Case Studies

Cartoning & Boxes

Machine Case Study
| October 3, 2008

Mint-condition packaging

The United States Mint upgrades cartoning and casing operations for collectible, lens-packed proof coins.
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Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2008

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2008

A fresh approach to frozen entrées

Victory’s Kitchen develops the perfect recipe for detecting metal in its new frozen food line, while its new automated packaging equipment speeds production.
Machine Case Study
| August 4, 2008

Automation shines at Heinz

Smart Ones frozen meals are whisked through a highly automated packaging line at Heinz’s Pocatello, ID, facility. Cartoning and vision inspection stand out.
Machine Case Study
| July 2, 2008

Ammo maker shoots for packaging improvements

Remington adds high-speed, smooth-handling gun-shell cartoning machine to its operations arsenal.
Machine Case Study
| July 2, 2008

Schwarz powers powder packaging

Schwarz Pharma’s replacement filling line is twice the speed and more flexible for future needs.
Machine Case Study
| June 2, 2008

New BIB wine line toasts tried-and-true technologies

Mission Bell Winery’s 5-L bag-in-box wine line serves as a blueprint for a new 3-L line that provides ‘outstanding’ sterility, ergonomics, and productivity.
Machine Case Study
| June 1, 2008

Automated pick-and-place replaces manual operations

Kao ‘K.O.s’ labor cost inefficiencies, while improving production rates.
Machine Case Study
| May 13, 2008

Robots boost cheese productivity

Dutch cheese packager KH de Jong employs robots to depalletize, case-pack, and palletize more than 350 tons per week of Edam.
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2006

Survey sheds light on controls in packaging

Both those who build and those who buy packaging machinery talk with PW about a controls and integration study done for the Packaging Automation Forum.
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2001

New line boasts new sterilizing technology

Adelholzener of Germany is leading the charge when it comes to popularizing one-way plastic beverage bottles in a region that has long resisted this package format.
Fabri-Kal customers use labeled clamshells to pack a variety of produce, including blueberries and cherry tomatoes.
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2001

Labeler proves 'berry, berry' good for Fabri-Kal

A new clamshell labeling system increases speed while reducing labor costs and downtime at the Greenville, SC, plant of thermoformer Fabri-Kal.
The system shown here includes a robotic positioner that picks a bundle of 12-count corrugated shippers, orients the bundle, cut
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Machinery brings the future to Latrobe

The front end of this glass line for 12-oz Rolling Rock beer is practically an operator-free zone. Laser-guided vehicles replenish packaging materials on demand. See in-plant video
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Three legs are better than one

Glass bottles of Rolling Rock beer run through paired fillers at 1길/min and then fan out to any one of three packaging legs. Eight operators ‘patrol’ the entire line. See in-plant video
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Big containers, big output done Nature's Way (sidebar)

Bigger containers, shorter line

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