Flexible packaging

Convenience and patient compliance drive contract packager's business

Tee Noland, director of business development for Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), a contract manufacturer/packager, shares his views on why pharmaceutical companies are turning to contract packagers, and discusses the latest developments

October 12, 2010

Bagging & Pouching: Page 43

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

Rockwell Automation: 3 component servo drive

The Allen-Bradley Kinetix 3 component servo drive from Rockwell Automation, which comes in models as small as 50 watts, provides the flexibility to tailor axes to a machine’s actual power requirement to minimize system size and cost.

October 5, 2010

Palletizing/depalletizing

B&R demonstrates new automation capabilities at PACK EXPO 2010

B&R Industrial Automation will introduce advances in safety, robotic, ease-of-use, connectivity and automation technology at PACK EXPO Booth S-1073. Several respected OEMs will introduce B&R-enabled machines.

October 4, 2010

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

Video shows workhorse versatile poly bagger

Bagger from Advanced Poly can package items into poly bags at speeds to 100 bags/min. Ideal for fasteners, hardware, molded parts, kits, crafts, foods, medical devices, and more. Video shows operation and describes options for integration with parts counters, conveyors and checkweigh scales.

September 16, 2010

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

Tabletop bagger with dynamic printing capability

Video shows Advanced Poly tabletop bagging machine with a built-in printer that provides next-bag-out printing capability to assure that the correctly printed label goes on the correct bag. Ideal for pharmaceutical or medical device applications, or small batches of different part numbers.

September 16, 2010

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

Advanced Poly corporate capabilities video

This short corporate capabilities video provides a brief 3-minute overview on this manufacturer of polybagging equipment for a variety of parts, including medical devices. Video also showcases company's complete bag-manufacturing capabilities.

September 16, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Campbell Wrapper Corporation: Horizontal flow wrapper

Campbell Wrapper Corporation’s full servo driven On-Edge Revolution Horizontal Flow Wrapper features a sanitary modular design with a cantilevered tube forming section that allows debris to fall away from internal drive components while providing an attractive wrap for a variety of products including cookies, crackers, frozen hash browns and frozen meat patties at speeds ranging from 50 - 150 packages/min.

September 8, 2010

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

Video shows semi-automatic kit packaging for plumbing parts

Application video from Rennco shows semi-automatic bagger for kit parts. Operator hand-loads plumbing parts, and machine seals and discharges finished packages.

August 16, 2010

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

Application video shows bagging of extremely wide-format objects

In this video from Rennco, watch as roughly 2-ft-wide printed signs are semi-automatically bagged. Operator hand-loads and machine seals and discharges finished packages.

August 16, 2010

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

Application Video: vertical bagging of paint rollers

Video clip from Rennco shows automated vertical bagging of paint rollers. Footage shows single-file infeed conveyor belt as well as close-up of sealing area.

August 16, 2010

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

Harpak and ULMA complete merger

Harpak, Inc. and ULMA Packaging Systems, Inc. merged on July 19, 2010.

August 9, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Robotics rallies in 2010; packagers automate for profit

After the past couple years’ serious sales slump, the industrial robotics industry is beginning to rebound, with food and consumer goods applications showing strong gains. Recent packaging installations testify to the value of automation.

August 8, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Shrink-wrapped packs serve floor sample converter

Sierra Group increases line speed 400%, reduces material costs 40%, and eliminates 1 million corrugated cases with transition to shrink packaging for its flooring samples.

August 8, 2010