The Molins Alto sets a new standard for reliable cigarette production machinery.

At 10,000cpm, the Alto sets a standard in consistency of tobacco flow.
The combination of faster running speeds and better control is challenging but Molins engineering experience and innovation have come together to create an outstanding making machine that offers greater levels of performance – The Alto.

The machine incorporates many innovations including a wider hopper which, not only reduces tobacco handling speeds and therefore degradation, provides better control over the tobacco flow whilst running at a higher speed of 10,000cpm.

Other Molins innovations provide improved airflow and an increased length of suction chamber allowing positive transfer of tobacco and greater stability of cigarette weight. The twinline inspection allows increased inspection time maintaining positive inspection and rejection at higher production speeds. A waste conveyor allows for the easy removal of cigarette waste, and the Conical Tip Turner provides for gentler handling of cigarettes at entry to the MTF4 Tray Filling Machine.

The Alto also incorporates a greatly improved Human Machine Interface (HMI), which together with the latest design noise-reducing guarding, makes the Alto one of the easiest machines to operate Molins have ever made. - See more at: http://www.molinstm.com/product-services/original-equipment/making/alto#sthash.0Ey36Ugl.dpuf

The MK9 cigarette making machine is supplied with a single PLC control system built to our customers’ specification. Our rebuilt machines include upgraded ecreteur, garniture, tape tensioning and cutting heads.

A range of optional equipment is also available to meet the needs of specific product designs and operational requirements such as:

• Tobacco discharger
• Double colour printer
• MK9 cigarette making machine stem box
• Stem extraction parts
• Microwave weight control system
• Weight control simulator

The New MK9 cigarette making machine Classic Combination has long been recognised as the industry standard for quality, producing 5,500 cigarettes per minute. It is a very cost-effective manufacturing solution suited for smaller batch production. Now, with the benefit of a brand new PLC operating system and selected upgrades from Molins' latest cigarette making machine technology, the New MK9 Classic Combination has entered a new era of increased reliability, easier maintenance and higher efficiency.

The New MK9 Classic Combination is available with a wide range of options to tailor cigarette manufacture including, slims, super slims, oval or kretek cigarettes, and as a plain maker.

Link-up conditions are available to suit both direct link and tray handling systems. - See more at: http://www.molinstm.com/product-services/original-equipment/making/new-mk9-classic-combination#sthash.95tXqBn3.dpuf

The Octave combines the best of both worlds - based on the highly successful Mk9 maker concept, the new machine is immediately familiar on first appearance and is reassuringly similar to operate. Under the sleek new guarding however, the machine has been engineered to utilise the latest technology that is proven to deliver enhanced quality and performance. The Octave reliably produces cigarettes at 8000cpm.

The Octave utilizes independent drives for quieter running, quicker brand changes and increased reliability. Improvements to the hopper allow optimisation of tobacco handling in line with the characteristics of modern tobacco blends. This combined with a new nylon band suction chamber incorporating an improved interface to the garniture, gives unparalleled rod formation.

In line with modern production demands, the inspection system now measures more parameters associated with individual cigarette quality, such as rod diameter, ventilation and pressure drop. Weight analysis is further enhanced with rod scanning microwave technology. All inspection, ejection and sampling functions are controlled by Molins high speed controller improving the weight control response time, resolution and overall production consistency.

The latest Siemens touch-screen display provides an intuitive 3D operator interface and remote connectivity to management information systems.

The Octave also benefits considerably from MTM's partners who specialise in improving the quality and lifespan of existing parts.

The result is a truly exceptional machine that is set to have the same impact on the tobacco industry as the original Mk9 machine.

 

Ezee Wrap 180 is a flexible and convenient wrapper catering for the lower speed segment of the market. This product is engineered for high functionality, simplicity and cost competitiveness, designed to operate as a standalone and also in a linked packing environment. The machine is built to international standards of performance and safety. - See more at: http://www.molinstm.com/product-services/original-equipment/packing-(1)/packet-wrapper#tab1

In 1937, Molins developed what is arguably the single biggest break-through in cigarette packaging - the hinge-lid pack. This decision went on to revolutionize cigarette-packaging worldwide.

 

Carrying on from this success, Molins has recently launched the new Molins Optima hinge-lid cigarette packing combination at 400 packs per minute.

 

The combination includes:

 

• MTU4
• Tax Stamper Unit 400
• Wrapper 400
• Boxer 50
• Over-Wrapper 50

 

The Molins Optima downstream equipment is supplied by Shivamani.

 

Shivamani Group, with over 40 years of experience in the engineering industry, offers a complete range of design and manufacturing solutions in precision engineering, tooling, fabrication, special purpose machinery and automation.

 

Molins has combined Shivamani’s products with our engineering experience and global presence to provide distribution and support for Shivamani’s equipment worldwide.