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Controls Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Shrink labeler for irregular-shaped products

Recommended for labeling irregular or awkwardly shaped products such as tape rolls, the PDC R-300 shrink labeler from PDC (South Norwalk, CT) applies sleeves at speeds to 350 pieces/min.
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Controls Product Brief
| January 31, 2000

Vinegar bottles

Grafco (Hanover, MD) has introduced a line of 16- and 32-oz PET bottles specifically for vinegar. The injection/stretch blow-molded bottles are designed with a nitro-base for use with warm-fill nitrogen technology.
Controls Product Brief
| January 31, 2000

Multipacker

The automatic S1100 adjustable pick-and-place multipacker from R.A. Pearson (Spokane, WA) uses grippers or vacuum cups to load jugs or bottles into trays or cases at speeds to 15 trays/min.
Controls Product Brief
| December 31, 1999

Vacuum-insulated containers

Thermo Solutions™ (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced square vacuum-insulated panel (VIP) containers. The EverKool Express™ and the EverKool™ VIP allow frozen food to retain a sub-zero temperature for 36 hr at a consistent 85°F ambient room temperature.
Controls Product Brief
| December 31, 1999

Powder conveying system

Vac-U-Max (Belleville, NJ) introduces the Model PB pneumatic conveying system for dry powders. Through a 48”-L wand and vacuum hoses, product is vacuumed from drums into feeders equipped with a discharge spout positioned above either a primary package or a tank on a filling machine.
Controls Product Brief
| October 31, 1999

Protective shipper

Testing by a mail-order pharmaceutical house showed that Xpander Pak's (Glen Allen, VA) Super Protective Shippers Rx version beats conventional packaging in cold retention.
Controls Product Brief
| October 31, 1999

Inspection system

The Filtec AA-1000 acoustic analyzer from Industrial Dynamics (Torrance, CA) uses sound waves and vibration to detect tiny changes in vacuum or pressure in bottles capped with ferrous closures.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 1999

Mini vacuum generators

Anver Corp.'s (Hudson, MA) new line of miniature venturi vacuum generators mount on the end effector, provide instant pick-up and release, require minimum air flow, and are suitable for applications where space is limited.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 1999

Vacuum products catalog

PIAB Vacuum Products (Rockland, MA) has released its new 124-page Vacuum Products catalog. The color catalog presents PIAB's com-plete line of vacuum products, including compressed-air-driven multi-ejector vacuum pumps.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 1999

Bag-in-box sealer

With a vertical seal head that offers height adjustability, Packaging Aids' (San Rafael, CA) K-Series bag-in-box vacuum sealer accommodates a wide range of box sizes.

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