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Filling, Capping & Sealing

AccuLiner™ Compound End Lining System
Machine Case Study
| June 17, 2013

Compound end lining system

Provides repeatable compound dispensing; brings material savings and reduced downtime in end lining and closure operations.
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Spectrum™ S-920 with dual-action dispensing
Machine Product Brief
| June 13, 2013

Dual-action dispensing

Nordson offers the Spectrum™ S-920 with dual-action dispensing.
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Machine Product Brief
| June 12, 2013

Filler valve monitoring for bottle/can lines

Designed to enhance Filtec’s FT-50/FT-70 Fill Level Inspection, the FT-50/FT-70 FVM option provides Filler Valve Monitoring and Sampling functionality to bottle and can lines, detecting and recording lowfills generated by each filler valve, and providing sampling of both the filler and capper/seamer at full production speeds.
Machine Product Brief
| June 11, 2013

Bulk bag filling process system

Enabling a single operator to process up to 20, 4,500 lb.-capacity bulk bags/hour, or 90,000 lbs. of dry bulk material/ hour, National Bulk Equipment, Inc.’s complete NBE bulk bag filling process system, includes automated pallet introduction; automated metering of material supply; NTEP-certified, precision bag weighing; and automated, filled-bag accumulation conveyors.
Machine Product Brief
| June 11, 2013

Bench top hot air tube sealer

Said to be the first hot air bench top Tube Sealer that operates on 120 V, AnC Precision Machining’s TS-100 equals does not require chillers, special power circuits, or other facility modifications.
Starwheel positive transfer system
Machine Product Brief
| June 10, 2013

Starwheel positive transfer system

Serac is now offering complete lines that include packaging distribution, filling and capping functions linked through a starwheel positive transfer system which offers several advantages over accumulation conveyors.
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Macofar LF 200
Machine Product Brief
| June 6, 2013

Liquid bottle filler

The new Macofar LF 200 product family for filling liquids into bottles was developed by Romaco in response to the sector’s growing demand for high-speed machines.
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Machine Product Brief
| May 30, 2013

Compression press for single-piece caps

Sacmi’s CCM48 compression press for single-piece caps is able to produce up to 1,600 caps/min. with just 48 molds including caps for CSD, mineral water, hot filling, and CAF (cold aseptic filling) products.
Currently, the system at the Geismar facility is comfortably filling approximately 80 drums per hour per filling machine.
Machine Case Study
| May 1, 2013

Bulk liquid storage specialist expands customer services

Drum filling upgrade and turnkey system automation helps cut handling and transportation costs.
Machine Product Brief
| April 22, 2013

Filler uses twin filling bowls

Fogg Filler’s new filler combines two F6.2 filling bowls on one filler base with one capper; the twin bowls reduce waste rates by providing a combined maximum capacity of 340 gallons, which is also very helpful when maintaining temperatures and flavor changes.
Northstar’s new lip balm line relies on pucks to keep the slender containers upright during the filling and capping process.
Machine Case Study
| April 12, 2013

Automation and in-house digital printing drive this contract manufacturer

First came an automated line for lip balm, which was followed by last year’s installation of a liquid line for lotion and sanitizers. Growth—and Kisstixx—came as a result.
Machine Product Brief
| April 11, 2013

Container filling machine

Designed to allow operators to fill rigid containers made out of plastic, glass and/or fibers while operating at high speeds, WeighPack Systems’ SpinDexer container filling machine fills a voluminous product into a small-opening container, and comes equipped with a servo-driven rotary star wheel that allows for a more efficient filling process.
Machine Product Brief
| April 8, 2013

Drum filling system

Material Transfer’s Material Master stainless steel drum filling system allows filling of various size drums.
Machine Product Brief
| March 26, 2013

Sanitary box dumper

The all-new TIP-TITE Sanitary Box Dumper from Flexicon forms a dust-tight seal between the container and the equipment, tips the container, and discharges bulk material at controlled rates.
Machine Product Brief
| March 25, 2013

High-speed, hygienic tray sealing

Able to seal almost any shape or size tray, Ishida's latest generation of QX-1100 Flex tray sealers from Heat and Control are split dual-lane models that require 50% less floor space than two single lane machines, and deliver up to 15 cycles/min. with modified atmosphere packaging.

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