IM Converting expands its products portfolio of tissue interfolding lines

Since the beginning of its activity, IM Converting had a clear vision of what its machinery would have had to comply with, and namely: reduction of energy consumption; reduction of the use of polluting material; increase of the overall efficiency of production lines; shortening of the investment payback time. Today we can say that the above targets have been fully reached and this open the doors of the worldwide market to IM Converting which is implementing its commercial action on several foreign markets. Thanks to the recent investment to strengthen our commercial network and following the increase in the use of interfolded tissue products in general on all markets, we have encountered an increasing number of requests for small/medium production lines from converters who need to explore the market and want to undertake moderate investments but for Made in Italy equipment.

More than 25 years of activity in the tissue converting machinery and plants industry

IM Converting offers also the S-series line with vacuum folding technology. This new line as well incorporates the features which have always distinguished our ethics, such as: low energy consumption, advanced technologies aimed at optimizing production efficiency, safety for operators and the continuous production cycle. They are also kept other important features, such as: automatic log transfer and independent block structure allowing to reach the maximum flexibility of production and the optimal space configuration, all combined with simplicity of use and setting from the operator panel. A line capable of producing quality towels, toilet paper or facial tissues at a reel unwinding speed of 150m/min or 13 logs/min with width up to 1.5m, offering at the same time a fast payback of the investment. To obtain the maximum possible flexibility, “clever” solutions have been designed such as the possibility of cutting the packages in the machine and eliminating the log saw to save space and to reduce the investment as much as possible, a solution particularly suitable to produce facial tissues, then destined for packaging in carton cases. This new S-series line have been designed making use of the experience gained in production which led to the patented evolution of the consolidated mechanical folding system M-series, that combines vacuum to mechanical operation.

Great satisfaction comes from our consolidated M-series technology, for which new orders have recently been acquired from European customers. We have recently installed a line for interfolded towels supplied to a primary Italian tissue converter; it is the second line purchased after several years from this customer and this repeat order confirms the quality of our machines and their reliability over time, the quality of our service and the good ratio performances/quality/price. The line is composed by unwind stand and laminator 2,8 m wide, folding head 1,5 m wide, log banding machine and log saw. The design mechanical speed is 250 m/min. We have also in order, and it is being manufactured, a line for interfolded facial tissue for a primary Slovakian tissue converter which will be delivered soon.

The line is composed by three unwind stands and calender 2,8 m wide and folding head 1,5 m wide. The design mechanical speed is 300 m/min. The M-series uses consolidated mechanical technology combined with vacuum with the great benefits of efficiency and energy saving that distinguish us. A new patented device, developed by our team of engineers, has recently been implemented to improve the automation and operator panel setting of some production phases, further simplifying their use and operator safety, with an obvious return of production efficiency. Always attentive to the production needs requested by customers, we have equipped one of our plants with a “space-saving” system that would make the plant layout to be in line (no need of 90° deviation) and less space demanding.

The “Made in Italy” answer to global challenges

Going to packaging, it continues the success on the market of our IM Hug folded product logs banding machine, that is the only equipment we offer for packaging. There are by now many installations of this machine on the market, also in already existing folding lines supplied by other OEMs.
IM Hug offer green solution by reducing the use of plastic wrapping material: it is in fact one of the very few technologies that allows to wrap/pack logs of folded products using paper instead of plastic, obtaining a truly green packaging with very high performances (up to 22 logs/min) with use of only 5Kw electric motor.
IM Converting is a company that brings innovation on the market and looks to the future of tissue converting by offering efficient machines, matching the evolution and changes, in the needs of tissue producers and paying at the same time high attention to the optimal investment conditions.