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Machine Product Brief

| May 24, 2013

Depositing system fills multiple package styles

The Yamato Depositor is a custom-designed depositing solution that handles a wide variety of applications, at speeds up to 400 packages/min. when paired with a 6-point discharge Yamato multi-head weigher.

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Machine Product Brief

| May 23, 2013

Expanded barcode reader series

New compact series targets raster and single-line scanner applications.

Machine Product Brief

| May 23, 2013

Feeder

The Adept FlexiBowl(R) 350 is an innovative feed solution for use with any Adept robot and vision system.

Podcast | May 22, 2013

Podcast: Tips on hiring a control system integrator

Podcast: Packaging World’s Pat Reynolds caught up with Robert Lowe, executive director of the Control System Integrators Association, and asked for a few highlights from CSIA’s stimulating panel presentation at The Automation Conference 2013.

Machine Product Brief

| May 21, 2013

Thermoforming packaging machine

Multivac launches the R 685 thermoforming packaging machine, which is designed for running extra-wide films.

Machine Product Brief

| May 21, 2013

Color inkjet printer fulfills GHS labeling mandates

Weber Packaging Solutions’ new Epson ColorWorks GP-C831 inkjet printer is an industrial-strength, high-speed label printer suitable for GHS (Globally Harmonized System) large-format drum and chemical labels, and provides label print speeds up to 16.5 pages/min. to print on pressure-sensitive labels up to 8-in. x 22-in.

Podcast | May 20, 2013

Podcast: Purdue prof digs Berkeley prof's message about the cloud

Dr. Niaz Latif, Dean of the School of Technology and Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet, was among those who attended The Automation Conference. He talks with Packaging World’s Pat Reynolds about a stimulating presentation by Arnav Anand of The Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley.

Machine Product Brief

| May 20, 2013

Integrated hot melt packaging solution

Nordson’s Freedom Integrated Hot Melt Packaging Solution combines the company’s tankless Freedom Series hot melt dispensing equipment with Henkel’s high-performance, Technomelt Freedom-certified family of adhesives to help customers contain costs, simplify operations, and increase productivity, reliability, and sustainability.

Podcast | May 17, 2013

Podcast: Automated, wireless replenishment of packaging materials

At The Automation Conference 2013, contract OTC pharma manufacturer Perrigo presented their Stage By Component process, where Automated Guided Vehicles bring packaging materials to packaging lines on demand. Packaging World’s Pat Reynolds talks with Perrigo’s Trent Martin, Lean Sigma Black Belt, about the project.

Sanitary Lift & Seal container discharger

Machine Product Brief

| May 16, 2013

Sanitary container discharger

Unit accepts a container of material loaded above floor level and discharges the contents into an existing hopper.

Column/Opinion

| May 16, 2013

Lots to learn at The Automation Conference

Not everybody was able to attend The Automation Conference May 14-15 in Chicago. So I figured I’d share a few things I heard while there.

Machine Product Brief

| May 14, 2013

Continuous ink jet printer

Using a new i-Tech (intelligent Technology) service-free ink system Domino’s A420i continuous ink jet (CIJ) coding solution delivers ultra-low makeup usage and new print head variants to increase efficiency and functionality, and reduce costs and operator intervention to provide the lowest total cost of ownership of any ink jet printer on the market, according to the company.

Machine Product Brief

| May 13, 2013

Digitally configurable stack lights

The software-configurable Smart Light from Baluff eliminates complex hardware selection by providing visual indication solutions with just a single part number.

Machine Product Brief

| May 10, 2013

Continuous-motion case sealer

Suitable for high-speed sealing of primed flap and re-shipper cases (RSC), the Model 199 continuous-motion case sealer from Standard-Knapp, uses a high-efficiency inline design for high speed, consistent sealing of up to 50 cases/min., whether close-coupled with a case packer discharge or installed as a stand-alone machine.

Machine Product Brief

| May 9, 2013

Elevating prefeeder

Designed to handle a variety of medium-sized, mid-weight parts, Shibuya Hoppmann’s stainless steel EP-10 Elevating Prefeeder has a 10 cu. ft. capacity hopper that delivers product at an average belt speed of 32-ft./min.

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