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Beverage
Beverage Roundtable: Package designs that elevate mainstream products
How do you sell a mainstream product with better-than-mainstream design? Experts Rick Barrack, Will Burke and David Padula went shopping for the answer. Here's what they found...
July 12, 2012
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
LIVE FROM ACHEMA 2012: Continuous-motion thermoforming line
At the Marchesini stand at Achema 2012, Andy Long, director, demonstrates the MB460 continuous-motion thermoforming line that produces up to 720 blisters/min and allows for quick changeovers.
July 11, 2012
Coding, Printing & Labeling
LIVE FROM ACHEMA 2012: Blister printer
Stephan Wengi, sales director at Hapa, describes the company's BlisterJet 807 for customized printing of cartons or blisters during Achema 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany.
July 11, 2012
Filling/capping, dry
LIVE FROM ACHEMA 2012: Solid-dose bottling equipment
The Integrated Bottle Center 120 from Uhlmann is demonstrated at Achema 2012 in this video by Joachim Noe, head of bottle packaging systems. The machine accommodates small- to medium-sized batches of solid-dose products at rates up to 150 bpm or 24,000 tablets/min.
July 11, 2012
Home
LIVE FROM ACHEMA 2012: Robotic technology
New robot technology for liquid handling is explained by Jürgen Schäfer, managing director, Optima Pharma during Achema 2012. The equal filling level is maintained at all times and any robot movement, and is especially appropriate for small filling volumes requiring freeze drying as the robot employs mathematical controls that limit liquid surface fluctuations.
July 11, 2012
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Carton printer
Hapa's Universal CP 336 carton printer prints additional information in CMYK to preprinted die-cut cartons, as explained in this Achema 2012 video by Stephan Wengi, the company's sales director.
July 11, 2012
Coding, Printing & Labeling
UV drop-on-demand Piezo ink-jet printer
Hapa's redcube is a UV drop-on-demand Piezo ink-jet printer for high-end marketing that can be configured to meet any production process and easily integrate into any packaging system. In this video from Achema 2012, the unit is shown printing onto a paperboard carton.
July 10, 2012
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Marking and verification system
In this Achema 2012 video, a redcube printer is shown printing cartons within the Laetus MV-70 system, which is designed to handle up to 400 packs/min. The system provides marking, camera, and verification capabilities in a small footprint with an easy-to-use HMI interface.
July 9, 2012
Beverage
Beverage Roundtable: When (not) to use color
Some products look great with a 'circus of color.' Others, not so much. Learn the ins & outs from Guest Critics Marcus Hewitt, Rob Wallace and Vyto Bendoraitis...
July 9, 2012
Weighing/combination scales
Versatile combination weigher and depositor system fills full containers or targeted sections
Watch how Yamato's ADW-324MV Divided Weigher, coupled with a depositing system, handles multipoint discharge and custom configurations, from compartments to full trays... then find out how the company can customize one for your application.
July 8, 2012
Secondary Packaging
See Moen's Rollover Tray Former in action
A compact, high speed system for products requiring high compression strength.
July 6, 2012
Home
LIVE FROM ACHEMA 2012: Blow/fill/seal packaging system
Weiler Engineering Inc.’s ASEP-TECH® Model 640 blow/fill/seal packaging system is demonstrated at Achema 2012 by Chuck Reed, the company’s director of sales and marketing. The high-output machine employs Siemens controls and a touchscreen. This video shows 250-mL containers made in a 14-cavity mold.
July 6, 2012
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Digital printer
The digiMATIC printer from Hapa is a fully digital drop-on-demand ink-jet printer. In this video, Stephan Wengi, sales director, shows the unit's print engine, UV ink curing lamp, and a panel for setting required parameters. The machine is easy to operate.
July 5, 2012
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Hybrid printer
At Achema 2012, Stephan Wengi, sales director for Hapa demonstrates a hybrid printer that offers two printing technologies in a single machine. At the first station, a flex print head prints non-variable information, while variable batch codes and details are printed digitally at a second station. The machine can print flex only, digital only, digital and flex, and be equipped with a different color UV-curable ink for both print methods.
July 3, 2012
Home
Private Label Smackdown: Stage 5 of Product Intimacy
Melinda Wooten of KW Strategems discusses the stages of intimacy as they relate to product recognition. Stage 5, tonight's the night.
June 14, 2012
Tamper-evident machinery
Automated shrink sleeve systems in action
Watch this video to see how Tripacks' automated shrink labeling systems handle 600 ppm, how they handle various tamper evident configurations and do single and multi-packs with ease.
June 13, 2012
Sustainability
OFF THE SHELF: Beer variety pack brews multiple advantages
For its Widmer Brothers beers, the Craft Brew Alliance uses a new variety-pack box that reveals up to four different 22-oz glass bottle brands inside, providing marketing differentiation and materials savings.
June 13, 2012
Home
Why STEM Education May Not Serve Engineers
The scientific method of inquiry differs from the engineering approach to problem solving. Why is the approach used by the Wright brothers better? Michigan State University Professor Clark Radcliff explains in this the Automation Conference (TAC) 2012 One on One interview.
June 5, 2012
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