The relocation of 48 tonnes of machinery would be a major challenge for most companies – but not for the Sippel Group.

Sippel recently assisted a major Sydney company to successfully move the equipment into a temporary storage position while the floor where it stood was substantially strengthened.

“A second relocation move was done after the new reinforced concrete floor set and was judged sufficiently cured, so the move would not damage the new floor,” said Sippel Group managing director Geoff Sippel.

Sippel Group’s unique AIRSKATE Hovair Air Cushion Load Movement Set of four AS34-HP AIRSKATE Units was used to carry out the move.

Though the normal maximum load for this Set was only 40 tonne, the injection moulding machine’s 7 tonne tooling had been left in the machine, bringing the load to nearly 48 tonne.

Air floatation specialists Sippel International recently faced one of its biggest challenges in moving a 4.5 tonne lithographic laser writer machine.

Sippel International’s Hovair Airskate Air Flotation Load Movement System was chosen because of its safe, smooth movement characteristics, which not all other movement equipment can attain.

Such smooth movement, with virtually no vibration, was vital to avoid serious damage to the delicate machine components.

The project involved turning the machine through 225° and squeezing it through a narrow opening in a wall.

The machine was then successfully maneuvered into a very confined new location.

Sippel has moved all types of machines and loads over the past 30 odd years without personal injury, damage to equipment, factory or floors.

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The Sippel Hi-Tech Electronic Weigh-Packaging Machine has successfully completed its toughest challenge to date – weigh-packing 10mm mesh river gravel.

After various design modifications, the Sippel packaging machine can now pack any milled or powdered product of various sieve analysis or meshes from talc, plaster, cementicious, flour, coffee beans, bread bake mixtures to plastic granules – and now 10mm mesh river gravel.

The river pebble machine is an all stainless steel unit – ideal for moist or wet products.

The river gravel was packed into plastic or woven plastic bags over a range from 5 to 20 kg with excellent weight accuracy in 10g increments.

The standard stainless steel weigh packaging machine lasts longer and makes it easier to clean out between products – particularly with food, colors or chemicals.

For open top flexible packages its usual two-stage safety clamping device securely holds the pack in place, while weigh-filling.

Sippel International Pty Ltd has launched a new all stainless steel hi-tech electronic weigh-packer for a wide range of applications.

The stainless steel machine is ideal for all types of powders, granules, emulsions, and abrasive or cementicious products such as concrete mix. Also, it has non-corrosive and better cleanout features for food or chemical products.

Like other Sippel quality products this latest machine has an all-stainless frame as well as stainless outer parts and convenient removable access covers.

The machine can weigh-fill product into plastic or paper bags, in-house transfer containers or bins and cartons with or without a plastic liner.

A safety clamping device securely holds the container in place so as to contain dust if present and subject to the container’s integrity is capable of supporting up to a 40kg package, until operator or auto weigh system is ready to release it.