tna Australia - Integrated Food Packaging and Processing Equipment

tna is the leading supplier of complete turnkey, integrated food packaging and processing solutions worldwide, with an installed base of more than 3,000 systems in over 130 countries globally. tna's unique combination of innovative technology, extensive project management experience and 24/7 global support ensures customers always receive high flexibility, high performance packaging and processing solutions with the lowest cost of ownership and the highest return on investment.

tna's packaging and processing solutions are used in a variety of industries, including salty snacks, baked snacks, confectionary, pasta, cereals, fresh produce, meat and poultry, nuts, powders, pet foods, frozen and many others.

Packaging and processing products

• roflo® 3: product transfer and distribution system
• intelli-flav® 2: flavouring systems
• robag® 3: vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) packaging system
• multi-head scales
• checkweighers
• date coders
• metal detectors
• case packers
• case erectors
• palletizers
• shrink wrappers
• complete line of processing equipment

Product transfer and distribution

tna’s roflo® 3 is the ultimate transfer and distribution system. roflo® 3 uses servo-driven linear motion to gently and rapidly transport almost any product. The system also offers revolutionary flexibility and sustainability features. roflo® 3 allows users to reverse the direction of product movement with the touch of a finger and offers a lifting mechanism to raise pans up and out of a line when required; this means one line can run multiple products in almost infinite configurations and without any risk of cross contamination. roflo® 3’s flexibility means that the same results can be achieved with significantly fewer modules, when compared with other systems; this makes roflo® 3 a more sustainable option that is extremely good value.

Flavouring system

tna’s intelli-flav® 2 flavouring system offers a new world of performance and consistency in product flavouring. intelli-flav® 2 delivers consistent flavour and optimum coverage by automatically adjusting load balance to match product demand. A bias-cut feeder (electromagnetic distributor) inside the drum also creates an even curtain of flavour.

Product is handled gently by the system, keeping flavour loss and product damage to an absolute minimum. tna’s intelli-flav® 2 boasts another impressive design feature with its lightweight polymer flavour drum, which makes cleaning and changeover extremely easy. The design of the flavouring drum offers superior performance and is easily removed by one person in less than a minute without any special tools.

Vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS) packaging

tna’s revolutionary robag® 3 packages food products with unrivalled performance, flexibility and simplicity. It boasts high speeds with total integration, greater than 95% efficiency and rapid former changes using the ‘auto connect’ and ‘upload assist’ features. Wastage rates are as low as 0.5% and its small footprint reduces floor-space costs. These features ensure the lowest cost of ownership and highest return on investment.

tna's robag® 3 also has the following benefits:

• Multiple film types (OPP, laminates, COEX and HDPE) and thickness (1µm - 150µm)
• Multiple pack formats including pillow, gusseted, quattropack, block bottom, string, sachet, euroslot / round hole and multipack
• Handles a wide range of products with its servo-driven, quick-change rotary jaws
• User-friendly, all-digital settings and controls
• Up to 1,000 digitally stored programs, all easily accessed with a touch
• Former unload/load assist and auto connect (for air and nitrogen)
• Servo-driven technology – 30% of the parts of conventional machines
• No mechanical adjustments required when changing product or film
• Minimal service required
• Easy to clean – quick wipe-down surfaces

Multi-head scales

The tna 514-SNX 14-head multi-head weigher handles a wide selection of food products with extreme accuracy, and at speeds up to 180 packs per minute. Custom-made to the tna Intelli-sys™ specification, the tna 514-SNX multi-head weigher integrates seamlessly with the robag® 3 VFFS system, providing the ultimate in performance, accuracy and reliability.

Date coders

tna Intelli-date® 53T date coders feature a new, patented design that incorporates the clutchless, bi-directional ribbon drive system. This new technology eliminates the largest cause of downtime in all existing products. Our date coders have the following features:

• Simple ribbon cassette design allows quick changeover
• High speed printing with large ribbon capacity (1,000m)
• Capable of print speeds of 40mm/s – 1,000mm/s
• Simple time/date, batch and sell-by date coding
• Increased reliability
• Increased ease and familiarity of use
• Reduction in cost of ownership
• Decreased consumables cost, waste and changeover time/frequency
• Increased width - 107mm is also available in the tna Intelli-date® 107T model