Machinery

Conveying, Accumulation & Feeding

Machine Product Brief

| February 7, 2012

Material handling system for fragile food

With a process rate of 12,000 lbs./hr., National Bulk Equipment’s (NBE) automated material handling system provides a total process solution for moving highly-fragile food product through multiple process operations into bulk storage for temporary holding prior to final packaging.

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Machine Product Brief

| February 7, 2012

Belting option for food packaging conveyor

Designed for specific food conveyor applications where a 100% closed surface is required, Dynamic Conveyor’s DynaClean ThermoDrive solid-surface belts provide a sanitary, low-maintenance alternative to plastic-link style belting options.

Machine Product Brief

| February 6, 2012

Versatile, ergonomic stackers

Stack-n-Go fully-powered compact stackers from Southworth Products are built on short but stable wheelbases, and provide maximum maneuverability, even in tight quarters.

Machine Product Brief

| January 16, 2012

Automated upstacker

Shuttleworth’s Automated Upstacker is designed to stack products vertically in preparation for case packing, shrink or stretch wrapping and cartoning applications.

The Model 105048 vacuum receiver discharges tea leaves into a blender.

Machine Case Study

| January 6, 2012

Pneumatic conveying moves tea leaves gently

Traditional Medicinals needed an efficient conveying system for the pharmacopoeial-grade teas and herbs it handles so that workers could work in a more ergonomically friendly environment.

Machine Product Brief

| December 20, 2011

Slat lane dividers provide speeds up to 100 m/min

Supplied as standalone machines as well as acting as modular end-of-line equipment, Cermex’s new slat lane dividers divert, distribute, sort, balance or collate packaging prior to case packing/shrink-wrapping or palletizing.

Machine Product Brief

| December 15, 2011

Bin vibrators improve flow of materials in bins, hoppers, chutes

Designed to improve the flow of hard-to-handle materials, Eriez’ line of Hi-Vi Electromagnetic bin vibrators, with their totally enclosed patented magnetic drive, can be used for applications ranging from the tiniest hopper to huge bunkers with reinforced heavy steel plate and liners.

Machine Product Brief

| December 5, 2011

Pneumatic gain-in-weight filling system

Flexicon’s Pneumati-Con® pneumatic gain-in-weight filling system for free-flowing bulk solids conveys and weighs the material, and discharges it into bulk bags.

Machine Product Brief

| December 5, 2011

Angled frame conveyors

Featuring the same 1.95-in.-high rigid aluminum frame offered in other QC Industries Automation Series Conveyors, the AS40Z Angled Frame Conveyors enable elevation changes that aren’t possible with a flat conveyor.

Machine Product Brief

| December 3, 2011

Fully-automated, self-contained bulk material handling system has 12,000-lb. capacity

National Bulk Equipment’s fully automated, self-contained, bulk material handling system completely manages material from the introduction stage, through discharge and conditioning, to downstream supply of finished material into manufacturing operations with limited human interaction.

Machine Product Brief

| November 9, 2011

Half-frame bulk-bag discharging system

Material Transfer’s Material Master™ half-frame bulk-bag discharging system is a custom-designed unit that features the exclusive heavy-duty Flo-Master™ “breaker bar” bulk bag massaging system to promote product discharge.

Machine Product Brief

| October 25, 2011

High-speed vibratory feeder is virtually silent

The new HS-8 Electromagnetic Vibratory Feeder from Eriez uses E-Z Tune technology to enable customers who build their own trays to significantly reduce the time spent tuning feeders.

Video | October 23, 2011

Gentle product handling options in the spotlight

Shuttleworth, powered by Pro Mach, displays a number of specialty material handling technologies, including servo rotating, stacking/destacking, combining/dividing, and a reject mechanism

Machine Product Brief

| October 16, 2011

Roller conveyors receive zone control upgrades

Intelligrated® has released new zone control upgrade features to the Intelligrated Accuglide™ and IntelliQ® powered roller accumulation case conveyors to maximize uptime, and reduce noise, energy usage, and wear.

Friesen's check weighers, IP69K-rated for washdowns, make good use of CP69x2 control panels (right) for machine visualization.

Machine Case Study

| September 29, 2011

Check weigher OEM weighs in on open architecture

Friesen’s increases its check weigher system speed by 31% and reduces downtime by 22% using controls that are PC- and EtherCAT-based.

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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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CONSTANT NATURAL FREQUENCY MOUNTS
3-IN-1 CARRYING MOUNT
ANTIVIBRATION LEVELING MOUNTS
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.

vertical form, fill and seal
seasoning systems
horizontal and vertical motion conveying systems
spraying systems