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June 2009
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High Capacity Printer for multiple products

06/03/09    Grey Star

content type   Printer feeds cases, die cuts, wrap arounds at 50 / minute.

Pressure sensitive labeler for multi-panel application

02/19/09    Grey Star

content type  A video from Exact Packaging shows a two label tamp application for shipping cases. The video captures the labeling process from a number of perspectives and gives the viewer a fast, effective look at a rugged, easy to use, and no hassle label dispenser.

Videos

Pad packing cuts costs, materials

06/09

  Cleanser manufacturer SerVaas Laboratories cleans up on costs and materials savings when it swaps its shipping cases for shrink-wrapped pad packs for retail and distribution.

Air cushion system helps Blind Center of Nevada see benefits

06/09

  Machine produces air cushions that replace EPS 'peanuts' in protecting reconditioned electronic items, saving space and pleasing customers.

Servo-driven technology facilitates case cutting

05/09

  A servo-driven system for cutting cases of cigarette cartons nearly doubles throughput capability. PLC control and sophisticated position sensing are keys.

Capsule and liquid filling lines ease growing pains

02/09

  Sports nutrition and supplement products manufacturer and co-packer All American Pharmaceutical eases growing pains with new state-of-the art capsule and liquid filling lines.

Hot-melt adhesive dispensing system

01/27/09     Grey Star

  Kobra Hot-Melt Adhesive Dispensing system from Valco Melton is designed to deliver productivity, uptime, and sustainability. Offers total flexibility, from the most complete operational PLC network to traditional analog control. Integrated auto feeder lets users pull adhesive into the hot-melt tank with no operator involvement required. Auto feeder also lets packagers buy hot-melt adhesive in bulk rather than in corrugated boxes that must be dumped into a hopper and then disposed of.

Container upender saves case space, corrugated

01/24/09     Grey Star

  Capable of handling cartons at 300/min, a new one- to two-lane divider and container upender allows irregularly shaped cartons to be packed efficiently in cases, saving space and costs.

Perfecting pasta packaging

01/09

  A line at Barilla's greenfield plant in Avon, NY, features a cartoner and two case packers. 

Authentication down to tablet or capsule

11/08

 Contract packager Tjoapack installs a tablet line with coding, scanning, and software capabilities that deliver traceability from pallet all the way back to the unit dose. 

Servos deliver robotic dexterity

10/08

 Multipacks of refrigerated dessert cups have been ‘discovered’ by German food marketers and their consumers. At Campina, better automation was required.

Swirl technology to the rescue

09/08

  Campina Deutschland wanted to switch from preformed pudding cups to cups that are thermoformed from rollstock and then filled in line. But what about those swirls?

New case erector is multifunctional, flexible

03/04/08     Grey Star

  Pro Pack Systems is rewriting the book on case erecting/bottom sealing with its modular, recipe-driven, servo-adjusted, print-on-demand Pro Print™ EBS 15 machine offering advanced Markem, ELAU and Nordson subsystems.

Video: elastomeric packaging

06/21/07     Grey Star

  Korrvu® packaging is a dynamic packaging product that uses a strong, highly-resilient low-slip film to surround your products, protecting them from shock and vibration.

Douglas ‘low speed’ case/tray packer is high on performance

10/02/06     Grey Star

  New Invex™ case/tray packer, equipped with ELAU's PacDrive™ automation system, delivers Douglas Machine flexibility, repeatability, durability and ease of maintenance in economical, low speed, compact footprint.

Apotex: Semi-automatic case packing of pharmaceutical bottles

09/11/06

 Film-bundled packs of pharmaceutical bottles are discharged from a shrink tunnel onto a roller conveyor where an Apotex operator picks them up and places them into a corrugated shipping case.

Clabber Girl Corp.: Wraparound case packing of pails

06/01/05

 At the case packer, supplied by TAD Packaging Machinery, Pails of powdered mixes are collated into groups of six that are cross-pushed onto the 29# ECT corrugated blank. After the cases are glue sealed, they are discharged to the takeaway conveyor.

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Stretch wrapping

10/01/04

 Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Bag opening and filling

10/01/04

 Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Completion

10/01/04

 Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Placement of slip sheet

10/01/04

 Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system, marketed by Lantech, replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Placement of slip sheet

10/01/04

 Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system, marketed by Lantech, replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

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