Machinery

Conveying, Accumulation & Feeding

Machine Product Brief

| July 11, 2012

Infeed technology for continuous low pressure product conveying

Balanced lines eliminate jams and machine downtime.

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Machine Product Brief

| July 11, 2012

Timing belt pulley

BRECOflex timing belt pulleys increase positioning accuracy by reducing play at the pulley tooth gaps with Normal, Reduced, and Zero backlash tooth gap designs.

Machine Product Brief

| June 28, 2012

tna launched the new tna intelli-flav OMS 3c—acomplete, one-piece solution for both wet and dry seasoning and flavouring, its exceptional performance provides even coverage at throughput rates of 100 – 500 kg per hour for a wide variety of applications.

Machine Product Brief

| June 27, 2012

Low-profile conveyor stand

Conveyor Technologies new Advanced Aluminum Conveyor Stand introduces wide-stance leveling pads for increased stability, along with a user-friendly mounting arrangement that allows leveling adjustment with pads bolted to the floor.

Machine Product Brief

| June 27, 2012

Bulk bag conditioner loosens solidified materials

Flexicon's BLOCK-BUSTER™ Bulk Bag Conditioner with two hydraulic rams and specially contoured end plates, presses opposing sides of bulk bags, loosening material that has solidified during storage and shipment, enabling bulk bag unloaders to discharge it through bag spouts.

Machine Product Brief

| June 27, 2012

Online conveyor configuration tool

QC Industries released a new online tool for quoting and configuring low profile conveyors.

Machine Case Study

| May 30, 2012

Catalent’s three aisle-changing cranes drive efficiency

Automated storage and retrieval design helps Catalent Pharma Solutions handle up to 630 pallet moves per day in and out of 19,000 pallet locations at its Philadelphia facility.

Machine Product Brief

| May 22, 2012

Bulk material system uses three storage vessels

National Bulk Equipment’s self-contained, high-volume bulk material packaging system processes up to 50,000 lbs./hour of combustible materials of varied physical characteristics, including interlocking flakes and free-flowing, friable rods.

Machine Product Brief

| May 7, 2012

Opposing lateral turns available on radius turn conveyors

Dynamic Conveyor’s improved DynaCon modular radius turn conveyors feature a real truth of curvature on lateral turns from 5- to 180-degrees.

Machine Case Study

| April 18, 2012

Tervis gains repeatable efficiency with 'Precision' conveyor

Maker of insulated plastic drinkware uses precision conveyor and automated manufacturing to improve its process.

Shown: Optional Slip-Torque low-line backpressure technology

Machine Product Brief

| March 26, 2012

Conveyor reaches speeds up to 500 ft./min.

A new high-speed chain-driven conveyor from Shuttleworth, powered by Pro Mach, features improvements made in wear and friction engineering, particularly with its effect on plastics--a critical component to longevity in conveyor operation.

Machine Product Brief

| March 11, 2012

Feeders for difficult-to-handle bulk material

Eriez High Deflection (HD) Series Feeders use a totally enclosed patented magnetic drive to handle difficult-to-feed materials such as fine powders (talc or flour), leafy products such as lettuce and sticky candies, that normally can’t be fed successfully on an electromagnetic feeder.

Machine Product Brief

| March 8, 2012

Reject system

Yamato’s patented over-count/overweight reject system provides faster speeds, better count accuracies and higher packaging efficiencies.

Machine Product Brief

| March 7, 2012

Bottle unscrambler accommodates serialization

Designed for a variety of bottles used in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and personal healthcare industries, the cost-efficient LCX Unscrambler from Omega Design Corporation can handle over 300 bpm.

Video | March 1, 2012

Precision Move conveyors

Michael Hosch, director of product development, Dorner Mfg. Corp., describes the company's Precision Move technology for its 2200 and 3200-Series conveyors at Dorner Media Day Feb. 28, 2012.

