Abstract: An operating device configured to operate in a work space, the operating device including: a robot arm, which includes a succession of arm elements mounted on one another in a rotatable way about respective axes of rotation and which carries an operating unit on its end; and at least one presence sensor prearranged for detecting the presence of an operator. The device includes a positioning system, including a support by which the at least one presence sensor is carried and which is mounted on an arm element of the robot arm, according to a pre-set orientation and in such a way as to be orientable with respect to the arm element, and wherein the positioning system further includes a positioning unit prearranged for rotating the support with respect to the arm element, as a result of a movement of the robot arm, so as to keep the pre-set orientation of the support unchanged.

Abstract: Described herein is a filled biscuit characterized in that it comprises: a biscuit body (2) shaped like a container, defining a cavity (2A) contained in which is a filling material (4); a cover (6) made of biscuit designed to close said cavity (2A) from outside, either partially or completely; and a second filling material (8) that is set in contact simultaneously with said cover (6), said container body (2), and said filling material (4), so as to seal said cover to said container body and withhold said first filling material within said cavity.

Abstract: A sheet wrapping material including a metal layer (10), for example, aluminium, can be treated by applying a laser-treatment beam (LB1) to the metal layer (10). The metal layer (10) may be included in a multilayer set with a layer of polymeric material (50), by applying to the metal layer (10) coupled with the layer of polymeric material (50) a further laser-treatment beam (LB2), of a different wavelength, may be applied, to obtain also treatment of the polymeric material (50). The treatment may, for example, include cutting, pre-cutting, and perforation.

Abstract: Packaging material for food products with antimicrobial and antifungal properties including: a) a core layer of polymeric material including at least one active substance having antimicrobial and/or antifungal activity dispersed in the polymer matrix, b) a coating applied to a side of the core layer obtained from a lacquer or a polymeric paint including nano-fillers of a phyllosilicate or hydrotalcite, c) a coating for the release of an active antimicrobial or antifungal agent comprising encapsulated ethanol and a polymeric component selected from chitosan grafted with polyethylene glycol or cyclodextrin, a mixture of chitosan and polyethylene glycol and a polymer or mixture of polymers for printable paint applied to other side of the base layer; optionally the material further comprises: d) a coating with oxygen scavenger activity applied to the coating layer c) and/or a further coating e) including active substances of type b).

Abstract: A system for conveying products in succession along an industrial line, the system including at least one conveyor configured for conveying the products along at least one stretch of the line. Provided on the conveyor are codes to identify a series of distinct areas, for reception of the products. The system also includes one or more devices configured for detecting the codes of the areas of the conveyor when the areas are located in a position, along the line, where the products undergo a given operation; and a control unit configured for processing the codes so as to determine one or more data regarding the products.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for producing a shaped sheet of wrapping, including a hollow portion and a perimetral edge that extends along a pre-set profile, said method comprising the steps of: laying a sheet of wrapping on a treatment surface having a forming cavity; forming said sheet of wrapping within said forming cavity so as to reproduce the shape said hollow portion thereon, without subjecting said sheet of wrapping to deformation by stretching; cutting said formed sheet of wrapping along said pre-set profile for producing said perimetral edge and obtaining said shaped sheet of wrapping. The method is characterised in that the cutting step envisages the use of a laser beam according to a particular cutting mode.

Abstract: Package of a food product comprising a container and a sealing foil connected to the mouth edge of the container and a tool for picking the product, fixed to the surface of the sealing foil, wherein the sealing foil has a surface of thermoplastic plastic material, the tool is a flattened body of cellulosic or wood-cellulosic material, shaped like a spatula, and is fixed to said surface of the sealing foil by ultrasound welding, in the absence of an added adhesive material, along a section of a creasing line generated on the surface of the tool by the sonotrode during the welding process.

Abstract: A dropper machine for pouring a measured amount of a substance in a plurality of receptacles, including: a reservoir containing the substance to be dropped, cylinder and piston metering devices, a drive unit arranged to simultaneously drive the piston of the metering devices wherein each of the metering devices is associated with a respective actuating device cooperating with the piston of the metering device, the actuator device being operable individually to inhibit the delivery of the substance to be dropped through the nozzle when the drive unit is actuated to cause displacement of the pistons of the metering devices associated therewith between the start position and the end position.

Abstract: A process for making a sheet for packaging a foodstuff product, in particular a confectionery product, comprising the steps of: providing a sheet material (4; 101) having a first side and a second side opposite to one another; and providing on said first side a surface structure having an array of formations in relief (2). The process is characterized in that the step of providing said array of formations in relief envisages application on said first side of a discontinuous coating (2; 106) and/or a coating having a variable thickness that forms said array of formations in relief.

