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Machine Product Brief
| May 24, 2012

Variable speed feeder for desiccant and oxygen absorbers

Handling up to 300 bottles/min. the OMNI-Feeder from Omega Design Corporation is a servo-operated variable speed feeder for desiccant and oxygen absorbers that accommodates both canisters and pouches.
Podcast | May 24, 2012

PepsiCo's Russell lists key takeaways from The Automation Conference

Remote diagnostics via the Internet and a greater reliance on standards, PackML in particular--these are two of the many controls and integration topics that PepsiCo engineer Jeff Russell found intriguing at The Automation Conference that was held May 22-23 in Suburban Chicago.
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Controls Case Study
| May 23, 2012

Pepsi bottler shares secrets of OEE, Six Sigma, Lean

Pepsi Bottling Ventures boosts uptime, improves OEE scores 21 points, adds more than an hour to daily productivity and covers automation costs in one year in Nampa, Idaho, the project's leader told attendees learned in a packaging session at The Automation Conference.
Machine Product Brief
| May 22, 2012

Bulk material system uses three storage vessels

National Bulk Equipment’s self-contained, high-volume bulk material packaging system processes up to 50,000 lbs./hour of combustible materials of varied physical characteristics, including interlocking flakes and free-flowing, friable rods.
Machine Product Brief
| May 18, 2012

X-ray contaminant detector

Designed to target lightweight and open-container food product contaminant detection, the Thermo Scientific EZx 465 Touchless X-ray system from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an entry-level food safety x-ray system that eliminates the shielding curtains typically used to block radiation, while still complying with all global safety standards.
Video | May 17, 2012

Complete Packaging Line Integration Solutions

Turnkey packaging lines for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, personal care, cosmetics and medical device industries.
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Video | May 17, 2012

Reliable top load case packer in a small footprint

Heavy-duty, balcony top load case packer with a compact footprint. It is ideally suited for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, medical device and personal care applications with stainless steel fall-through construction that meets all sanitary and FDA validation requirements.
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Video | May 16, 2012

Emerson CHARMS provide flexible process control

Bruce Greenwald, DeltaV Platform Business Development manager, describes how electronic marshaling and CHARMS flexible I/O modules make configuring a process control system easier.
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Machine Case Study
| May 15, 2012

PepsiCo Brazil chooses liquid-carton filling equipment

Company adds liquid-carton filling machine to produce single-serve portions of its highly popular chocolate milk drink.
Machine Product Brief
| May 15, 2012

Skin packaging machine

Designed to provide a protective and wrinkle-free package for fresh and frozen food products, Harpak-ULMA Packaging’s Titan TFS nfs 200 is the newest addition to the ULMA TFS Thermoformer series, and produces a non-forming vacuum skin package.
Machine Product Brief
| May 14, 2012

Intermittent motion cartoner

With the Romaco Promatic P 91 Intermittent Motion Cartoner from MG America, product transfer is performed by timing belts and pulleys, eliminating the need for chains and mechanical gears, and achieving a significant reduction of maintenance, noise, wear and cleaning.
Machine Product Brief
| May 14, 2012

H F/F/S bagger produces up to 35 bags/min.

The FFS Series Horizontal Form, Fill and Seal (FFS) Bagging Machines from Premier Tech Chronos are fully-automatic systems that make their own bags from rolls of pre-printed, center-folded polyethylene film (U film).
Machine Product Brief
| May 11, 2012

Bulk bag filler system with scale and conveyor

The Material Master Powerfill Bulk Bag Filler from Material Transfer is a high-output filling system with the Easy-Load rotary bag hanger system brings all bag strap connection points directly in front of the operator for quick and easy access.
Video | May 8, 2012

Live from Interphex: New products from The Challenge Printing Company

The Challenge Printing Company introduces an expanded product line, including a variety of labels, and serialized booklets.
Video | May 8, 2012

Live from Interphex: Multi-spectrum metal detector

Heat & Control displays CEIA's multi-spectrum metal detectors for falling, conveyed, and pumped products. This unit is equipped with event traceability recording which meets FDA Title 21 and is bluetooth and ethernet ready.

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