Miller Magazine Issue: 113 May 2019

22 NEWS MAY 2019 GEA Toolings provide greater flexibility and advanced performance Whether it affects the shape, size, taste, quality, or safety and economic needs for the end product, GEA Toolings bring the latest innovations and developments to meet all those new requirements. The main advantages are reduction in manu- facturing costs, extended lifetime of new tools and greater flexibility to get new products to market as well as enlarging the product range. GEA Toolings are quickly available with a minimum capital investment and a very short implementation time. At the upcoming IFFA trade fair in Frankfurt (Germany), GEA experts will inform about the wide range of GEA Toolings for its several food processing machines. GEA FormPlates: Precision engineered to match forming machines With the original GEA FormPlates, customers can make every gram of their product count. OEM quality ensures min- imized give-away and optimized shape, quality and portion weight of formed products. In addition to regular form plates, GEA is also able to design customized ones and with that re- sponding quickly to customers’ demands and seasonal trends. The GEA FormPlate Creator is a unique free service that con- tains a huge variety of shapes that can be turned into a cus- tom form plate. After receiving some details, including the machine type, choice of raw material, choice of plate material, average product weight, and proposed production volume, a PDF drawing of the form and form plate and a cost estimate is available within minutes. With this service from GEA, cus- tomers can turn their creative ideas into business realities and manufacture products with extra appeal. GEA Shoulders for SmartPackers: hand crafted for unmatched quality and lifetime With GEAs bag forming sets for SmartPackers customers can lower their operational costs. High tech composites used for GEA Shoulders ensure lower wear rates and up to 10 times longer life as compared to stainless steel shoulders. In addi- tion, the shoulders can easily be repaired in case of damage. The new standard forming set is delivered as a fiberglass-re- inforced version with an insert. This version is stronger than the conventional forming set and therefore ensures less wear, extra protection and longer operational life. An insert also makes it possible to produce both overlaps and tucked seams with one and the same shoulder. Finally, each forming set is equipped with a rigidized surface to ensure smooth running in a moist/wet environment. In short GEA Shoulders provide complete peace of mind with unique design, high tech com- posite materials, simpler maintenance, lower operational costs and increased reliability. Perfection down to the smallest detail with knives for GEA CutMasters GEA TopCut is a self-contained knife head system for GEA For its packag- ing and forming machines as well as grind- ing and cutting equipment, GEA developed dif- ferent Toolings to make sure the machines always fulfill their de- mands.