Abstract: A packaging method is implemented via an industrial plant including a formation of packaging machines (M1-M4) arranged in succession and supplied via one and the same conveyor line (120). The method includes operating the machines further downstream as primary machines and the machines further upstream as reserve machines and establishing a constant presence of products on the conveyor line for each primary machine.

Abstract: A system for dispensing fluid foodstuff material into a shaping cavity of a mould is described, of the type comprising the steps of: advancing a plurality of moulds (M1, M2) on a conveying line (2), along an advancement direction (X), each comprising at least one shaping cavity; providing a dispensing machine (4) along said conveying line (2) provided with a formation of nozzles (6; 61, 62, 63) comprising at least one line of nozzles arranged along a direction (K) transversal to said advancement direction (X). The process is characterized in that it delivers the material during advancement of the moulds, and in that it adjusts the quantity of material dispensed as a function of the variation in depth in the individual shaping cavity along the advancement direction (X).

Abstract: Described herein is a process for applying granular material on an outer side of a foodstuff product (P). This process comprises the steps of: providing a mould (2; 102) having a mould cavity (S; S?) that is delimited, at least partially, by at least one mobile wall (22B; 106); positioning the product (P) in said mould cavity by setting said outer side (p1) in a position facing and at a distance from said mobile wall (22); introducing granular material in the gap (24; 112) comprised between said mobile wall (22B; 106) and said outer side of said product; and moving said mobile wall (22B; 106) towards said outer side of said product so that it comes to press said granular material against said outer side (p1) of said product (P).

Abstract: A process for making a hermetically sealed package, which includes forming a sheet of wrapping made of plastic material, in particular having a thickness of less than or equal to 140 ?m. The process envisages: forming on the sheet a first, hollow, portion and a second, perimetral, portion, which delimits at least partially the first portion; inserting the product into the hollow portion obtained in the sheet of wrapping; applying a second sheet of wrapping in contact with the perimetral portion so as to close the hollow portion with the product inside; and welding the second sheet on the first sheet along the perimetral portion. Forming the first sheet includes providing on the second, perimetral, portion a series of pleats of the sheet, which are then sealed.

Abstract: Packaging material with antimicrobial and antifungal properties including: a) a core layer of polymeric material including at least one active substance having antimicrobial and/or antifungal activity dispersed in the polymer matrix, b) a coating applied to a side of the core layer obtained from a lacquer or a polymeric paint including nano-fillers of a phyllosilicate or hydrotalcite, c) a coating for the release of an active antimicrobial or antifungal agent comprising encapsulated ethanol and a polymeric component selected from chitosan grafted with polyethylene glycol or cyclodextrin, a mixture of chitosan and polyethylene glycol and a polymer or mixture of polymers for printable paint applied to other side of the base layer; optionally the material further comprises: d) a coating with oxygen scavenger activity applied to the coating layer c) and/or a further coating e) including active substances of type b).

Abstract: A system for conveying products in succession along an industrial line, the system including at least one conveyor configured for conveying the products along at least one stretch of the line. Provided on the conveyor are codes to identify a series of distinct areas, for reception of the products. The system also includes one or more devices configured for detecting the codes of the areas of the conveyor when the areas are located in a position, along the line, where the products undergo a given operation; and a control unit configured for processing the codes so as to determine one or more data regarding the products.

Abstract: A machine for moulding dough for oven-baked products, of the rotary-moulding type, which is characterized by the configuration with which the conveyor belt (8) runs over the moulding roll (2) and preferably also in that it envisages two feed rolls (4A, 4B) opposed to one another positioned above the moulding roll (2).

Abstract: Described herein is a packaging method implemented via an industrial plant comprising a formation of packaging machines (M1-M4) arranged in succession and supplied via one and the same conveyor line (120). The method envisages operating the machines further downstream as primary machines and the machines further upstream as reserve machines and establishing a constant presence of products on the conveyor line for each primary machine.

Abstract: Package for plurality of products, preferably foodstuff products, more preferably confectionery products. The package includes: an outer container; and a tray, which is provided with a plurality of housings containing the products and rotatably mounted within the container. Provided on the tray is an array of game indications. An opening or an opening and a transparent portion, for rendering accessible a product contained in a housing so that it can be removed, and for rendering visible from outside an indication of the game. A shaped portion is provided, which faces, or projects on, the outside of the container and which the consumer can get hold of. The tray is configured for being rotated, via the shaped portion, so as to render accessible a new product and, simultaneously, render visible from outside a new game indication, through the at least one opening or else the opening and the transparent portion.