Machine Product Brief
| October 16, 2012

High-speed carton bundling for OTC and personal care products

With incoming carton speeds up to 400/min. and bundling speeds up to 100/min., Douglas Machine’s high-speed carton stacking and shrink bundling system combines the company’s Velocity Stacker for cartons and Contour M-50 shrink bundler to produce bundle counts that are conveniently sized to match shelf re-stocking quantities.
Machine Product Brief
| August 7, 2012

Multipack sleever

Douglas Machine has customized its Apex Sleever to improve package integrity, product visibility, and improved shelf appearance for multipacks of bottles and cups.
Machine Product Brief
| January 30, 2012

Bottom-load case packer

The Ascend bottom load case packer from Douglas Machine is a compact, fully-automated machine designed for products such as gable top and tuck-lid cartons, bottles and tubs.
Machine Product Brief
| September 13, 2011

Compact shrink wrapper

Using single film roll technology, the VS Series shrink wrappers from Douglas Machine offer a compact, economical shrink wrap solution designed to interface with existing tray packers, including the Douglas’ Invex® and Axiom® at speeds up to 40 trays/min.
Machine Product Brief
| May 5, 2011

Top load case packer

Douglas Machine’s TriVex™ top load case packer is a fully automatic machine that erects, loads and seals cases in a small footprint.
Machine Product Brief
| May 2, 2011

Gas-powered heat tunnel

Douglas Machine’s Contour™ gas-powered heat tunnel provides up to 75% energy savings and decreases production downtime with a shorter heat-up time.  
Machine Product Brief
| March 8, 2011

Servo-driven cartoner

Using all-servo technology, the Vectra™ Cartoner from Douglas Machine is a heavy-duty, mid- to high-speed cartoner handling up to 300 cartons/min.
Machine Product Brief
| June 4, 2010

High-speed product stacker

The new Velocity® II High-Speed Product Stacker from Douglas Machine retains all the features and benefits of the patented Velocity® with additional adjustability to run a range of product heights from 3/4 to 4 in. high.
Machine Product Brief
| February 4, 2010

Shrink wrapper with auto adjust

The auto-adjust capability on Douglas Contour™ shrink-wrap machines eliminates most hand adjustments and replaces them with electronic motion controls.
Machine Product Brief
| September 3, 2009

Shrink packer

The Contour™ Series SPS-50 shrink packer from Douglas Machine packs bottles onto pads and wraps with printed film. See it at Booth C-441.
Machine Product Brief
| April 10, 2009

Divider placing technology

Douglas Machine’s rack open divider placing technology maintains control of the divider from the time it is picked from the magazine until it is placed between the products, increasing case packing production speeds to 60 cycles per minute.
Machine Product Brief
| April 1, 2009

Pinless metering system

Douglas Machine has expanded technology for its Slipstream™ pinless metering system so it can handle cans, bottles, and cartons on one machine.
Machine Product Brief
| January 6, 2009

Case packers

Axiom® IM case packers from Douglas Machine Inc. pack unstable products, such as tapered cups or tubs with caps or foil overlays, using pick-and-place product handling.
Machine Product Brief
| October 17, 2008

Case packers

Douglas Machine Inc. Axiom® IM Case Packers pack unstable products, such as tapered cups or tubs with caps or foil overlays, using Pick and Place product handling.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2008

Compact case packer

The Invex® 3S case packer from Douglas Machine packs cartons into cases at speeds to 18 cases/min.
Machine Product Brief
| August 18, 2008

Case packer

The Invex® 3S Case Packer, from Douglas Machine, packs cartons into cases at speeds to 17 cases per minute. SEE IT AT PACK EXPO--Booth #S-2223!
Machine Product Brief
| May 14, 2008

Multiwrapper handles sustainable materials

The Douglas Contour™ M-75 Multiwrapper helps meet sustainability objectives by handling light-weight containers using the repeatable Smartrak® Steady Stream Infeed system.
Machine Product Brief
| April 9, 2008

Case/tray packers

Douglas Machines' Continuous Motion Axiom® DL case/tray packers use direct product loading to gently and quickly load products onto a case or tray blank at speeds to 55 cases/trays per minute.
Machine Product Brief
| March 9, 2007

Servo Multipackers

Spectrum® Servo Multipackers from Douglas Machine are said to reduce overall operating costs by using the latest in electronic motion-control technology.
Machine Product Brief
| February 10, 2007

Case/tray packer

The new Douglas Machine Invex™ Low Speed Case/Tray Packer speeds up production for low volume packagers by incorporating the flexibility of electronic motion controls in an economical, small footprint format that runs 12 cases or trays/min.
Douglas electrical engineering manager Joe Faust displays PackML information transmitted to his PDA from the company's new ELAU-
Machine Product Brief
| November 13, 2006

Two OEMs demonstrate PackML. So, where are users?

