, patented technologies and continuous development allow Qimarox (which emerged from Nedpack) to manufacture product lifts and palletisers that combine flexibility and productivity with a low total cost of ownership.

 System integrators and original equipment manufacturers from across the globe use the machinery of Qimarox in end-of-line systems and storage and order picking systems in various industries.

 For more information visit our website at www.qimarox.com.

Qimarox wzbogaca asortyment o standardową kapturownicę

Qimarox wzbogaca swoją ofertę komponentów do przemieszczania materiałów o standardową kapturownicę do owijania folią kurczliwą. Tę innowacyjną kapturownicę wyróżnia to, że nie wykorzystuje żadnych technologii o zwiększonym poborze mocy, takich jak technologie pneumatyczne i hydrauliczne. Tak jak nasza owijarka pierścieniowa, ta maszyna do pakowania może być integrowana z modułami paletyzującymi Qimarox, dzięki czemu powstaje kompletny system do pakowania.

Qimarox Highrunner mk7 to modułowy, seryjnie produkowany moduł paletyzujący, który szybko układa w stos paczki o różnych kształtach i rozmiarach na paletach. Dzięki najnowszemu dodatkowi do oferty komponentów do przemieszczania materiałów Qimarox, partnerzy systemowi firmy mogą oferować kompletne systemy do paletyzowania i pakowania palet. Klienci końcowi mają zatem do dyspozycji rozwiązania, które nie tylko zabezpieczają i stabilizują ładunki na paletach, ale także chronią je przed wodą i pyłem.

Redukcja kosztów energii

Ta niezwykle kompaktowa owijarka kapturownica jest w cztery ramiona napinające, które naciągają folię i nakładają ją na załadowaną paletę. Kiedy ramiona napinające zwalniają folię, elastyczność folii zapobiega przemieszczaniu się pudeł, worków i innych produktów na palecie. Jako że ramiona napinające mogą poruszać się poziomo w dwóch kierunkach, owijarka może owijać palety o dowolnych rozmiarach.

Maszynę tę wyróżnia brak technologii o zwiększonym poborze mocy, takich jak pneumatyczne czy hydrauliczne, wykorzystywanych do zasilania ramion napinających. Pobór mocy jest zatem minimalizowany i pozwala klientom końcowym na zaoszczędzenie do 3500 € każdego roku. Dodatkowo maszynę wyróżnia łatwa konserwacja. Przeglądy maszyny lub wymiana części eksploatacyjnych może być przeprowadzana na poziomie podłoża, dzięki czemu serwis i konserwacja nie wymagają wprawiania w ruch ruchomych części maszyny.

Dostarczana przez partnerów systemowych

Tak jak w przypadku pozostałych komponentów — np. paletyzatorów i systemów do transportu pionowego — Qimarox dostarcza kapturownice wyspecjalizowanym i przeszkolonym partnerom systemowym bez układu sterowania. Owi partnerzy systemowi mogą zatem łączyć układ sterowania maszyny z układami sterowania innych komponentów gotowych systemów pakowania. To zapewnia nie tylko lepszą integrację, ale także prostsze sterowanie i niższe koszty inwestycyjne i konserwacyjne.

Qimarox posiada obecnie globalną sieć ponad dwustu partnerów systemowych, zatem każdy klient końcowy ma zawsze do dyspozycji lokalnego partnera, który mówi w jego języku i zna lokalny rynek. Owijarkę do owijania folią kurczliwą można zobaczyć w akcji w centrum demonstracyjnym Qimarox w Harderwijk.

O Qimarox

Qimarox jest wiodącym producentem komponentów systemów przemieszczania materiałów, które charakteryzuje wytrzymałość i niezawodność. Innowacyjne koncepcje, opatentowane technologie oraz ciągły rozwój umożliwiają firmie Qimarox (wywodzącej się z firmy Nedpack) produkcję podnośników towarów, paletyzatorów i owijarek, które łączą w sobie elastyczność i wydajność przy niskim całkowitym koszcie posiadania. Integratorzy systemów i producenci oryginalnego sprzętu z całego świata stosują urządzenia Qimarox w systemach gotowych oraz systemach magazynowania i kompletacji zamówień w różnych branżach. Więcej informacji znajdziesz na www.qimarox.com.

PACK EXPO East Gets Warm Welcome in Philadelphia

Reston, Va.; Feb. 26, 2015 — Data from PACK EXPO East, which debuted last week in Philadelphia, show the event exceeded expectations on several fronts, reporting more than 6,500 attendees, 386 exhibiting companies and 92,413 net square feet of exhibit space, according to show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
Its location in Philadelphia placed PACK EXPO East within 200 miles of one-third of U.S. consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs), including the life science and pharmaceutical industries, which have a stronghold in the region. Attendance — which drew primarily from Pennsylvania (35.5 percent), New Jersey (24.6 percent) and New York (10.3 percent) — surpassed initial projections by 60 percent.
“All you have to do is look at the numbers to see just how well PACK EXPO East met the need for processing and packaging in the Northeast. The show was the top-tier event PACK EXPO exhibitors and attendees expect,” says Jim Pittas, senior vice president, PMMI. 

