Cartoning

Healthy rewards for Big Heart Pet Brands

Customized carton closing equipment for a package whose shape and graphics make it look like a toothpaste carton was a key to this year’s PMMI Packaging Line of the Year.

November 19, 2014

Bagging & Pouching: Page 30

Flexible packaging

A proper zippered stand-up pouch

Valteko f/f/s system produces from rollstock a true stand-up pouch with an integrated zipper reclosure feature for added consumer convenience.

November 17, 2014

Flexible packaging

Bag feeder and with labeler

Watch the Kirk-Rudy KR725 feed stacked flat bags, from smooth pick-and-place function, even for bags with double folds, which don't stack evenly, through label print-and-apply.

November 17, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Model XYS08 VFFS Bagger offers ultrasonic sealing, high speed bagging

High-speed ultrasonic cross-seal and vertical seal machine, dubbed XYS08 from Triangle, is designed for powders, confectionary, lettuce and cheese applications, as well as quick changeover to heat sealing for nuts and snacks. Ultrasonic sealing reduces leakers and uses less film. Sealer is available in three different sanitation levels: stainless steel, stainless steel washdown, and 3A designation.

November 13, 2014

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

All new horizontal f/f/s for pharma and more

The Flexpack model F-150 horizontal form/fill/seal machine, just introduced on the 2014 Pharma Expo / Pack Expo show floor, gives you a showcase of the latest technology for feeding and filling, from package alignment photoelectrics to modular components to meet a wide range of application requirements.

November 13, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Make quick work of heavier bags with this continuous sealer

The Plexpack ACS 6200 continuous bag sealer handles up to 500 inches per minute, and includes options for various application challenges. But what happens to seal integrity on bags weighing more than two pounds? See for yourself in this video...

November 12, 2014

Flexible packaging

Insert spouts into pouches for liquid filling applications

Bossar's BVH (Bossar Vertical Horizontal machine) machine is a servo-controlled machine that can form stand-up Stabilo-type pouches with the classic side-gusset folds and a stand-up base, and it can insert top spouts onto the pouches, making it suitable for liquids and free-flowing powders.

November 11, 2014

Robotics

Affordable, collaborative robotics? Meet Baxter

Paired with a Rollbag R1275 semi-automatic bagger from PAC, Rethink Robotics' Baxter robot brings the price of robotic packaging to under $50,000.

November 4, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Bagger aims at new frontier

Kliklok-Woodman introduces its new Frontier bagger. Designed as a simple drawbar machine, it's capable of speeds of 70-75 bags per minute, and is aimed at global markets where the packaging skill pool may make complex systems less practical.

November 4, 2014

Flexible packaging

Run small, run fast

GEA Food Solutions demonstrates its line of SmartPacker Vertical Form-Fill-Seal bagging equipment. Here, the twin tube C- high speed pillow bagger has been optimized to run small and pillow pouches at high rates of speed.

November 4, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Improve fill cycle with "following" funnels

Cloud Packaging Equipments simulates its Hydroforma line feeding its Robert's IMP 1500 line with PVA or water soluble pouches dosed from an Olson Scale.

November 4, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Small-footprint bagger allows for easy wash down

The new HSP small-footprint bagger from M-Tek vacuums, gas flushes and seals. Plus, its stainless steel construction makes for easy wash down without having to spend time covering or protecting any machine components.

November 2, 2014

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

High-speed bagger's hygienic frame contains no hollow bodies

Rovema demonstrated the new BVC series high-speed baggers. The 180 series, with stood off electrical cabinet and new format of mounting configuration can reach 240 bags per minute, with product.

November 2, 2014