Filling/sealing

Machine Product Brief
| January 8, 2013

Cap feeder for lighter-weight caps

Designed to accommodate lightweight PCO 1880 bottle caps, the new Simplimatic Cap Feeder Model 1900 incorporates new features that reduce or eliminate the need for change parts, allow simple modification of the hopper size in the field, and eliminate reliance on factory-compressed air, to save time and money.
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With high-velocity air being delivered by two aluminum air knives, labeling efficiency has been greatly improved.
Machine Case Study
| January 4, 2013

Bottling line cost savings stick like glue at brewery

A new high-velocity blower and air knife system at Lakefront Brewery saves costs on glue and provides greater labeling productivity.
Empty tubes are picked from boxes by the robot’s twin-row end effector and placed in the filler’s pucks.
Machine Case Study
| January 3, 2013

Norway's Ello turns to robots for an automation solution

Filling, insertion into trays, secondary packaging, and palletizing of tubes is done at 155 tubes/min by a tightly integrated series of robotic systems that require only one operator.
High output, small footprint tray and bowl filling system delivers flexibility
 Video | January 1, 2013

High output, small footprint tray and bowl filling system delivers flexibility

Triangle BowlMaster systems deposit product into a predetermined space in preformed bowls or in sectioned trays for entrees or complete meals. Other products can then be efficiently loaded upstream or downstream. This video highlights key attributes of the BowlMaster system, which is capable of up to 220 bowls/minute.
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Machine Product Brief
| December 10, 2012

Extended-Shelf-Life (ESL) filling technology

Extended-Shelf-Life (ESL) filling technology from Federal Manufacturing, a division of Pro Mach, is a new 30-valve net-weight (non-contact) ESL filler with a 10-station pick and place capping turret that can be equipped with hot water sanitizing for juice or drinking yogurt applications or steam sterilization for extended life Ultra-High-Temperature (UHT) processed milk or dairy beverages.
New-generation tray sealer
 Video | December 6, 2012

New-generation tray sealer

High-performance ray sealer from Ishida offers medium-speed performance and integrated MAP functionality, while an integrated gas analyzer from PBI Dansensor makes it possible to check gas composition with each cycle.
Modular Packaging Systems integrates slat fillers, packing lines
 Video | December 3, 2012

Modular Packaging Systems integrates slat fillers, packing lines

Beyond its signature Model 7220 slat fillers, Modular Packaging Systems provides integrated packaging lines for pharmaceutical users, incorporating line monitoring, OEE, and CFR 21 Part 11, camera and printer interfaces – all through its standard B&R automation platform.
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Dura-Pack scales deliver uncompromising value
 Video | December 3, 2012

Dura-Pack scales deliver uncompromising value

Dura-Pack’s family of net linear scales uses a new B&R automation platform that retains the functionalities of a high end control system with the economies of a micro PLC -- while simplifying operation, adding remote connectivity and diagnostics, and replacing pneumatics with precise stepper/servo control.
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Pack Expo 2012: Twin-head machine features robotics
 Video | November 30, 2012

Pack Expo 2012: Twin-head machine features robotics

The 1702 tube filling system from Norden, part of the Coesia Group, is a twin-head machine that uses an ABB robot to feed tubes into the tube holder chain.
Auger filler: a breakthrough in ease of cleaning
 Video | November 15, 2012

Auger filler: a breakthrough in ease of cleaning

On this new servo-driven auger rotary filler from Spee Dee Packaging, magnets are used to hold funnels in place, which brings a whole new level of convenience to no-tool funnel change.

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