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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Video: Hi-res case code printing system with touchscreen preview
Video shows Pilot Pro ink-jet case-coding system with new drag-and-drop touchscreen technology for message previews.
March 26, 2011
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Video: Large character printing in dusty environment
Video shows SQ2 Scorpion large-character ink-jet coder printing on multiwall cement bags in dusty, harsh-duty environment.
March 26, 2011
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Video: Hi-res printing on corrugated trays
Watch corrugated trays of canned corn receive high-res PZ/4 Series III coding.
March 26, 2011
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Video: High-quality printing on PVC pipe
Video shows high-quality, high-speed ink-jet printing on PVC pipe.
March 26, 2011
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Video: Large-character case coding
Large-character shift and date codes printed on corrugated cases.
March 26, 2011
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Video demo: High-res case coding with industrial-compliant bar codes
This video demonstration from Foxjet shows two different high-resolution, large-character ink-jet case coders. Also demonstrated is the unique ability for the operator to scan a bar code on a primary container to be packaged and have the recipe automatically change over in an instant to the new coding message.
March 13, 2011
Beverage
OFF THE SHELF: Private-label beer and wine
Pat Reynolds' recent shopping trip to Walgreen's yielded some interesting new private-label beer and wine packaging. Target's Wine Cube is another good example of own-brand alcoholic beverages.
March 10, 2011
Filling/capping, dry
New technique improves container handling on auger filling lines
Video from Spee-Dee shows pneumatic-over-hydraulic lift design that uses air for a rapid lift and hydraulic damping for a controlled lower as the auger fills the container from the bottom up. Lift height is controlled electronically. A pneumatic container gripper is adjustable for different size bottles.
March 10, 2011
Filling/capping, dry
Demonstrating in-line dry-filling of rigid containers up to 120/min
Video from Spee-Dee demonstrates multi-lane, multi-auger in-line filling system that achieves high speeds without sacrificing floor space. Timing screws rapidly orient rigid containers into two lanes, where they are efficiently filled at a combined rate of 120/minute by a pair of Spee-Dee® servo auger fillers, and recombined into a single lane.
March 9, 2011
Filling/capping, dry
Video demo shows tool-less changeover for servo-driven rotary auger filler
Spee-Dee's Rotary Auger Filler is designed to accurately fill a broad cross section of products, such as spices, non-dairy creamers, coffee and cornstarch, into a variety of bottles and other rigid containers at rates of 100 to 400 units per minute.
March 9, 2011
Additives, coatings & inks
EcoLogic's president discusses Eco-One® additive
Listen to a brief introduction of EcoLogic's Eco-One(R) brand of additives that enhance the biodegradation of plastic products in a biologically active landfills.
March 9, 2011
Containers
Maui Brewing gets a handle on growth pains
The Hawaiian maker of craft beers expects to double production volume in 2011, and a new can carrier applicator is helping to dramatically increase line speed and cut costs.
March 8, 2011
Flexibles
Tray pack for cheese is brimming with benefits
Consumers are showing a keen interest in this tray-style packaging concept for sliced, shingled cheese. It’s all about ease of use and convenient re-closeability.
March 8, 2011
Containers
Ice River springs for a new PET line
The newest bottled water line at Ice River Springs blows and fills 1,200 half-liter bottles/min for private-label customers that include Walmart and Loblaw.
March 8, 2011
Closures
OFF THE SHELF: Great Lakes Cheese goes recloseable
Great Lakes Cheese of Hiram, OH, has a uniquely consumer-friendly and recloseable package concept for sliced cheese. Pat Reynolds visited their Plymouth, WI, plant recently and demonstrated how the pack opens and recloses.
March 1, 2011
Plastics/resins
Live from Pharmapack Paris: TEKNIPLEX
Video: TEKNIPLEX gauges interest in transparent foil lids with push-through capabilities for blisters.
February 23, 2011
Home
Robotic case packer for delicate or large-format products
Robotic case packer from Z Automation is shown loading delicate, 48" fluorescent light bulbs into an RSC case. The intermittent motion case loading system features Fanuc end-of-arm tooling, easy changeover, product accumulation conveyor with adjustable product stop, and is designed for USDA and cGMP sanitary standards.
February 23, 2011
Bakery/Snack
OFF THE SHELF: Safeway scores with own-brand salty snacks
Jim George shows a good example of an increasingly frequent development: a private-label package that out-innovates the national brands.
February 17, 2011
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