Mosca wins energy efficiency award with new machine

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Strapping specialist Mosca has been honoured as one of ‘100 Companies for Resource Efficiency’ for its new pallet strapping machine. The award, from the University of Stuttgart – The Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, was in recognition of the machine’s advanced technology and contribution to energy resource.

The Mosca Pallet Strapper reduce both energy consumption and volume of strapping material used. As well as manufacturing the machine, Mosca uses it to pack and transport its own products from its factory in Germany.

The machine features coordinated technology and optimised process handling to achieve energy savings of around 20%. Its dynamic drive concept doubles the speed of the compression plate, while the patented SoniXs ultrasonic sealing unit requires no warm up time and only consumes energy at the moment the strap ends are sealed, making it extremely energy efficient. In addition, unlike conventional heat welding, straps are not melted, thus avoiding a build up of excess residue and fumes.

Ultrasonic technology improves the sealing strength of the strap, meaning thinner and less expensive strapping materials can be used, which also contributes to the machine’s enhanced energy and lower resource consumption.

Equally important, the unit’s built in, fully automated printing system prints directly onto the pre-applied edge protection material, thus eliminating the need for an upstream labelling machine and further reducing both material and energy consumption. The automated strap sealing unit also ensures that strap coils are completely used and it can be changed without interrupting the production process.

‘Sustainability is an integral part of our company philosophy as a technology leader for strapping solutions,’ explained Timo Mosca, CEO of Mosca. ‘Our focus is on continuously optimising our production processes and saving resources.’

The award was presented by Franz Untersteller, environment minister for Baden-Württemberg, at the Resource Efficiency and Recycling Economy Congress in Karlsruhe.