Qimarox booth at the first PackExpo East in 2015

A different kind of show
For PMMI President and CEO Charles D. Yuska, the success of PACK EXPO East 2015, from its location to the attendee and exhibitor experience, validated PMMI’s 2013 conclusion that the market warranted a regional show.
“PMMI is always looking for new ways to achieve our mission to convene the processing and packaging supply chain, and Northeastern manufacturers needed an easier way to connect with leading processing and packaging suppliers,” he says. “Based on initial feedback, I’d say buyers and sellers found PACK EXPO East fostered connections, discussions, and, ultimately, solutions for end users’ operational challenges.”
The strength of PACK EXPO East stemmed from this aspect, says exhibitor Jeff Bigger, president and CEO, Massman Automation, and vice chairman of the PMMI Board of Directors.
“Other regional shows we attend typically include co-located shows. This might give the impression of size, but in reality, the audience directly relevant to our business is much smaller. PACK EXPO East is a processing and packaging equipment show. The entire audience of customers is focused on our technologies, and it showed in the quantity and quality of leads,” he says.
Attendee Ronald Yakubison, director — GTO Packaging Technical Operations, Merck, says that because PACK EXPO East was close to home, his company was able to send larger teams than it does to PACK EXPO Las Vegas or PACK EXPO International.
“A local trade show allows us to give the whole staff the opportunity to attend,” Yakubison says. “In addition, the team reported seeing some things of interest that they may have missed [at a national event], since they typically fill up their time with known suppliers.”

PACK EXPO as classroom
PACK EXPO East also featured Innovation Stage, the on-floor education format that’s become a PACK EXPO standard. With topics as diverse as OEE, sanitary design for low-moisture foods and automation trends, attendees learned more about industry-changing technologies and trends.
Not far from the Innovation Stage, Vanderbilt University, the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) and The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) sponsored The Future of Pneumatics. This exhibit showcased advancements in pneumatic technology and demonstrations of the school's pneumatic exhaust gas recovery system, which can reduce air consumption of pneumatic actuators by as much as 25 percent. In another aisle, Rutgers University’s Packaging Engineering program presented student designs for automated loading and unloading systems, custom-order snack mix production and innovative packaging prototypes.

Enthusiasm and anticipation for upcoming shows
With the successful launch of PACK EXPO East, the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows now covers the continental United States: PACK EXPO Las Vegas will see its first Pharma EXPO co-location (in partnership with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) Sep. 28–30, 2015; PACK EXPO International and Pharma EXPO will return to Chicago Nov. 6–9, 2016; and PACK EXPO East will be back in Philadelphia in February 2017.
“The quality and variety of the attendees, as well as the other exhibitors, gave us an unparalleled opportunity to reach the widest range of prospective customers, business partners and other industry professionals,” says Laura A. Studwell, industry marketing manager for exhibitor OMRON. “The quantity and quality of leads exceeded our expectations. Our booth was busy the entire time, even on the last day! We definitely left with solid leads we would not have had otherwise. We're looking forward to coming back.”
PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Pharma EXPO 2015 will host more than 1,800 exhibitors next fall. To learn more and register, visit packexpolasvegas.com. Registration is $30 per person through Sept. 14, when it increases to $100.

About PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is a trade association representing more than 700 companies that provide a full range of processing and packaging machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through initiatives such as packexpo.com, educational programs and world-class events, connecting participants in the processing and packaging supply chain with their customers around the world. PMMI produces the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows that includes PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Sept. 28–30, Las Vegas Convention Center); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015; EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2015, March 10–12 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico); EXPO PACK México 2015, June 16–19 (Mexico City, Mexico); PACK EXPO East, Feb. 13–15, 2017 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia). PMMI owns the PMMI Media Group, a market-leading B2B media company that produces information for processing and packaging professionals, bringing together solution providers and end-users and facilitating connectivity throughout the supply chain. Its world class media brands - Packaging World, Automation World, Healthcare Packaging, Contract Packaging and Packaging + Processing OEM- are proven leaders in covering this diverse and dynamic marketplace, and its digital products incorporate leading edge media technologies to deliver informed, actionable business intelligence to the industry. PMMI Media Group also produces The Automation Conference, an annual education and networking forum, taking place in Chicago each spring. Qimarox


Learn more at pmmi.org , packexpo.com and pmmimediagroup.com.