The end of line plants are employed in all manufacturing industries and in various production sectors. They are used in various packing phases including control of the raw material of the packing, packaging of the parcel, weighing of the parcel and verification of content, labelling of the parcel, management of information, verification of the parcel and sorting it onto palletisation lines or exit towards delivery.

The automatic labellers make it possible to print the information acquired from the network or from the company calculator in real time, clearly and onto a bar code. The print is shown on self-adhesive labels, also of large size, and these are automatically applied onto the parcel. Control in real time of the label after its application is also possible.

The plants to establish the weight and volume of the parcels and pallets are used during the delivery phase and facilitate management of both load dimensions and transport rates. The plants can be designed in either a dynamic or static version and, in addition to establishing weight and volume, they also read the labels automatically, apply new labels and sort onto loading bays.

The Handling and Sorting material systems designed by SIPI are aimed at facilitating the coding and sorting of large volumes of parcels, on the basis of pre-established criteria, which can vary depending on the urgencies or demands of the moment. In addition to recognising barcodes the systems can be integrated with specific television cameras to acquire and archive the image of each parcel processed.

The automatic weight control systems "checkweigher" control and select the product based on its weight. They are high performance systems (over 200 strokes a minute) and can be equipped with specific air or ram devices to expel the parcels out of weight. These systems can also be integrated with metal and/or ray detectors to control the presence of foreign materials within the product.

The Sipi packaging systems are extremely fast and can accurately determine the content of packs, while also guaranteeing the safety of the products, whether packed in thermoformed bags or boxes. Both standard and tailor-made systems ensure excellent automation of the packaging procedure while promising traceability of the batches and efficient data management.

Sipi’s automatic weight-based metering systems respond to the different needs in the field of metering goods. Sipi provides a complete range of standard products for all metering needs or products with hardware and software tailored to customers’ requirements. All of Sipi’s devices are able to control metering stop and pre-stop by interfacing directly with the product metering devices, guaranteeing extreme precision in the attainment of pre-configured quantities. There is also the hardware and software for logging data and interfacing with the company host.

Specific robots with grippers to pick up the parcel and place it on benches in the order required can also be used to palletise the parcels. The palletisation process is managed by a dedicated program. The parcels are transported to the pick up point by conveyor belts, at the end of the packing line.

The dispensing and packaging plants of small metal or plastic items are used in industries that produce screws, small metal elements and plastic components. They are also used in packaging for sale and for the preparation of assembly kits. The dispensing process employs a weighing or counting system. The packaging can be carried out in rigid packs or in bags made from stretch film.

The plants to select and pack textured wire reels are designed for textile industries that produce synthetic yarns. The plants can be set up to automatically unload the reels from the trolleys on arrival from the production area, sort by quality, record reference data, label automatically, pack in film, box and palletise. The information is managed by way of connection to the company information technology network

Complete lines for moving enamelled copper wire reels used in producing electrical and electronic components The lines are designed to handle reels of any weight and format, for weighing, labelling, packing and palletising in quantities and shapes according to requests. The information is managed by way of connection to the company network.

Automatic systems for loading the material to be poured onto the thermal treatment lines, in the planned quantities and timing. These systems guarantee even flow of material by way of feedback devices which work on the loading devices. The systems can be interfaced with the company management system to more forward to production, loading - unloading of warehouses, storage management, etc.

The SIPI FILM systems are designed specifically for companies that produce, print, laminate and cut films. The SIPI FILM system manages all production processes from the birth of master reels, to the storage in the warehouse, with automatic management of the same and of the overhead cranes, printing, laminating, cutting and packing phases and delivery to the customer. All the processing phases are tracked and directed; all paper documents are produced and the timing and production costs for each job order detected and archived.

The RF-ID systems designed by SIPI exploit the principal characteristics of the RF-ID systems such as speed of acquisition of information, elevated possibility of data memorisation, the possibility to identify objects even if they are not visually displayed to the reading device and anti-collision, or rather the ability to detect a series of labels and tag in a single solution. The SIPI RF-ID systems are used in the following sectors: managing warehouses and sales outlets, controlling loading and unloading, controlling presences and accesses.

SIPI PRODAC automatic data acquisition systems are designed with pc terminals or micro-processors, to be installed in the production departments directly on the production machines or in correspondence of work islands. They are connected by way of the industrial network or Ethernet and interface with the company management system. In manufacturing industries the systems integrate with the specific procedures of PRODUCTION and WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT and, due to the connection with measuring devices, to the QUALITY CONTROL system.

The modular packet handles the management of problems related to access, management of presences, and management of canteen and beverage distribution. From a hardware point of view the systems are designed with pc terminals or micro-processors connected by way of the industrial network or Ethernet and interface with the company management system. The software package consists of the modules ACCESS CONTROL, PRESENCE DETECTION, CANTEEN MANAGEMENT, BEVERAGE AND SANDWICH SUPPLY, VISIT MANAGEMENT, PATROL MANAGEMENT, STATISTICS AND REPORTS, ALARMS -SMS.

The systems to manage traceability of products avail of the bar code and RF-ID technologies to keep track of each product handled during the various stages of production. A series of hardware devices, installed on the production machines, on the work islands, or mobile devices (by radio frequency) interface with the company management system to download information locally. Specific systems have been designed for the PHARMACEUTICAL industry to manage traceability of pharmaceuticals using the new bar code sticker.

Sipi can design and create tailor-made packaging and order preparation lines. Sipi’s packaging and order preparation systems use pick-to-light devices to determine the content of packs. Rollers, conveyor belts, chain modules, trucks and bridge cranes are used to transport the material and involve all types of packaging devices, taping machines, strapping machines, heat-shrink ovens, wrapping machines, etc. There are also identification, weighing and labelling systems and system management software.

With regard to packaging systems, Sipi offers a vast range of automatic, semi-automatic and manual devices for wrapping pallets and boxes. These can be integrated in a weighing system for determining the weight of packs during the packaging procedure.

SIPI is the first Italian company to deal with industrial weighing automation and activities connected with industrial automation. Since its opening it has assumed the philosophy of "problem solving" which has allowed it to analyse and propose solutions to problems of automation and management of industrial processes. The software production department, using increasingly evolved programming languages, proposes standard and/or personalised packages, tailor-made to satisfy the needs to manage the information, production and movement of materials in the manufacturing industry.