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Machine Product Brief
| March 31, 2001

Front/back labeler

Paragon’s (White Bear Lake, MN) modular label applicator simultaneously applies 2 different labels to opposite sides of products or cartons at speeds to 120 pieces/min.
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Machine Product Brief
| March 31, 2001

Case labeling/sealing station

The 3M-Matic™ corner label applicator CA2000 from 3M (St. Paul, MN) prints bar codes, graphics, or text on labels, then wraps them around corners of cases while a case sealer tapes cases shut.
Overhead hoppers on each electronic tablet counter are fed by a bucket that travels on demand from a floor-level hopper (inset)
Machine Case Study
| February 28, 2001

New line helps repackaging pay off

Added last August, RxPak’s newest drug repackaging line is notable not only for its level of automation, but also for the senior-friendly, child-resistant closure it applies. See in-plant video
Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2001

Barcode printer brochure

QuickLabel Systems (West Warwick, RI) has released a brochure describing its Top Hand QLS-500 label printer. Suitable for printing labels in-house that comply with the design and content requirements of federal, international and retail outlet label format standards.
Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2001

In-line labeler

The all-stainless in-line labeling system from Quadrel (Mentor, OH) applies 200 labels/min to fronts, backs, necks, tops or bottoms of glass or plastic containers of virtually any shape.
Machine Product Brief
| February 28, 2001

Label printer/applicator

The Model 250 label print-and-apply system from ID Technology (Fort Worth, TX) prints bar codes, text and graphics at 300 dpi at speeds to 12”/sec.
The rotary filler (top) is driven by a motor capable of handling Robson's viscous spun honey. A slight indentation in each bottl
Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

Robson's assembles a honey of a line

Filling, capping and labeling jars of honey by hand was too slow at this Arizona honey maker, especially with new markets on the horizon. Automated machinery was the answer
Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

SeaShell drives away damage (sidebar)

Seagate serves two customer ‘streams’
Machine Product Brief
| January 31, 2001

Rotary labeler

The 6-station rotary labeler from Hoppmann (Haymarket, VA) applies full-wrap labels, front and back labels or single labels to bottles. Two Hoppmann V1 stepper-driven label heads help the machine run at speeds to 200 containers/min.
Machine Product Brief
| January 31, 2001

Rotary gravity filler

Fogg Filler’s (Holland, MI) Model FAA-5418 filler features a nitrogen dosing system that creates internal pressure to make PET bottles filled with still beverages more rigid and thus easier to handle.
Machine Product Brief
| January 31, 2001

Quick-change labeler

The Quick Change Model 4700 labeler from Trine Labelling Systems (Fullerton, CA) can label lightweight, empty 2-L PET bottles at 600 bottles/min. The 4700 incorporates a container flow path that reduces container dynamics and peripheral speed during label application, resulting in higher labeling speed and precise label placement, says the company.
Machine Product Brief
| January 31, 2001

Label printer applicators

Willett’s (Grapevine, TX) Labeljet 262 features tamp-jet, tamp, air-jet or swing- arm modules as well as a choice of print engines that can be easily interchanged.
Machine Product Brief
| January 31, 2001

Shrink and stretch labelers

The HC-Series II shrink and stretch labelers from PDC-Europe (Austin, TX) use 1 ½-mil shrink film and 1.4-mil stretch film to wrap 6 ¾-oz to 48-oz bottles at speeds to 1ꯠ containers/min.
The thermal-transfer printer/encoder "test" machine (above) operates at a Hines Veterans Hospital outpatient pharmacy. It encode
Machine Case Study
| December 31, 2000

VA hospital tests 'talking' label

Visually impaired patients at a veterans hospital are participating in a pilot program involving a radio-frequency identification labeling system that can read aloud prescription information and instructions for a medicine.
Machine Product Brief
| December 31, 2000

Rotary labeler

The Rotary 9000 Series roll-fed rotary labelers from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA) fill round or non-round flexible containers with air to create a firmer surface for label application.

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