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Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Filler/lidder

Ratioflo Technologies’ (Watkins-ville, GA) Model ACF/L 500 Filler/Lidder is designed for 4- and 5-gal plastic pails with heavy-duty lids. Compact design integrates Ratioflo’s volumetric module filling with automatic lid de-nesting, lid placement and lid press closure.
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Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Collation system

Feednet™ networking software allows the collation system from Streamfeeder (Minneapolis, MN) to function as a stand-alone unit, or, with the connection of a single cable, to operate inline.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Bag uncuffer

The Y1930 bag uncuffer from Pearson (Spokane, WA) lifts the cuffs of PE bag liners off the outside walls of filled corrugated cases, then folds the bag in to close it.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Print-and-apply labeler

Using a thermal-transfer printer, the Model 2800 print-and-apply labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ) produces text and bar codes on p-s labels, then wraps them around case corners as it applies them.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Pick-and-place machine

Polypack’s (Pinellas Park, FL) ROKH machine picks up small cartons or bottles from conveyors and places them on PE or PVC film for shrink wrapping. Grippers are fully adjustable to varying carton sizes and shapes.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Pressureless conveyor

The Accuzone™ conveyor from Alvey (St. Louis, MO) achieves zero back pressure through its zone design. Rollers are grouped into zones, each separately powered by 24-vDC motors.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Rotary tables

All-Fill’s (Exton, PA) rotary tables can be used as either unscramblers or accumulators. Manufactured in any height with a standard diameter of 36”, 48” or 60”.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Angled-frame conveyor

The 125 Z Series low-profile, angled-frame conveyor from QC Industries (Amelia, OH) offers 6 standard angles—15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and 90°.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2000

Bag palletizer

Using a belt conveyor and stripper plate, Build-Pal bag palletizers from Newtec (Tampa, FL) automatically layer, square and flatten bags of bulk solids at speeds to 120 pallets/hr.
The redesigned Tums package (left) features a snap-on/twist-off cap and an oval-shaped neck finish that is induction-sealed on a
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Tums packages sealed with a twist

SmithKline Beecham breaks new ground with an oval-shaped, induction-sealed foil membrane beneath a twist-off cap. Benefits include reduced downtime and less scrap.
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield (sidebar)

Cartoner delivers downstream
The vf/f/s machine discharges four filled and sealed packs at a time (above). The equipment heat-seals a strip of unprinted film
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield

Stonyfield Farm is so confident about the potential sales of its Yo Squeeze organic yogurt for kids that it’s purchased a second vf/f/s machine. Each machine produces 200 tubes/min, with an unusual ‘butt seal.’
In the above drawing of Daiwa Can's ASIS line, two single-stage injection/stretch blow molding machines feed bottles through an
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Dueling technologies spell success

At Japan’s Daiwa Can, one aseptic PET line uses in-line mold/blow/fill. Right beside it, another line blows bottles and sterilizes them in a second operation just before filling.
At the first labeling station, a strip stamp label is applied over the top of the bottle (top). Small labels are used to show of
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Quintuplets!

New automated labeling system delivers five labels onto each glass bottle of Labrot & Graham’s premium bourbon whiskey, boosting output, reducing labor costs and improving placement accuracy.
The labeler uses two parallel conveyors (below). In this photo, an open, toothbrush-filled case enters the machine from the conv
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2000

Radius applies labeler to Fisher-Price application

Unusual new labeler at Radius Corp. closes a plastic case around a Fisher-Price toothbrush, then applies a TE label that wraps around three sides of the case.

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