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Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2002

Hf/f/s vacuum packager

Rollstock’s (Kansas City, MO) RI200 automatic, PLC-controlled vacuum packaging machine operates at 12 indexes/min, with each die containing 1 or multiple pockets.
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Machine Product Brief
| December 31, 2001

Equipment: Web-enhanced machine vision sensor

DVT Corp. (Norcross, GA) has added Internet-capable diagnostics/application sharing capability, DOC®, to its line of Ethernet-ready SmartImage Sensor machine vision systems.
NJM/CLI: Tablet Counters / Cappers / Labelers
 Video | December 31, 2001

NJM/CLI: Tablet Counters / Cappers / Labelers

Tablet Counter - Model Cremer CF-1220 Quad The Cremer Quad features four counting heads and a four-lane filling conveyor with a servo-driven infeed divider and a servo-driven collection device to fill up to 220 cpm based on 100-count bottles in a space-saving 24-foot footprint.
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BEVCO Sales International Inc.: Zero Pressure Product Inverter
 Video | December 31, 2001

BEVCO Sales International Inc.: Zero Pressure Product Inverter

The Bevco Zero Pressure Product Inverter (ZPPI) was developed to provide solutions for a variety of material handling problems and to reduce operating costs while maintaining processing speeds.
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Krones, Inc.: Modular Labeling System Provides Maximum Flexibility
 Video | December 31, 2001

Krones, Inc.: Modular Labeling System Provides Maximum Flexibility

Krones Modul System delivers maximum application flexibility via modular, interchangeable labeling stations. Working off its plug-and-label principle, the Modul labeler combines multiple labeling techniques such as cold-glue, pressure-sensitive, hot-melt roll-fed, and hot-melt pre-cut wraparound labels all on a single machine base.
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Backside view shows the cam-operated platforms under each bottle that raise and lower during the filling cycle to minimize splas
Machine Case Study
| December 31, 2001

HBA filler's range speaks volumes

A ‘showcase’ 18-station filler at Stanford Personal Care fills products from watery to pastes at a rate of 180/min with an accuracy of 0.3%. See in-plant video
Machine Case Study
| December 31, 2001

Stretching the limits of aseptic packaging

Low-acid dairy products aseptically packaged in plastic bottles are common in Europe. Will Morningstar bring such technology to the U.S? See in-plant video
Machine Product Brief
| November 30, 2001

Metal detector

Thermo Goring Kerr (Westmont, IL) introduces the DSP 3 metal detector specially equipped for the food and pharmaceutical industries. Features include the patented AuditCheck automatic performance verification system, which ensures that the performance of the metal detector is constantly measured and abnormalities are immediately reported.
At Thorntons, the X-ray inspection system checks lidded boxes for contaminants and, through a software upgrade, chocolates that
Machine Case Study
| November 30, 2001

X-ray vision checks inside chocolates boxes

Thorntons in the U.K. uses X-ray scanning equipment to inspect foil-wrapped and boxed chocolates. Software upgrade detects missing chocolates.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2001

X-ray inspection system

Thermo Goring Kerr (Westmont, IL) has released the VXS 350 automatic in-line quality x-ray inspection system. Machine offers multilevel inspection for harmful contaminants and underfilled, broken, missing, or mispacked product.
Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2001

Sealing system

Enercon’s (Menomonee Falls, WI) Super Seal™ Deluxe sealing system features microprocessor control and an advanced sealing head design to maximize performance.
Flavor Delite's products are checked by the on-line X-ray system at speeds to 62/min. It even detects underfilled canisters.
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2001

X-ray system spices up on-line QA

An X-ray inspection system at Flavor Delite checks for ?anything? out of the ordinary inside canisters of seasonings, including clumps. A ?guardian angel? for the line, the system confirms packaged product weight, too.
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
| September 30, 2001

Color inspections

DVT (Atlanta, GA) has introduced what it calls the industry’s first color machine vision sensor: the SmartImage Sensor Legend 540C. It’s designed to perform a multitude of color inspections in a diverse group of industries.
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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