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Pack Expo 2012: Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes.
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Pack Expo 2012: Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes.

Reads through plastic, reads omni-directionally, including high-powered illumination for accurate reading of variable height packages. Readers can be networked together and integrated into a variety of systems.
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Pack Expo 2012: ISTA announces Responsible Packaging by Design Guide
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Pack Expo 2012: ISTA announces Responsible Packaging by Design Guide

Learn more about the Intl. Safe Transit Assn., its step-by-step process management standard for the design, testing, and qualification of responsible packaging that meets industry, consumer, and regulatory expectations.
Pack Expo 2012: Molded fiber for foodservice, electronic, and disposable hospital products
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Pack Expo 2012: Molded fiber for foodservice, electronic, and disposable hospital products

The use of renewable molded fibers to create packaging and products continues to grow globally, fueled in part by both sustainability issues and advancing technological developments.
Pack Expo 2012: Stand-up pouch machine with top spout closure applicator
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Pack Expo 2012: Stand-up pouch machine with top spout closure applicator

Shown at the AlliedFlex Technologies booth is the Mespack H-220 stand-up pouch machine that automatically applies a special top spout closure for products including baby foods and applesauce.
Pack Expo 2012: Induction cap sealer takes technology to the Max
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Pack Expo 2012: Induction cap sealer takes technology to the Max

Enercon says improvements to its Super Seal Max induction cap sealer make this machine the "world’s fastest," with a 20% higher rate of performance. A new software-driven operating system, based on the company’s Super Seal Touch architecture, offers improved ease of use and response.
Pack Expo 2012: Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes
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Pack Expo 2012: Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes

Reads through plastic, reads omni-directionally, including high-powered illumination for accurate reading of variable height packages. Readers can be networked together and integrated into a variety of systems.
Wash-off labels for glass and PET bottles
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Wash-off labels for glass and PET bottles

Avery Dennison spokesperson Robin Bell demonstrates Fasson® Wash-off labels, suitable for both glass and PET bottles, providing label converters with a replacement for wet-glue product. Suitable for body and/or neck labeling of light and dark containers, as well as bottled water in glass and large containers in recyclable PET bottles.
Dual-infeed palletizer handles products from two different lines
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Dual-infeed palletizer handles products from two different lines

TopTier's dual-infeed Robotier robotic palletizer with integrated, concurrent stretch wrapping for case, bag, and bundle palletizing; receives two distinct products from two different product lines, wrapping loads as they're built.
Tape heads deliver secure seal
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Tape heads deliver secure seal

On the ShurSeal tape heads displayed by ShurTape, a 5-point wipe-down system means secure adhesion of tape to box as adhesive is driven firmly into the case.
Roll and blow tech for plastic bottles
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Roll and blow tech for plastic bottles

Printpack produces plastic rollstock that can be fed through a unique Agami system that rolls and blows bottles up to 500 mL. Non-barrier for dairy, or barrier for hot fill or aseptic filling.
Vacuum cups designed for snack bags
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Vacuum cups designed for snack bags

A specially designed skirt material on these vacuum pickup cups from Piab makes them uniquely suitable for picking and case packing flexible film bags of potato chips and other snacks.
 Case packer leverages vision-guided robotics
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Case packer leverages vision-guided robotics

Osprey case packing system from JLS greatly simplifies changeover, permitting a change in minutes, and sanitary design is a key characteristic.
Low-cost flexo printer
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Low-cost flexo printer

Hapa, part of the Coesia group, was showing the Go-Flex, which is described as the lowest-cost UV flex printer on the market. It's especially suitable for coding variable information.
Case erector/bottom sealer for RSC, HSC, and RSC with divider cases
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Case erector/bottom sealer for RSC, HSC, and RSC with divider cases

Pearson’s CE25-T (for tape) offers an ergonomic case magazine, compact footprint, and mechanically advances cases in the magazine to the pick-off.
See a 'hot' Tabasco vision system in action
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See a 'hot' Tabasco vision system in action

See how Acquire Automation's custom vision systems shoots and processes multiple label views into one.
Have your film and eat it too
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Have your film and eat it too

New Vivos Edible Delivery Systems from water-soluble film manufacturer of MonoSol have been formulated to create pre-portioned pouches of food ingredients that can be dissolved in hot or cold water. Targeted applications include convenient portion packs for retail sale, as well as ingredient delivery for the foodservice or food manufacturing areas.
An affordable workhorse for water-soluble pouch packaging
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An affordable workhorse for water-soluble pouch packaging

Introduced with half the speed and half the cost of its predecessor the HydroForma f/f/s machine for water-soluble pouch packages, the HydroForma SP is Cloud Packaging’s small-platform machine, which still can package three to five times the pouches per minute of any competitive vertical-style machine.
Sensor means no registration marks needed on labels
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Sensor means no registration marks needed on labels

ML 20 markless sensor, designed by Sick originally for the bottling industry, does away with the registration mark traditionally required on labels.

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