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Machinery

Filling, Capping & Sealing

Lengthy line starts with robotic depalletizing where the bagged jugs are picked and placed onto an infeed table for automatic de
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Big containers, big output done Nature's Way

Nature’s Way Purewater fills 180 1-gal containers/min and packs them into 3-count cases at a rate of 60 cases/min. New $4 million, 2000’-long line includes a case packer that accepts 2.5-gal containers, too. See in-plant video
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The system shown here includes a robotic positioner that picks a bundle of 12-count corrugated shippers, orients the bundle, cut
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Machinery brings the future to Latrobe

The front end of this glass line for 12-oz Rolling Rock beer is practically an operator-free zone. Laser-guided vehicles replenish packaging materials on demand. See in-plant video
Latrobe Brewing Co.: Filling and pasteurizing
 Video | September 30, 2001

Latrobe Brewing Co.: Filling and pasteurizing

At this Rolling Rock brewery, the line's two 108-valve fillers (from SIG Beverages) sit side-by-side. Shortly after filling and capping, bottles enter a double-deck pasteurizer, after which they pass through two down-bottle ejectors.
Nature's Way Purewater: Rotary filling
 Video | September 30, 2001

Nature's Way Purewater: Rotary filling

On this bottled water line, the 30-valve rotary gravity-flow filler from Federal Mfg. is said to be among the largest in the water industry running at this high speed of 180 cpm. It operates with no container/no fill functionality.
Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2001

Checkweigher

A new compact sensing device from ConverTec (Newtown, PA) can measure the net volume of the magnetic contents of any nonmagnetic container to an accuracy of ±0.1%.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Rotary screw capper

The 10-head Euro/PK™ rotary screw capper from Belvac Production (Lynchburg, VA) allows users to run continuous thread screw closures and sports caps on the same machine, with minimal change parts, and without tool.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Auger filler replacement parts

uger Fabrication (Exton, PA) manufactures stainless steel or plastic engineered auger filling machine replacement parts for All-Fill, AMS, GEI Mateer-Burt, Bartelt, Spee-Dee, and Per-Fil.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Powder-filling system

Operating at speeds to 80 rigid containers/min, All-Fill’s (Exton, PA) new auger filler for powders employs servo drives, metal detection, conveying systems, and a checkweigher with digital feedback.
Colorful front labels are applied to pouches by a tamp labeler (top). On the can-filling side, cans are positively captured on t
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2001

Packaging technologies blossom at seed company

Filling of plant seeds into cans and pouches sold to commercial growers took a big step forward when Seminis built a new plant. Front-and-back labeling systems are standouts.
Ryt-way's new wrappers sit side-by-side (above).
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2001

Wrapper does 'ryt' by contract packager

New wrapper greatly reduces material waste and labor costs while boosting productivity and employee morale.
Machine Case Study
| July 31, 2001

Bacardi moves to modernization (sidebar)

Uncaser, case packer like twins
Bottles are removed from reshippers by a continuous-motion rotary-style uncaser (left).
Machine Case Study
| July 31, 2001

Bacardi moves to modernization

A revamp of Line One is just part of a plant-wide move to upgrade, automate, and modernize Bacardi’s Jacksonville, FL, plant. See in-plant video
New printed shrink film unsupported bundles (left) offers the company new merchandising possibilities, while the tray overwrap s
Machine Case Study
| July 31, 2001

Single line pours out many SKUs with new options

One packaging line plus 10 different containers equals 60 SKUs, thanks to new end-of-the-line bundling and tray-pack equipment and film.
Machine Case Study
| July 31, 2001

U.S. Sugar zips into reclosable bags (sidebar)

Zipper application is outsourced
Machine Product Brief
| July 31, 2001

Combination filler

A combination of Spee-Dee Packaging’s (Sturtevant, WI) Servo 3500 Digitronic Auger® filler and CB6S Servo volumetric cup filler for vf/f/s operations is used primarily in lines that fill multiple dry food ingredients into 1 pouch from 1 forming tube.

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