Pneumatic Scale servo capping demo runs PackML V 3.0 and Douglas Machine communicates PackML from case packer to PDA, both implemented by ELAU PacDrive™ automation systems. But are user specifications forthcoming?
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Machine Product Brief
| October 10, 2006

Servo-driven shrink wrapper

Douglas Machine will exhibit its Contour™ Series S-75 shrink wrapper with a flexible servo-driven film wrapping wand
Machine Product Brief
| March 31, 2006

Flexible multiwrapper

The new Douglas Contour™ M-75 Multiwrapper is designed with a large size range and built-in programming for adding new products. Minimal change parts allow changeover in minutes, and new sizes are quickly added.
Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2006

Tray packers

Douglas Contour™ T-30 Tray Packers feature an open design for convenient access to product, materials and machine components, and the use of appropriate servo technology for machine functions, reducing parts costs and maintenance downtime.
Machine Product Brief
| January 31, 2006

High-speed servo stacker

Douglas Machine offers its Velocity high-speed servo stacker equipped with gentle product handling technology that forms pack patterns without interruption, providing continuous product flow at speeds to 600 products/min.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 2005

Shrink packer

New from Douglas Machine is the Contour SPS-30 shrink packer, said to cost-effectively maximize efficiency with new, patent-pending technologies for tray, pad, u-board, and film-only applications.
Machine Product Brief
| July 31, 2005

Shrink wrapper

The Contour™ Series S-50 shrink wrapper from Douglas features a flexible servo-driven wrapping wand that maximizes size range capability, increases film control, and accurately places film.
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2005

Case/tray packers

Douglas’ new Axiom Series Case/Tray Packers incorporate next generation electronic motion-control technology to maximize machine flexibility, speed, and simplicity.
Machine Product Brief
| April 30, 2005

Shrink wrapper

The new Douglas Contour™ SPS-75 Shrink Packer’s new patent-pending tunnel utilizes advanced heat and airflow management technology to deliver tightly wrapped packages for maximum package integrity and appearance.
Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2005

Versatile sleever

The new Apex™ Sleever from Douglas Machine uses servo technology to ensure versatile performance and smooth, quiet operation. Sleever’s stainless-steel construction maximizes durability in environments requiring sanitation.
Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2004

Shrink wrapper and stacker

Douglas offers its Contour™ Series S-30 shrink wrapper and Velocity™ servo cartoner stacker. The Contour is equipped with a scalable heat tunnel with heat and airflow management that ensures excellent "bull's eyes" and minimum graphic distortion.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2003

Multiwrapper

Douglas Machine’s new Contour™ Series M-50 Multiwrapper runs 2 lanes of unsupported bottles and
Machine Product Brief
| November 30, 2000

Case packer

Douglas Machine’s (Alexandria, MN) Model FTF Tray Former Loader is capable of packing flexible pouches at speeds to 20 trays/min. Unit features a random-timing infeed to compensate for inconsistent product flow.
Machine Product Brief
| November 30, 2000

Glass bottle case packer

The Douglas Machine (Alexandria, MN) Model CMWACP case packer is suitable for packing glass bottles at high speeds. Continuous motion and gentle bottle handling prevent label marring and glass breakage.
Materials Product Brief
| August 31, 1999

Shrink bundler

Wrapping 2 to 24 PET bottles at speeds to 70 cycles/min, the Model MW7=1224CXC shrink bundler from Douglas Machine (Alexandria, MN) handles 12-oz, 25-oz, 11/2-L, 1-L and 1/2-L containers in 1 or 2 lanes.
Machine Product Brief
| April 30, 1999

Case packer

The WACP/HS case packer from Douglas (Alexandria, MN) is a wraparound harness-style case packer that reduces the need for hot melt by gluing only the end flaps.
Machine Product Brief
| March 31, 1999

Case packer

Douglas Machine (Alexandria, MN) has introduced a new wraparound case packer for 1- to 2-gal water bottles. Reaching speeds to 55 cases/min at three bottles per case, the machine has a product metering system that accomplishes product metering changes through the use of a selector switch.
Materials Product Brief
| October 31, 1998

Shrink wrappers

The four models of Douglas Machine's (Alexandria, MN) Multi-Wrap series of shrink wrappers are designed to handle containers as large as 1.5 L. They run at speeds up to 100 cycles/min-a rate that can be doubled by integrating a Dual Stream option for dividing product, then splitting film to wrap and shrink in two lanes.
Machine Product Brief
| March 31, 1996

Wraparound tray/case packer

Douglas Machine (Alexandria, MN) will display a high-speed continuous-motion wraparound tray/case packer set up to run 12-oz cans. It can run a wide range of products at speeds to 85 cases/min.
Materials Product Brief
| January 31, 1995

Beverage multipackers

Douglas Machine (Alexandria, MN) has introduced the Douglas Pak, a beverage multipack system combining paperboard or corrugated trays with a LDPE shrink wrap outer shell.