Case Studies

Cartoning & Boxes

The Milwaukee County House of Correction produces meals in reusable trays like these in an unusual wrap and shrink process. The
Package Case Study
| January 31, 2001

Correctional facility bars wasted food, materials

A specially developed film applied to reusable trays on a heat-shrink machine helps the Milwaukee County House of Correction provide inmates with a tamper-evident package that reduces wasted food and packaging materials.
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Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

Sanford sold on 'cell' concept (sidebar)

Changeover changes
The rotary filler (top) is driven by a motor capable of handling Robson's viscous spun honey. A slight indentation in each bottl
Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

Robson's assembles a honey of a line

Filling, capping and labeling jars of honey by hand was too slow at this Arizona honey maker, especially with new markets on the horizon. Automated machinery was the answer
Shown above are just a few of the shapes and sizes filled routinely on Kos?'s versatile bottling line.
Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

Building sales through versatility

Tokyo-based cosmetics giant Kosé installs two modular, quick-change bottling lines versatile enough to handle nearly 100 different bottle shapes and sizes.
Frame-mounted 4-axis robot uses vacuum cups to assemble cases of cartoned milk three at a time.
Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

'Cool' robot palletizes three-up

A robot at Schroeder Milk palletizes cases from three lines in up to three different configurations at a time using specialized tooling to handle cases, pallets or slipsheets. System replaces manual palletization.
The laser scanners "look" through the top of a case of aerosol cans (above). Each of three scan heads has a 120-degree field of
Machine Case Study
| December 31, 2000

Integrator specs laser sensor for aerosol can line

Systems integrator adapts special laser to sense defects in cases of aerosol cans for cleaning products maker. Error detection improves to 99%.
The bagged hip stem is twisted into place into an undercut in the inner tray (above). This secures the metal part for distributi
Package Case Study
| December 31, 2000

Redesign puts twist into 'hip' trays

Smith & Nephew’s redesigned packaging for hip stems puts a product-securing twist to PETG trays, while foam inserts also keep the metal product secure.
This drawing shows the U-shaped aseptic filling line from beginning to end.
Machine Case Study
| December 31, 2000

Aseptic drug filling boasts new type of sterilization

Sterilizing a depyrogenation tunnel by means of vaporized hydrogen peroxide is a first at Organon’s recently installed vial filling line.
The vision sensor's hand controller for set-up parameters is wired through the cartoner's main panel (above) with the view displ
Machine Case Study
| November 30, 2000

A vision for low-cost inspection

Access Business Group, the manufacturing arm for Amway, upgrades cosmetics packaging with new low-cost vision sensors that confirm literature insertion and label presence.
Machine Case Study
| November 30, 2000

A vision for low-cost inspection (sidebar)

A detailed look
The labeler uses two parallel conveyors (below). In this photo, an open, toothbrush-filled case enters the machine from the conv
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Radius applies labeler to Fisher-Price application

Unusual new labeler at Radius Corp. closes a plastic case around a Fisher-Price toothbrush, then applies a TE label that wraps around three sides of the case.
At the first labeling station, a strip stamp label is applied over the top of the bottle (top). Small labels are used to show of
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Quintuplets!

New automated labeling system delivers five labels onto each glass bottle of Labrot & Graham’s premium bourbon whiskey, boosting output, reducing labor costs and improving placement accuracy.
In the above drawing of Daiwa Can's ASIS line, two single-stage injection/stretch blow molding machines feed bottles through an
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Dueling technologies spell success

At Japan’s Daiwa Can, one aseptic PET line uses in-line mold/blow/fill. Right beside it, another line blows bottles and sterilizes them in a second operation just before filling.
The vf/f/s machine discharges four filled and sealed packs at a time (above). The equipment heat-seals a strip of unprinted film
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield

Stonyfield Farm is so confident about the potential sales of its Yo Squeeze organic yogurt for kids that it’s purchased a second vf/f/s machine. Each machine produces 200 tubes/min, with an unusual ‘butt seal.’
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield (sidebar)

Cartoner delivers downstream

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