Abstract: A safety pen needle includes: a main body, a cannula fixed to the main body and at least partially projecting out of the main body, a lock element placed inside the main body, a thrust element placed inside the main body, and a shield movable relative to the main body while remaining at least partially inserted within the main body. The pen needle is configured to move from a first configuration, in which the shield entirely covers an upper end of the cannula, to a second configuration, in which the upper end of the cannula is exposed, due to the action of external thrust. The pen needle is configured to move from the second configuration to an irreversible third configuration, in which the shield entirely covers the upper end of the cannula, due to the action of thrust exerted by the thrust element.

Abstract: An apparatus for checking the diameter of crankpins (15) of a crankshaft in orbital motion about a geometrical axis in a numerical control machine tool includes a V-shaped reference device (10), a measuring device (6) and a support device (4) fixed to the tool holding slide (2) that movably supports the reference device and the measuring device. A control device (50) for controlling automatic displacements of the apparatus towards and away from a checking condition, includes a programmable electric motor (60) and a transmission mechanism (62). The programmable electric motor is programmed to define a start position in which the automatic displacement of the apparatus away from the checking condition can be stopped, for instance a rest position or an intermediate position between the rest position and the checking condition.

Abstract: The checking methods includes the steps of feeding molten metal into the mold (3), extracting from the mold after a predetermined cooling time the mechanical piece (2) formed by the solidified molten metal; and acquiring at least one real thermographic image (A, X) of an internal surface (7) of the mold (3). To check the quality of the manufactured mechanical piece, at least part of the real thermographic image and/or related parameters is/are compared with images and/or related parameters belonging to a predetermined acceptability range. A possible anomaly in the mechanical piece is detected if the real thermographic image and/or related parameters do not correspond to said images and/or related parameters belonging to the predetermined acceptability range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packet of smoking articles having: a container; a wrapping wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container and provided with an accessing zone for the smoking articles; a first coupon, disposed between a front wall of the container and a front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end disposed at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end; and a second coupon, interposed between the first coupon and the front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end.

Abstract: Machine and method for producing a substantially cylindrical article, which comprises a tubular body, a container element, arranged in the area of one end of the tubular element, a heat generating element, partially housed inside the container element, and loose material for generating flavour; in use, the loose material is inserted into the container element, vertically oriented, and the heat generating element is partially inserted into the container element by being moved downwards, so as to obtain a combined element; subsequently, the combined element is at least partially inserted into the tubular body.

Abstract: A continuous process for the cracking of a polymeric material, includes the continuous introduction of the polymeric material in a stream or bath of molten catalyst. A plant for the cracking of a polymeric material is also related and includes a closed circuit/environment containing a molten catalyst, and an element adapted to keep the molten catalyst in continuous motion.

Abstract: A food products packaging automatic plant can have at least a first food products packaging conveying line having a plurality of first connection areas. The plant further comprises a plurality of operative units. Each operative unit has a movable base able to move at the connecting areas; a processing device placed on the movable base and connectable to the conveying line at the connection areas; a plurality of sensors; and a wireless communication device. The plant further includes a maintenance station of the operative units; a preparation station of the operative units; and a control and managing central unit. The control and managing central unit commands the operative units so that they move from and towards the first food products packaging conveying line and from and towards the operative units maintenance and preparation stations.

Abstract: Filling unit for a manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes; the filling unit has: a cylindrical tank which is arranged horizontally, is mounted so as to rotate in a stepwise manner around a vertical rotation axis, is delimited, at the bottom, by a base disc having a circular shape, and is delimited, on the sides, by a cylindrical side wall; a feeding duct that feeds a flow of tobacco inside the tank; a plurality of groups of seats, each of which is obtained in the base disc and is adapted to receive and contain a corresponding dose of tobacco; and a transfer device which is arranged in a fixed position and cyclically transfers the doses of tobacco contained inside the seats of a group standing still.

Abstract: A manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes provided with a base; a support body, coupled to the base and is provided with a number of electrodes; a heating member electrically connected to the electrodes; and a substrate which surrounds the heating member. The manufacturing machine is provided with feeding conveyor, which feeds a semi-finished disposable cartridges along a forming path; and a number of operating stations arranged along the first forming path to alternatively carry out the supplying of a corresponding component of the semi-finished disposable cartridges or to carry out a processing of the components of the semi-finished disposable cartridges. The feeding conveyor has an annular guide arranged in a fixed position along the forming path; and a number of slides, each of which is coupled to a respective carriage designed to house the semi-finished disposable cartridges.

Abstract: Method and device for filling a cartridge for an aerosol generating device with a liquid, according to which is: supplied a cartridge comprising a container comprising a lateral wall and an absorbent element arranged in the container; arranged one dispensing end of at least one cannula between the lateral wall of the container and the absorbent element; and injected, a dosed quantity of liquid in the container through the cannula.

