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Vision/Inspection

Machine Product Brief

| September 7, 2012

Metal detector

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #2955! The Vistus metal detector from Sartorius Industrial Weighing uses a wide ranging frequency spectrum coupled with high-quality components to provide a flexible safe guard from a wide variety of contaminants.

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End-of-arm pouch-picking tools use fingers covered in hardened rubber to grab a pouch and lift it into a case.

Machine Case Study

| September 5, 2012

Sweet robots handle pouched sweets

From automatic case erecting to robotic case packing and robotic palletizing, the new end-of-line automation at this Ontario food manufacturer is a quantum leap forward.

Machine Product Brief

| September 5, 2012

Three-way sorter

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #7103! The Manta camera/laser sorter from Key Technology uses two ejector systems, and three-way sorting that allows food processors to produce a high-quality finished product without losing recoverable off-grade product or requiring additional expense to separately re-sort the waste stream.

Machine Product Brief

| August 27, 2012

X-ray inspection system

New system designed for harsher packaged food manufacturing environments to increase uptime and hygiene.

Machine Product Brief

| August 27, 2012

Spectrometer

The Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 FT-IR spectrometer is the first research grade FT-IR to be equipped with one-touch operation.

Video | August 23, 2012

This complete, validated pharma line delivers efficient compliance

If you let Serpa Packaging Solutions show you 16 pharmaceutical packaging stations in just over three minutes, you just might find yourself taking notes to remind you what you want your next line to look like. Click to watch the complete, validated line in action... from accumulation table through capping, labeling, cartoning, case packing, check weighing/printing/labeling and discharge.

Machine Product Brief

| August 14, 2012

X-ray inspection technology

Eriez’ X-ray inspection systems come with next-generation technology and include: E-Z Tec XR-Bulk for bulk flow applications; E-Z Tec XR-Pack for packaging lines; E-Z Tec XR-SS (side shoot) for upright packages and containers; and E-Z Tec XR-Clean for meat, poultry, and sanitary applications.

Machine Product Brief

| August 10, 2012

Indicator lights

With EZ-LIGHT technology and highly-visible LEDs, Banner Engineering’s new S18L general-purpose indicators provide a simple and cost-effective general-purpose, multi-color indication solution.

Machine Product Brief

| August 10, 2012

Entry-level vision system

The In-Sight 7010 from Cognex is an entry-level vision system developed specifically for inspection tasks where vision sensors are too limited and a standard vision system may not be cost effective.

Machine Product Brief

| August 7, 2012

Steel enclosure for vision inspection

Microscan’s IPAK-SE2 Stainless Steel Enclosure for its Visionscape I-PAK machine vision inspection system is designed to meet the specific needs of pharmaceutical manufacturers, and features a new, sleek, and compact box with a larger touch screen display and a more capable PC for easy operability and efficiency.  

Machine Product Brief

| July 24, 2012

Label/barcode validation machine

Running up to 140 units/min., TVS 1000 label and barcode validation machine from Ossid, powered by Pro Mach, is designed to ensure that package contents, labels, and barcodes are perfectly matched.

Machine Product Brief

| July 19, 2012

X-ray system

Eagle Product Inspection introduced the Eagle Pack 240 XE, its new cost-effective x-ray system, ideal for small and medium-sized enterprises seeking to compete globally.

Machine Product Brief

| July 12, 2012

Oxygen-sensing technology

Photonic BioSystems, Inc. has developed new technology for measuring oxygen non-invasively inside sealed packages for food, beverage, medical, pharmaceutical, and electronics applications.

Machine Product Brief

| July 11, 2012

Bar-code verifier

TruCheck Optima from Webscan is a hand-held bar-code verifier that provides a balance between precision and field of view, which allows for larger bar-code verification while maintaining accuracy with each scan.

Machine Product Brief

| July 11, 2012

Large smart display for vision sensors

SensorView 2 from Cognex is a new smart display for Checker machine vision sensors that allows production engineers to fully configure, test and monitor Checker 4G vision sensors, without a PC being required at any stage.

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machinery: Inspection/vision/testing

EPSON Robots

John Clark,
National Sales Manager

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Industrial robots and vision systems for material handling, food packaging and more
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EPSON Robots is the global leader in PC controlled precision factory automation, with an installed base of over 26,000 robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use SCARA, Cartesian and 6-Axis robots based on a common PC based platform.

EPSON C3-Series Compact 6-Axis Robots
EPSON S5-Series 6-Axis Robots
EPSON G-Series SCARA Robots
EPSON RC180 Controller
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
Fortress Technology

Steve Gidman,
President

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Custom Industrial Metal Detectors for Food, Pharma, Lumber, Plastic & Textile industries
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You need it; We’ll build it. We have been providing custom manufactured metal detectors to processors for over 17 years. Our detectors are, backwards compatible with high sensitivity levels to detect ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel contaminants.

Stealth Metal Detector
Stealth Gravity Metal Detector
Stealth Pipeline Metal Detector
Vector Conveyor with Stealth Metal Detector
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
Paul Leibinger Inc.

Jim Mueller,
Vice President

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Inkjet systems utilizing sealed nozzle technology. Integrated vision inspection cameras.
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Put an end to production down time due to your coding equipment! Leibinger printers operate for months on end with no intervention. Sealed nozzle technology exclusive to Leibinger makes it possible.

Inkjet Printer
Inkjet Printer
Inkjet Traversing System
Inkjet Printer Control Software
MOCON, Inc.

Doug Lindemann,
Vice President and General Manager

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Package integrity testing instruments, shelf life, barrier, head space, leak detection
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MOCON® is the global leader in high-quality permeation measurement systems, leak detectors, and headspace analyzers. With the acquisition of Dansensor in April 2012, MOCON now has the most comprehensive testing and analytical offering in the packaging industry.

Non-destructive oxygen head space, leak and permeation
One package 4 test results Leak, Burst, Seal, One-way Valve
OTR Increased throughput for testing rigid packages
WVTR permeation rate testing of flat films and packages. Now with automatic relative humidity
Thermo Scientific Product Inspection

Mike Odom,
General Manager

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Checkweighers, metal detectors, x-ray inspection systems and in-line food analyzers
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For more than 65 years, we have partnered with customers to provide them with customized solutions to help improve their production line and process. Products include Thermo Scientific checkweighers, metal detectors, x-ray inspection systems and in-line food analyzers.

Thermo Scientific Xpert X-ray Inspection System
Thermo Scientific APEX 500 Metal Detector
Thermo Scientific Versa 8120 Chain Checkweigher
Thermo Scientific E Scan In-Line Food Analyzer
Tri-Tronics Company

Tim Kelley,
Vice President Marketing

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TRI-TRONICS has been a leader in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art Photoelectric Sensors, Fiber Optic Light Guides and Controls for over 50 years.

Ultra-High Speed Label-Eye
Clear Label sensor
Rotary Optical Encoder
Tri-Color Vertical & Horizontal Sensor
Yamato Corporation

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Multihead weighers, checkweighers, case packers and tray loading systems
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View our comprehensive line of weighing solutions for high speed, fragile, low-piece counts, blending, high sanitation and more. All of our solutions are backed by Yamato Genuine Parts & Service programs including unmatched training in our Technology Center or in your plant.

Multihead Weighers
Checkweighers
Case Packers
Semi-Automatic Weighers