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Hear chief editor Pat Reynolds' audio report on what he encountered on Day One at Pack Expo 2012, including: a new approach to the way hot melt adhesives are dispensed; a customizable beer bottle program from Heineken; color-on-demand label production capabilities; and clarifying agents that could make clear toothpaste tubes much more popular.
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The new Thermo Fisher Scientific EZx Touchless x-ray system uses specially designed machine angles and a feeding ramp rather than radiation curtains to allow open or lightweight packages to easily and cleanly enter and exit the machine.
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HP Indigo showed a way to connect physical product with content that sits on the cloud to engage customer in a whole new way.
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Debuting at Pack Expo, the Magna Capper is an automatic inline capping machine designed specifically for large containers. Brand new MagnaCapper caps up to 120 mm with versatile sizes, and can handle very high speeds 100 bottles per minute.
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Hartness International demonstrates a two-robot system that automatically decases bottles and arranges them neatly in lanes for rainbow packing.
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The Invex case/tray packer uses Rockwell components for servo-automated efficiency, creating wraparound, four-corner case squaring for mid-range applications up to 25 cpm.
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Reiser's John McIsaac and Mark Ewing of JLS describe the Heron tray loading system at Pack Expo, showing a tray denester, tray conveyor, product conveyor, product inspection, and ABB FlexPicker end-of-arm tooling with vacuum on board.
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Avery Dennison's global pharmaceutical business development manager Gary Deans shows how self-adhesive labels can be applied to challenging frozen surfaces, such as blood plasma bags.
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Eaglestone Equipment shows-off sanitary food packaging conveyors with integrated vision and robotic pick-and-place re-orientation of products on the conveyor.
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Denso Robots demonstrates solutions including new, precision 6-axis assembly robots in a conveyor tracking application, now with greater speed and precision.
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Announcements
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"Like" us and get your gift at PACK EXPO
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Help us grow our Facebook page and receive a FREE 2013 Calendar Poster! Simply "like" us between today and showtime to reserve your copy. We'll have your complimentary poster ready at PACK EXPO booth N-4529.
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Looking for a new packaging machinery or materials supplier?
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Check out Packaging World's NEW PACK EXPO 2012 Showcase - filled with detailed information about packaging machinery and material suppliers. Search from the convenience of your laptop or PC; click hotlinks for direct access to advertiser websites and print or email supplier information to colleagues.
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