Machinery

Conveying, Accumulation & Feeding

Thanks to in-pack microwave pasteurization and modified-atmosphere packaging, refrigerated shelf life on these ready meals is 21

Machine Case Study

| September 28, 2011

Marketing mussels with a microwave boost

Fresh mussels have a short shelf life and aren’t easy to prepare at home. Microwave pasteurization addresses these issues and provides a 21-day refrigerated shelf life.

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Machine Product Brief

| September 7, 2011

Eco-friendly conveyor for food, pharmaceuticals

Dynamic Conveyor’s DynaClean conveyor system is easy to clean and offers flexibility in configuration and reconfiguration.

Machine Product Brief

| August 9, 2011

Automated loader for food, pet food

The 400X Hyper-Loader retort basket loading system from Allpax Products, a division of Pro Mach, provides in excess of 10 sweeps/min. and basket changeover in less than 20 seconds.

Machine Product Brief

| August 9, 2011

Adjustable conveyor for light-weight boxes

Designed for corner wrap label applications, ID Technology’s adjustable conveyor moves lighter-weight boxes of various widths and weight.

Video | August 8, 2011

New snack chip plant is LEED-certified and IT-powered

Opened in two phases in 2010 and 2011, Shearer's Foods' Massillon plant adheres to sustainable principles and leverages dynamic software solutions to optimize efficiency.

Machine Product Brief

| August 3, 2011

Tubular drag conveyors provide enclosed handling

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #S-5468! Spiroflow’s CABLEflow™ Tubular Drag Conveyors are designed for gentle handling and installations requiring conveying in multiple planes.

Machine Product Brief

| July 13, 2011

Rotary infeed, accumulating tables

See it at PACK EXPO! Oden Corporation's rotary infeed tables and rotary accumulating tables allow operators to easily feed and unload plastic and glass containers to/from packaging line conveyors.

Machine Product Brief

| June 26, 2011

Conveyor insures good visual presentation of hand-packed food

Heat and Control has developed the Progressive Pack Conveyor integrated with a highly-accurate Ishida weigher to provide packing flexibility during hand–packing operations.

Machine Product Brief

| June 10, 2011

Rotating accumulation table

American Design & Packaging’s 48-in. diameter, 36-in. high rotating accumulation table features a gel coat fiberglass top, seamless coved rail, brushless DC motor (direct drive), and heavy-duty square post frame.

Machine Product Brief

| May 23, 2011

Stainless steel conveyors

FlexLink’s new X85X, X180X and X300X stainless conveyors are available in 3 widths, 85, 180 and 300 mm.

Machine Product Brief

| May 18, 2011

Bulk bag material conditioner system

Material Transfer’s patent-pending Material Master™ bulk bag material conditioning system utilizes hydraulically actuated, twin heavy-wall tubular steel pivoting conditioning arms to safely and efficiently return solidified materials to a free-flowing state.

Machine Product Brief

| May 17, 2011

Food-grade bulk material handling system

National Bulk Equipment’s automated, food-grade bulk material handling system was built to be compliance-ready at start-up.

Safety update. Brunner's Compacta Genius Servo is a film-wrapping machine with a continuous-motion cross-sealing jaw that runs a

Machine Product Brief

| May 8, 2011

Film-wrapping machine gets a safety update

After renewed risk assessments led to an updated machine safety design concept for a servo-driven film wrapping machine, Brunner meets a variety of customer requirements.

Machine Product Brief

| May 5, 2011

Dock lift bridge activator

Advance Lifts' hydraulic dock lift bridge activator provides bridge activation by hydraulic cylinder and requires no additional electrical lines to the base frame.

Machine Product Brief

| May 2, 2011

Weigh module for pharma/food industries

The compact SWC515 Pinmount 316 weigh module from Mettler Toledo features special grade stainless steel with capacities of 7.5t, 15t and 22.5t, making it possible to economically convert tanks, hoppers and conveyors into weighing systems that are simple and safe.

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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.

TEKNOCLEAN
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