Oral care

Tom's Wicked Cool
Package Case Study
| March 5, 2013

Wicked Cool! tube graphics market Tom's of Maine toothpaste

New Wicked Cool! natural toothpaste for kids 8+ extends Tom's of Maine oral care line.
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Empty tubes are picked from boxes by the robot’s twin-row end effector and placed in the filler’s pucks.
Machine Case Study
| January 3, 2013

Norway's Ello turns to robots for an automation solution

Filling, insertion into trays, secondary packaging, and palletizing of tubes is done at 155 tubes/min by a tightly integrated series of robotic systems that require only one operator.
Each robotic end effector picks 30 empty tubes per cycle and places them in the pucks on the racetrack carrier.
OEM Application Note
| November 19, 2012

One controller governs 92 axes of motion

What do you get when you deploy 92 servo motors on a tube-filling machine? At Norden, a part of the Coesia Group, you get a machine that fills 850 toothpaste tubes/min.
Softlips gift pack
Package Case Study
| October 19, 2012

Mentholatum touts Softlips gift packs for the holidays

Lip balm 'to and from' packs aim to entice consumers to purchase them as gifts for under $5.
Fabrico cold seal package
Feature Article
| October 15, 2012

Examining cold-seal adhesives for medical and dental packaging

A look at cold-seal adhesives, and the role of the converter in creating cost-effective medical and dental packaging.
Cognex_IWK_Verpackungstechnik
Machine Case Study
| August 26, 2011

German firm uses machine vision for toothpaste tube inspection

Toothpaste helps you maintain healthy, attractive, and clean teeth, but only in recent years have vision systems been used to check whether the actual product packaging is clean and safe before the toothpaste tubes are filled.
Lazy_Larry_box
News
| August 9, 2011

'Lazy Larry' responds to FDA notification

A July 28 Warning Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder of the power of the pen—or in this instance, the words printed on product packaging.
Package Case Study
| August 5, 2011

Russian toothpaste carton goes 'green'

Bionica is said to contain 94.2% natural components.
Sterling Anthony, CPP
Feature Article
| May 25, 2011

Plastic layer pads: a study in sustainability

As a component of unitized loads, plastic layer pads are replacing their paper counterparts, thanks to some benefits that also score sustainability points.
Sterling Anthony, CPP
Feature Article
| May 10, 2011

Know when to fold 'em

The folding carton ushered in the modern packaging age and remains a diverse option for many product categories.

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