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Machine Case Study
| June 30, 2001

Au-ve-co fastens itself to print-and-apply labeler (sidebar)

Distributor/vendor duo drive Au-ve-co
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Au-ve-co's Rita Keller (above) tends to a print-and-apply labeler that prints bar codes and information onto labels used for car
Machine Case Study
| June 30, 2001

Au-ve-co fastens itself to print-and-apply labeler

Print-and-apply machine labels knocked-down folding cartons used for Au-ve-co’s automotive repair parts. The machine adds printing flexibility, meets growing volume needs, and reduces maintenance and changeover time.
Knocked-down cases are placed in a magazine on the infeed section of the digital printer. Stacks of printed cases discharge onto
Machine Case Study
| June 30, 2001

Sunnyside sees sunny side of off-line printing

Chemical manufacturer employs an off-line digital printer that prints bar codes on cases. It reduces downtime and produces more legible type than previous in-line coders.
Marker flow on the clip conveyor can be directed to the cartoner. Flow automatically reverts to the bulk system in case of a car
Machine Case Study
| June 30, 2001

Sanford counts on oriented bulk filling (sidebar)

Integrated cartoning and casing
Sanford's bulk loading system also with cartoner and case packer features a conveyor bridge that permits one operator to attend
Machine Case Study
| June 30, 2001

Sanford counts on oriented bulk filling

Automatic system that replaces manual methods conveys and counts markers for oriented loading into bulk bins. As part of the same integrated system, markers can be cartoned and cased.
Machine Case Study
| June 30, 2001

Two-line strategy copes with growth

Two new lines at U.K. contract packager Axxis Intl. both rely on puck systems to handle personal care products. One line is tailored for long runs, the other for quick-change versatility. See in-plant video
Axxis Intl.: Depucking & labeling
 Video | June 30, 2001

Axxis Intl.: Depucking & labeling

At this contract packager of personal care products, once bottles are gripped from opposite sides by a transfer conveyor, pucks, supplied by Advantage Puck, ride down an incline conveyor while bottles are transported toward the labeler.
Southeast Canners uses the machine (above) to open a paperboard carrier, load 12-oz cans into it, then seal it shut.
Machine Case Study
| May 31, 2001

Pepsi co-op is first to employ 'Radar'

Southeast Canners improves efficiency on a can line with a newly developed computer hardware/software system that allows 24-hr/day access to production data via a secured Web site.
12 bottles are gripped mechanically by their necks and rotated 180?
Machine Case Study
| May 31, 2001

Blow molder's bottle handling goes turnkey

As more distillery customers wanted bottles packed in reshippers, Captive Plastics installed a turnkey system that erects cases, loads partitions, and inverts freshly blown bottles.
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Metal detector

Redesigned Series 1200 metal detector from Advanced Detection Systems (Milwaukee, WI) features an ergonomically designed tilted control panel and bright vacuum fluorescent display for convenient operator interface.
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Preform conveyor

TEC Engineering’s (Oxford, MA) Soft-Tec is designed to drop injection-molded PET preforms gently into a box to avoid nicks and scratches from regular loading.
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Checkweigher

Featuring a mini conveyor, the Garvens S1 checkweigher from Garvens USA (Pine Brook, NJ) is designed for accurate weighing and sorting of small, very light items with diameters down to 15 mm (0.59”).
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Coors installs multipacker

Golden, Co-based Coors recently installed a maxim™ Multi-packer from R.A. Jones (Cincinnati, OH) for packing cans in carton sleeves. The multipacker is run by a Giddings & Lewis (Fon du Lac, WI) motion controller integrated with an Allen-Bradley PLC from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI).
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Roll-fed labeler

B&H Labeling’s (Ceres, CA) Model BH2600U roll-fed labeler is designed for heavy-duty, low-maintenance, moderate-speed labeling. The 180° U-shaped conveyor reduces labeler footprint and increases thedwell time of product in the starwheel.
Machine Product Brief
| April 30, 2001

Belt conveyors

The 400 Series heavy-duty, low-profile belt conveyors from QC Industries (Batavia, OH) feature widths to 60” and lengths to 100’. Available in standard, corrosion resistant, wash-down, and magnetic versions.

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