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machinery: Conveying

Advanced Antivibration Components

Dorothena Bonham,
Assistant Vice President and General Manager

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Machine levelers and isolators to miminize airborne noise and structural vibration.
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Over 8000 off-the-shelf items in our portfolio with 24-hour online purchasing, pricing and availability. Levelers include FDA approved Teknoclean for Food, Dairy and Pharmaceutical Packaging. They are corrosion resistance which are ideal for washdown applications.

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APACKS

Todd Cannon,
President

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Turn-Key Filling Lines, Liquid Filling Machines, Capping Machines, Conveyors, Labelers,
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We listen to your unique challenges and provide the best custom fillers, cappers, conveyors, and labelers that will increase automation, speed up production, improve accuracy, and reduce downtime while maintaining complete flexibility. Learn about our risk free guarantee.

Complete Filling Solutions
Automatic Piston Filler
Automatic Spindle Capping Machine
Bottling Conveyors
Columbia Machine

Ted Yeigh,
Sales Director of Palletizer Division

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High-level, floor-level, robotic hybrid palletizers, load transfer stations & systems
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Columbia puts the highest priority on safety, has the broadest palletizer line and offers the best value in the industry. With the most standard features, unparalleled machine flexibility and superior after sales support Columbia has a palletizing solution for your needs

High Speed, Floor Level Palletizer
Floor Level Palletizer with Stretch Wrapper
High Level Palletizer
High Speed High Level Palletizer
Eriez Magnetics

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Process equipment for magnetic, vibratory and inspection applications.

E-Z Tec Metal Detector for Food
E-Z Tec X-Ray Inspection System
Vibratory Feeders, Screeners and Conveyors
Grate, Plate and Trap Magnets to remove Ferrous Contaminants
EXAIR Corporation

Bryan Peters,
President

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EXAIR manufactures products to blowoff, dry, cool, vacuum, convey, & eliminate static.
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EXAIR Corporation manufactures Intelligent Compressed Air® products that provide innovative ways to blowoff, dry, cool, vacuum, convey, lift & eliminate static electricity. EXAIR products have been engineered to improve the efficiency of a wide range of industrial processes.

PVDF Super Air Knife
Model 1114SS Large Super Air Nozzle
Award Winning Chip Trapper
Air Operated Conveyor - Line Vac
Heat and Control, Inc.

Brian Barr,
Sales manager, packaging systems

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Weighers, conveyors, inspection, filling, packaging, food processing equipment, controls.
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With Heat and Control, one call delivers the latest technology in weighing, conveying, packaging & inspection equipment. We support you from start to future with complete engineering, installation, service, parts, training and technical support from offices worldwide.

Multihead weigher
Proportional distribution conveyors, on-machine seasoning
Vertical form/fill/seal bagmakers
Metal detector, checkweigher
Ryson International, Inc.

Ole Rygh,
President, CEO

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Ryson Spiral Vertical Conveyors have a small footprint and are fast and reliable.
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Like to save space, increase throughput and minimize the cost of ownership? Ryson can help. Our Spiral Conveyors need less floor space than conventional conveyors and are faster and more reliable than any elevator or lift.

Ryson Unit Load Spiral Conveyor
Ryson High Capacity Spiral Conveyors
Ryson Mass Flow Spiral Conveyors
Multiple Entry Spiral Conveyors
SEW-Eurodrive USA

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Gearmotors, Frequency Inverters, Servos, Decentralized Drive Systems, Industrial Gears
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For over 81 years SEW-Eurodrive has been providing the highest quality products and solutions for the drive industry. Our modular product system allows for customized solutions without the "custom" price tag. Our goal is simple - keep our customers moving.

K Series Gearbox with DR Motor (standard product)
Movidrive
X Series Gearbox (Industrial Gears)
Movimot (motor with integrated frequency inverter)
tna North America, Inc.

Alfredo Blanco,
VP, Americas

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VFFS baggers, multi-head scales, conveying, seasoning, spraying and verification equipment
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tna is a leading global supplier of integrated food packaging solutions including spraying, distribution, seasoning, weighing, packaging, metal detection and identification solutions, plus system controls & integration solutions.

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seasoning systems
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