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WINERY & VINEYARD EQUIPMENT 136 WINES&VINES January 2016 P.E. Labellers, Self-adhesive group P.E. Labellers' new machine for its self-adhesive line fea- tures an automatic joining device for self-adhesive labels and self regulates for reels with different label spacing. The automatic joiner allows another label reel to be added while the machine is operating, eliminating machine downtime and improving production continuity. Software records the position of the label with respect to the position on the re- moving blade and calculates the exact position. This en- sures that every label read by the optical reader is treated individually and positioned on the removing blade without using the spacing of the previous labels. ARTICLE FROM IL CORRIERE VINICOLO Editor's note: This article is pub- lished as part of Wines & Vines' cooperative editorial effort with Il Corriere Vinicolo, the leading Italian wine industry publication (corrierevinicolo.com). Il Corriere Vinicolo is edited by Unione Italiana Vini, the largest Italian wine trade association. On a regular basis, our two publications will share key articles in order to give readers a broader view of important wine industry topics in Italy and North America. SIMEI will travel to Germany in 2017 Officials with SIMEI and the Ger- man events firm Messe Munchen announced that the 2017 SIMEI show will take place as part of the Drinktec exhibition Sept. 11-15 in Munich, Germany. The change is intended to give SIMEI a wider audience while also add- ing more wine content to Drink- tec, which had previously been geared toward beer, soft drinks and other packaged beverages aside from wine. SIMEI will re- turn to Milan, Italy, in 2019, but with a much wider focus than wine as part of the Drinktec merger. Nomacorc, NomaSense Polyscan B200 Employing a portable potentiostat for electro- chemical analysis and disposable miniaturized electrodes, the NomaSense B200 provides poly- phenol analysis of grapes and wine in real time in the vineyard and cellar. Samples do not need preliminary treatments of filtration, centrifugation or dilution. The analysis requires about 30 seconds and gives a fingerprint of the polyphenolic fraction of the sample. This fingerprint is then treated through a web interface to obtain values representing the content of total polyphenols, easily oxidized polyphenols and tannins in the sample. Parsec, TopTube The TopTube employs a compensation chamber with a pre- set volume and control system to ensure a tank, vat or bar- rel is completely filled without any headspace. The compensation chamber is simply an empty tube in stainless steel or other inert material. This product is also available in a sensorless version and with a removable cover. Siprem International, Hybrid Extract System This hybrid machine was designed to conduct pre- fermentation extraction of color or to cool the must. The grapes are fed in line with carbon dioxide or ni- trogen and subjected to a decrease in temperature. Another section of the sys- tem is used for cellular ex- plosion to extract color. Tecme International, Inertized Vibrating Cart The vibrating harvest trailer can be filled with inert gas to protect grapes after picking. The adjust- able-height framework and the vibrating drawer fitted with a door enable grapes to be unloaded gently and precisely, directly into the destemmer or press. NEW TECHNOLOGY AWARD • Velo Acciai, TLS 2-4-6-8 The TLS cross-flow filters for lees are available with two, four, six or eight stainless steel tubular membranes in automatic or semi-automatic version. TLS filters allow the filtration of products with high concentrations of sus- pended solids like clarification lees of wine and must without using filtra- tion aids. The presence of filtration aids like sand-free bentonite and gelatin in the product doesn't compromise the membrane's integrity. An automatic pre-filter works as a sieve to remove stems, skins and others' gross solids. The lees pass through the stainless steel membranes for the filtration. Using the membranes allows the elimination of yeasts and bacte- ria, ensuring a perfectly clear product that can be added to the product previously filtered with cross-flow filters with capillary membranes.