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Machine Product Brief

| April 19, 2013

Manual aggregation packing station for track & trace, serialization

Suitable for high-tech packaging lines where some packaging steps need to be carried out manually, the IM-400 mobile manual packing station from Laetus can be connected at any point during the packing process when customer orders may not match previously aggregated products.

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Machine Product Brief

| April 18, 2013

Ice palletizers

Designed to meet the specific needs of the ice industry, Premier Tech’s AC-110 and AC-120 automatic palletizers offer increased reliability, which means reduced down times, and a rugged design, that allows for extended operation periods.

Machine Product Brief

| April 17, 2013

X-ray detection system

The NextGuard X-ray Detection System from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an affordable, yet sophisticated and easy-to-use X-ray detection platform that combines three key attributes—performance, simplicity-of-use and price point—to make X-ray product detection more affordable for food, pharmaceutical, and other applications.

Column/Opinion

| April 17, 2013

OMAC Packaging Workgroup elaborates on plans for standardized HMI

Recently in this space we presented a summary of a Webinar in which Nestle’s Bryan Griffen, manager of electrical and automation engineering and chairman of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, outlined Nestle’s perspective on the business value of OMAC PackML.

Machine Product Brief

| April 16, 2013

Dual seal bar machine

Polypack’s newest Dual Seal Bar total closure machine achieves faster speeds than previous models--up to 100 bundles/min.

Controls Case Study

| April 15, 2013

Converter adds business management software

Rice Packaging Solutions, a converter serving the food and beverage industry, has selected a business management software solution built specifically for packaging operations.

Fork lift load Material Master™ bulk bag discharging and weighing system

Machine Product Brief

| April 15, 2013

Bulk bag discharging and weighing system

Material Master™ bulk bag discharging system from Material Transfer features a fork lift loaded bulk bag lifting frame with adjustable height receiving frame.

Machine Product Brief

| April 15, 2013

Compact palletizer

Compact modular design frees up space, reduces installation time and saves money.

Northstar’s new lip balm line relies on pucks to keep the slender containers upright during the filling and capping process.

Machine Case Study

| April 12, 2013

Automation and in-house digital printing drive this contract manufacturer

First came an automated line for lip balm, which was followed by last year’s installation of a liquid line for lotion and sanitizers. Growth—and Kisstixx—came as a result.

Machine Product Brief

| April 11, 2013

Combo bulk depalletizer/case depalletizer machine

Emmeti S.p.A. introduces The Octopus a combo bulk depalletizer/case depalletizer machine designed to effectively handle geometrically challenged bottle shapes and cased goods on one single machine.

Machine Product Brief

| April 11, 2013

Container filling machine

Designed to allow operators to fill rigid containers made out of plastic, glass and/or fibers while operating at high speeds, WeighPack Systems’ SpinDexer container filling machine fills a voluminous product into a small-opening container, and comes equipped with a servo-driven rotary star wheel that allows for a more efficient filling process.

Machine Product Brief

| April 10, 2013

3D machine vision inspection

Cognex Corporation releases its DS1000 3D laser profiling system.

Machine Product Brief

| April 9, 2013

Leak-resistant stretch overwrapper

Wrapping up to 40 trays/min., the 500 intermittent motion (im) leak-resistant stretch overwrapper from Ossid, a division of Pro Mach, is designed for red meat, pork, poultry, and produce packers that want a quality end-seal machine at an entry-level price.

Machine Product Brief

| April 9, 2013

Horizontal continuous-motion cartoner for syringes

Designed to package syringes in cardboard trays at speeds up to 400 syringes/min., the Marchesini Group’s horizontal continuous-motion cartoner, the MA352 with Robocombi Robotic infeed system, is equipped with specially designed magazine units for feeding cardboard trays, and equipped with two robotic infeed systems, one for erecting the trays and one for feeding syringes.

Machine Product Brief

| April 8, 2013

Drum filling system

Material Transfer’s Material Master stainless steel drum filling system allows filling of various size drums.

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