INTERPACK 2014
More than 25 years weighing technology at its best
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Wipotec is recognized globally as the leading system provider for the integration of intelligent weighing technology. Ever since it was founded more than 25 years ago the company has been growing constantly and quickly. Today, Wipotec has 400 employees and subsidiaries in Italy and the USA.
The core business of Wipotec is the development, production and integration of ultra-fast precision Weigh Cells and high-tech weighing systems for high-speed applications.
Wipotec Weigh Cells are applied in a wide range of industrial production processes, such as checkweighers, filling and dosing as well as the integration in packaging machines. Furthermore, highly specific solutions, tailored to the needs of the customers, are implemented for the pharmaceutical industry to weigh capsules, tablets, syringes and vials.
The Weigh Cell work according to the principle of Electro Magnetic Force Restoration (EMFR). They are based on the monoblock technology which makes them extremely precise and fast and enables them to render accurate weighing results even at highest speeds and under the most adverse conditions. Vibrations can be actively compensated for. The product range includes models which can weigh a mere microgram and others which can deal with loads from µg up to 150 kg.
Wipotec places special emphasis on the independent development of all necessary technologies and core components. Therefore, about 25 percent of the staff work in hardware and software development. The in-house development and project engineering departments enable the company to provide all production documents required within a very short time frame and with a maximum of flexibility.
The heart of all Weigh Cells, the so-called monoblock, is manufactured in the in-house machining centre by means of state-of-the-art CNC milling machines. However Wipotec’s systematic in-house policy does not end with the mechanical manufacturing, the printed circuit boards are also manufactured under the same roof by automatic pick-and-place machines.
These components are put together in the cleanrooms of the Weigh Cell assembly before they have to undergo an extensive testing and adjusting process. Finally, the Weigh Cells reach their application in dynamic checkweighers and in integrable weighing systems.
“We have a healthy customer mix – we supply all leading names and key players in the pharmaceutical and food packaging sector, but we also have a very good spread of smaller clients,” explains Wipotec’s international sales director Michael Kirsch. “We have agreements with the large accounts like BOSCH, Bausch + Strobel, Optima or IMA, just to mention a few.
Michael Kirsch explains: “Our company is the clear market and technology leader in precision Weigh Cells for packaging machine OEMs worldwide.” And he adds: “We were looking for additions to our portfolio, which would be of interest to our existing customers.” So Wipotec designed and developed several X-ray scanners with a revolutionary technology. These products offer higher performance and better detection of foreign objects.