Abstract: Filling unit for a manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes; the filling unit has: a cylindrical tank which is arranged horizontally, is mounted so as to rotate in a stepwise manner around a vertical rotation axis, is delimited, at the bottom, by a base disc having a circular shape, and is delimited, on the sides, by a cylindrical side wall; a feeding duct that feeds a flow of tobacco inside the tank; a plurality of groups of seats, each of which is obtained in the base disc and is adapted to receive and contain a corresponding dose of tobacco; and a transfer device which is arranged in a fixed position and cyclically transfers the doses of tobacco contained inside the seats of a group standing still.

Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid having: a group of tobacco articles; an inner container which houses the group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container itself (3) to move relative to the outer container; a hinged lid; and a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container using the rotation movement of the lid and has a rigid connection tab, which connects a wall of the inner container inner to a wall of the lid; a lower wall of the inner container has an extension that is coplanar to the lower wall and extends from the opposite side of the rear wall of the inner container relative to the lower wall.

Abstract: Packer machine and wrapping method to manufacture a packet of tobacco articles containing two distinct groups of tobacco articles; the following are provided: a coupling wheel which rotates with continuous motion around a rotation axis and supports a pair of coupling pockets; a feeding station in which a first group of tobacco articles is fed to a first coupling pocket and, subsequently, a second group of tobacco articles is fed to a second coupling pocket; an actuating device which brings, downstream of the feeding station, the two coupling pockets closer to each other, until the two coupling pockets are side by side; and a releasing station, in which the two groups of tobacco articles are extracted together from both the coupling pockets arranged side by side, so that the two groups of tobacco articles are side by side when they come out of the coupling pockets.

Abstract: Apparatus (1) for checking the dimensions and/or shape of a complex-shaped body (3), comprising a checking support (5) on which the body to be checked is positioned, a robotic system (8) with an optical assembly (17) and a memory unit (19) for storing reference data relating to a reference shape of the body. A processing and control unit (18) controls movements of the optical assembly so as to obtain dimensional values relating to the body at predetermined measuring points, these dimensional values then being compared with the reference data stored in the memory unit. The apparatus further comprises reference elements (35) defined in the checking support in predetermined positions and a distance sensor (17) for acquiring actual positions of said reference elements. Local compensation parameters for correcting positioning errors of the robotic system are calculated for each of the reference elements on the basis of the predetermined positions and the actual positions acquired.

Abstract: A packer machine and wrapping method to produce a pack of smoking articles; the packer machine has: a first wrapping drum, which supports a first wrapping pocket, which is adapted to receive a first blank and subsequently a group of smoking articles; a first feeding station, in which the first blank is inserted into the first wrapping pocket; a first transfer station, which is arranged downstream of the first feeding station and in which the group of smoking articles is inserted into the first wrapping pocket; a second wrapping drum, which supports at least one second wrapping pocket, which is adapted to receive a second blank and subsequently an inner container, which is formed by folding the first blank; a second feeding station, in which the second blank is inserted into the second wrapping pocket; a second transfer station, which is arranged downstream of the second feeding station and in which the inner container is inserted into the second wrapping pocket; and a third wrapping drum, which supports at le

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing and guiding system for a packaging machine having a processing zone and an activation zone adjacent each other. The system has a separating wall, for separating the processing zone from the activation zone; at least a movement actuating element, which develops from the activation zone to the processing zone, crossing the separating wall and that has a longitudinal developing axis; movement actuating means, arranged in the activation zone, for moving the movement actuating element at least along a first direction transverse to the respective axis.

Abstract: Bidirectional measuring head (1) comprising: a stationary frame (12), a feeler (2), a kinematic motion assembly (13) which is supported by the stationary frame and carries the feeler to enable the feeler to move along two measuring directions (D1, D2) perpendicular to each other, and at least one position sensor (3a, 3b) that is mounted on the kinematic motion assembly and detects the position of the feeler along at least one measuring direction. The kinematic motion assembly has four columns, each of which runs perpendicular to the two measuring directions: a first column (14) is rigidly linked to the support frame, a second column (15) is adapted to translate along both measuring directions and supports the feeler, a third column (16) and a fourth column (7) each performs a displacement almost exclusively along one of the two measuring directions. The kinematic motion assembly may be a deformable mechanism.

Abstract: Machine and method for producing substantially cylindrical articles of the tobacco processing industry; a material with cavities is fed, along a given path, through an insertion station, where powder material is inserted into the cavities, so as to obtain a strand, and through a wrapping station, in the area of which a strip is wrapped around the strand; the powder material is inserted into each cavity by a relative insertion unit, which moves in a synchronous manner along a coupling portion of the given path.

Abstract: Method for checking the surface and/or shape of at least one surface, or part thereof, of an object made of transparent material, by means of a checking system which comprises a light source, a sensor and a processing unit connected to the sensor. By an appropriate positioning of the light source and sensor it is possible to overcome the problem of multiple reflections and to identify in a unique manner the rays scattered from the surface to be checked and received by the sensor which are useful for the purposes of checking. According to one of the embodiments, it is also possible to determine the thickness of the object to be checked.

Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid having: a group of tobacco articles; an inner container which houses the group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container to move relative to the outer container; a hinged lid; and a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container using the rotation movement of the lid and has a rigid connection tab, which connects a wall of the inner container to a wall of the lid.