KENOS ALPHA Packaging Machine

TME’s Kenos Alpha is an advanced vacuum packaging line designed to reach production speeds of up to 70 packs per minute, combining high performance with a remarkably compact footprint.

At the core of the system is an innovative magnetic transport platform based on independent cart technology, where individual carriers are driven by linear magnetic motors along an intelligent track. This architecture enables the independent and fully programmable movement of each pack holder, ensuring exceptional positioning accuracy and perfect synchronization between all processing stations.

Unlike traditional mechanical indexing systems, the magnetic transport system eliminates many moving mechanical components such as chains, gears and cam-driven mechanisms. This results in higher reliability, reduced mechanical wear, lower maintenance requirements and smoother product handling, while also allowing dynamic speed adjustments and flexible process control throughout the production cycle.

Thanks to the independent carrier motion, each package can be managed individually along the line. This enables optimized cycle timing, improved production flow and the possibility to adapt machine behavior in real time, maximizing efficiency while maintaining extremely high packaging precision.

Despite its high level of automation and technology, Kenos Alpha is designed with a highly optimized layout, allowing the entire line to deliver high output within a reduced installation footprint, making it ideal for production facilities where space efficiency is critical.

The line integrates several key modules into a seamless automated system, including:

• a vertical packaging machine
• a high-precision volumetric dosing system
• an advanced vacuum treatment module

This configuration guarantees consistent dosing accuracy, stable vacuum levels and repeatable pack quality, even at high production speeds.

Kenos Alpha has been engineered to handle technically demanding packaging materials, including new-generation recyclable and sustainability-oriented films, ensuring excellent sealing performance and pack integrity.

The system can operate at high vacuum levels and is particularly suitable for applications involving products with low bulk density, where maintaining product structure and vacuum stability is essential.

Machine management is simplified through an intuitive touchscreen interface, accessible both locally and via tablet or remote connection, allowing operators to easily control recipes, monitor production parameters and adjust machine settings in real time.

Kenos Alpha represents TME’s latest technological evolution in vacuum packaging, combining magnetic transport technology, compact design and advanced automation to deliver a highly flexible, precise and future-ready packaging solution for modern coffee and food production environments.