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Bagging & Form/fill/seal

Gorgeous graphics are preprinted, but variable information is printed on-line by a thermal-transfer printer.
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2002

Kauai brings coffee packing in-house

An auger filler mounted over a vf/f/s machine equipped with a thermal-transfer printer was all it took at Kauai Coffee Co. to bring coffee packaging in-house.
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The thermal ink-jet cartridge is quickly removed and replaced when it's empty.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2002

Caraustar moves to thermal ink-jet coding

Contract pharmaceutical packager Caraustar finds thermal ink-jet coding simple to operate and easy to maintain. The water-based inks are also appealing.
LDPE on the front panel makes attractive graphics possible, while the mesh on the back provides breathability that's crucial.
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2002

Green beans get vf/f/s treatment

Pennsylvania produce marketer teams up with key suppliers to develop a customized vf/f/s solution for a complex film that incorporates an unusual mesh component.
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2002

Bagger puts zip in radish packs

Radish grower moves from a semiautomatic bagging system using premade zipper bags to an automatic bagger with integrated transdirectional zipper system that automatically applies the zipper material across the film web.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2002

High-output bagger

Hayssen’s (Duncan, SC) Ultima® TR continuous-motion vf/f/s bagger is equipped with a combination sealing system, improved continuous-motion back seal assembly, and titanium jaw carriers.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2002

Pouching machine

The V22S Dry/Solid Products vf/f/s pouching machine from Circle Packaging (Green Bay, WI) can produce up to 500 packages/min. A Rockwell Intl. (Milwaukee, WI) Allen-Bradley drive and control system increases speed and efficiency on this fully servo machine.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2002

Inline bag maker

Running PE tube stock, Clamco (Cleveland, OH) says its Magnum Force automatic bagging system saves up to 40% of the material costs compared to machines that fill and seal premade bags from a roll.
Machine Product Brief
| July 31, 2002

Aseptic f/f/s machines

The Bosch (Bridgman, MI) Servac TFA series comprises aseptic f/f/s machines for food and beverages. Machines can process liquid products that have to remain preserved for long periods of time; and products can have randon pH values.
Machine Product Brief
| July 31, 2002

Automated bagging system

Emplex (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) introduces the Emplex Bag Station automated bagging system. Machinery is built for the automated filling and sealing of any style wicketed bag.
In GBF's semi-automatic packaging line, boxes are set up automatically (right) then loaded with literature before the components
Machine Case Study
| July 31, 2002

Improved coding of medical kits

New ink-jet coder prints better while it saves money over previous coder for diagnostic test kits that need to be trackable.
In the foreground (below), a continuous band conveyor feeds cookies by diverters into the infeeds of two parallel wrappers. An o
Machine Case Study
| July 31, 2002

Jana's cookies fly high!

Although markets have been depressed, Jana’s Classics has automated the packaging of its cookies for airline desserts.
Machine Product Brief
| June 30, 2002

Dual-auger system

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery (Sturtevant, WI) introduces the 3500 Series Dual Digitronic auger filler system, which fills 2 dry products with different characteristics through a single tube and into 1 pouch or package. One of the augers is mounted at an angle to allow both to be installed in the same vf/f/s equipment.
Machine Product Brief
| June 30, 2002

Hf/f/s machine

The Minerva PC Flowpak hf/f/s machine from Rose Forgrove, a div. of Molins Packaging Machinery (Nottingham, U.K.), runs at speeds to 400 packs/min.
Superior Dairy: Blow molding of plastic milk bottles
 Video | May 31, 2002

Superior Dairy: Blow molding of plastic milk bottles

At this Ohio dairy manufacturer, one floor above the filling line, HDPE bottles are blown and flash is trimmed. Then bottles are transported through a pneumatic tube to a bagging machine.
Golden Flake: New vf/f/s for potato chip bagging
 Video | May 31, 2002

Golden Flake: New vf/f/s for potato chip bagging

Printed rollstock unwinds from the back of one of Golden Flake's new vf/f/s machines from Heat and Control. After a knife cuts between the seal area, the filled bag discharges at the bottom of the machine.

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