Press Release
Faster Than Fast - High Capacity Filling Rates and Minimum Space Requirements Were The Goals to Meet
The latest developed TOPLINE 2000 – a machine out of the TOPLINE SERIES – will be showcased by HAVER FILLING SYSTEMS, INC. in cooperation with its affiliated company BEHN + BATES America at this year’s Pack Expo in Las Vegas from September 26 – 28, 2011.
The TOPLINE 2000 is a sophisticated machine design for the high-speed filling of granular products, e. g. pet food, rice, seed, salt, fertilizer, plastic pallets and more. The machine is designed to fill these and other bulk products into open-mouth bags made of paper, PE or woven PP.
Benefits, such as minimum space requirements and hourly output rates of up to 1,800 bags are remarkable.
Needing just 1 filling spout and 2 net weighers sets the TOPLINE 2000 apart from conventional bag packing systems, which usually require 2 filling spouts and 3 - 4 net weighers. Also the integration of a vertical bag magazine is another feature which leads to additional space savings. While conventional systems use horizontal bag magazines of which the installation length depends on the requested storage and machine capacity. The advantage for the TOPLINE 2000’s vertical bag magazine is obvious: Less Space – Greater Cost Savings.
In addition, the machine is equipped with 2 operator displays and is setup for e-commerce. One of the displays is mounted on a telescopic arm and allows easy spare parts ordering via HMI.
Companies are undertaking major initiatives by improving their production facilities to keep them environmentally friendly. Energy consumption must be reduced and bag materials need to be minimized. The new TOPLINE 2000 uses servo-driven motors that are automatically switched on and off depending on the chosen bagging process. Furthermore, it can handle the smallest bag overlaps and new bags made of thinner materials which are also extremely tear-resistant.
The TOPLINE 2000 is the most economical solution for filling granulated products, especially pet food. The U.S. market is one of the most active and competitive markets for pet food. The growth in the pet food industry has primarily been driven by the humanization of pets. This has led to a variety of opportunities for suppliers, as market requirements for pet food broadens and therefore the importance of accurate processing and hygienic packaging is increasing.
Conyers/Georgia, May 13th - HAVER FILLING SYSTEMS’ RIBBON CUTTING &
4TH TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM - SEPTEMBER 2 - 3, 2010
HAVER FILLING SYSTEMS, INC. has grown steadily since its establishment more than thirty years ago. We are happy to announce that after breaking ground in 2009 we will be hosting our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Conyers, Georgia.
Our new facility allows us to accommodate our present rate of expansion and to make room for future growth. Further we have created a framework to begin a production/assembly process.
At the same time we take this opportunity to invite our guest to attend the 4th HAVER Technical Symposium to learn the latest developments in the field of material handling, bagging and filling of dry bulk materials and liquids.
The new facility represents a milestone in the Haver history and is a declaration of faith in the U.S. market and the State of Georgia as an industrial location.
The new plant is built next to the already existing 10,000 sq ft. building by adding another 8,000 sq ft. office- and 8,000 sq ft. warehouse space.
The new facility has already opened up the production/assembly process and creates a framework for manufacturing the machine type “INTEGRA” initially. The future goal is to steady add other machine types to the manufacturing process and to convert to local production.
HAVER FILLING SYSTEMS, INC. is a subsidiary of the Machinery Division HAVER & BOECKER, a worldwide leading manufacturer of high-quality packing equipment for valve bag and open-mouth technology as well as FFS technology for dry bulk solids. The company was established in the Americas in Harrison/New York in 1977. To expand operations, HAVER FILLING SYSTEMS, INC. moved in 1989 to its own building with 4,000 square feet of office space and 6,000 square of stock area in Conyers, Georgia, only 30 miles from Atlanta.
The German based, family owned company Haver & Boecker started its business in 1925 with the manufacturing of packing machines for the cement industry and is known as trendsetting when it comes to innovative packing technology.
The announcement is an important element of the company's overall U.S. strategy of connecting with its customers and increasing its competitiveness. It will create opportunities, which will benefit the local economy for years to come.
Haver & Boecker now a UL-certified control cabinet builder
Today 140 control cabinet manufacturers in Germany are authorised to approve control cabinets built according to the UL standard. Since August 2008 Haver & Boecker has been among them. This makes the German packaging specialist one of the approximately 4,000 companies worldwide that can now fulfil this demanding American standard. This is yet another big success for the family-owned company located in Oelde, Germany, and it will save its North American and Canadian customers a lot of money when it comes to documentation and acceptance testing. For Haver & Boecker this represents a big step in eliminating bureaucratic red tape.
In mid July at Haver headquarters in Oelde, an exemplary final acceptance of control cabinets was conducted by Tim Fitzjarrald of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) testing and certification office in the USA. Switch cabinets for the INTEGRA, ROTO-PACKER, external control systems and RADIMAT were tested. Haver employees learned about the requirements of the UL 508A standards for industrial control cabinets in various training sessions and seminars. This knowledge is essential for building UL-conforming control cabinets for the North American markets, or to have them built externally and then later apply the UL label.
The UL label confirms that the legally applicable regulations in the USA and Canada are fully complied to. This simplifies the work of the local inspectors (Authorities Having Jurisdiction – AHJ) whenever putting equipment into operation in North America and minimises the risk of a shut-down of a new machine or an entire line, thus reducing rework and additional deliveries.
Already at the end of July, 20 control cabinets of an open order could be outfitted with the first UL labels from the USA.
