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Machine Product Brief
| October 31, 2001

Top and bottom labeler

Koch Equipment (Kansas City, MO) has introduced the Offline™ top and bottom labeler built for the food processing industry. Labeler automatically affixes pressure-sensitive labels to the top and bottom of flexible or rigid packages after they are discharged from the packaging machine.
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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
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Three legs are better than one

Glass bottles of Rolling Rock beer run through paired fillers at 1길/min and then fan out to any one of three packaging legs. Eight operators ‘patrol’ the entire line. See in-plant video
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
When changeover is needed, an Aladdin machine operator can adjust the shrink wrapper for various mug sizes and return to product
Machine Case Study
| September 30, 2001

Quick changeover sets off production overhaul

Mug manufacturer Aladdin revamps its production facility with a family of seven hand-loaded semi-automatic shrink wrappers.
Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2001

Dual panel label printer applicator

ID Technology (Fort Worth, TX) has released the 250, a dual-panel labeling system designed with 2 opposing printer/applicators that allow the adjacent panels to be trailing edge and side or leading edge and side.
Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2001

Carousel literature feeder

Carousel literature feeder from NJM/CLI (Lebanon, NH) means labor-intensive loading of outserts is no longer required. Designed for continuous running and simple operation.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Label printer applicator

ID Technology (Fort Worth, TX) has released a swing-arm tamp module that can apply a label to the leading or trailing edge of a case or carton. Tamp arm swings down or from the side to tamp the label onto the front or rear panel of the product.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Rotary p-s labelers

B&J Machinery (Cincinnati, OH) rotary pressure-sensitive labelers are now offered with the option of an automatic nonstop system using a redundant head.
Furman Foods: Depalletizing
 Video | August 31, 2001

Furman Foods: Depalletizing

At this canner of tomatoes, tomato sauces, canned beans and related products, filled, unlabeled steel cans arrive stacked in layers on pallets.
A new tray stacker is part of Furman's $3.5 million renovation made to three packaging lines. The system stacks five trays in tw
Machine Case Study
| August 31, 2001

Furman polishes up brightstock packing

Furman Foods increases output with a new depalletizer, tray packer, tray stacker, film wrapper, and shrink tunnel. Conveyors assist flow control to keep things running smoothly. See in-plant video
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.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Tag, label printer

Full-color labels can be printed on-demand due to an innovative tag and label printer powered by Hewlett-Packard ink-jet technology. Produced and marketed by VIPColor Technologies (Newark, CA) the VP2020 prints labels up to 6” W.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Thermal-transfer printer

Jaguar II thermal-transfer programmable printer from Norwood Marking (Downers Grove, IL) has a print rate of up to 350 prints/min with a 2”x3” print area (intermittent) or continuous-motion speeds of over 1ꯠ mm/sec with a 2”x5” print area.
Machine Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

P-s labeler

he Model 9000R rotary-based p-s labeler from Accraply (Plymouth, MN), a Barry-Wehmiller Co., is precisely controlled to apply front and back, multi-panel, or wraparound labels at high speeds.

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