The challenge
Even the packaging is sustainable
Transforming a production process is never easy; but this was the challenge that Bodegas Artazu proposed to Meler. This winery in Navarre produces wine organically and its aim was to achieve a complete manufacturing cycle that embodied its philosophy.
Our contribution
The integration of a wax sealing system
Meler, as a specialist in the application of liquids, has a high capacity to adapt to the specific needs of each installation. To melt sealing wax it made a personalized Micron+ 5 Piston configuration: with a special inlet valve and an adapted filtering system.
To achieve the correct application, our StarBI pattern controller was incorporated and with the assistance of Ander Basterrafrom, Meler’s technical team the correct precision was achieved so that the wax sealing system could be integrated perfectly into the production process: filling, corking, wax sealing, and finally, labeling.
The project (duration, destination, sector)
A melter with Bluetooth(R) technology
Apart from the Starbi, the Micron+ at Bodegas Artazu features the new Bluetooth® functionality, which is unique in the market. According to Eduardo Blasco, enology and viticulture manager at Bodegas y Viñedos Artazu: “This new melter option is exciting because, from anywhere in my facilities, you can react quickly to any alarm and control the wax sealing system remotely while I am controlling quality elsewhere on the bottling line.”
Real time equipment monitoring is one of the production advantages derived from the use of Bluetooth®; but there are many more, such as an improvement in operator safety-which, apart from interactivity in the handling of equipment, avoids unnecessary stops for making changes. The advantages that the use of Bluetooth® can bring to your adhesive application system are endless. Connect to the melter for Industry 4.0!
Testimony
“I can control the melter from my cell phone inside my facility and, at any time, I can react very quickly to possible alarms.”
Eduardo Blasco (Winemaking Manager of Bodegas Artazu)
Impact
- Ecological reconversion of the bottle capping system
- Remote control of the main parameters of the melter
- Production system synchronized with palletizing rate
