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

High-tech, lower-cost hf/f/s for deli meats

VisionPak™ Deli Machine servo-drive hf/f/s machine from CP Packaging provides ultra-sanitary safety and high-level machine performance based on Bosch Rexroth controls technology. Features a chain-free-direct drive web feed and the first 100% weld-free stainless-steel frame construction.

January 24, 2009

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Flexible packaging

Vertical stand-up pouching machine

Matrix Packaging Machinery’s Aurora operates in a small footprint, producing pouches up to 11” x 13”, at speeds to 45 bags/min. Offers zipper applicator, automatic web edge guide and film tracking system, and a SmartSweep pleat removal system.

January 14, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Versatile bag sealer still going strong after 20 years

All Packaging Machinery president Dan Wood describes the features of the company’s vertical, conveyorized band-sealing system (VCBSDM). In the market for two decades, the system can handle a wide range of bag sizes, styles, and materials, and provides sealing, cutting, and optional code dating.

January 14, 2009

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

See a state-of-the-art clean-in-place packaging system in action

A video from Multivac showcases a totally new, automated clean-in-place system that offers significant operational and documentation advantages.

January 14, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Small is the new big

A tortilla chip maker invests in new bagging equipment to keep up with the trend in downsized bags.

January 8, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Costco snack pack operations

Costco’s in-house production for tubed snacks relies on three f/f/s units and four pick-and-place robots to produce a 24-count variety pack.

January 7, 2009

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Web plus

Altra Industrial Motion launched a new Web site that offers convenient, 24-hr access to its leading brands and products.

December 3, 2008

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

Rennco's new vertical L bar bagger provides cost-effective alternative to using pre-made bags

Rennco’s new Vertic-L semi-automatic bagger provides a versatile, reliable solution for packaging a wide variety of common and unusual shaped items in bags up to 14” by 14”.  The small footprint Vertic-L, introduced at Pack Expo ’08, includes tool-less changeovers, user-friendly HMI control panel, a trim pull device, and quick machine cycling at a fraction of the cost of using premade bags. Rennco is a division of Pro Mach, Inc.

November 21, 2008

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

Simplified motion control increases the agility of pouch/pillow packaging machine

White paper from Omron describes how advances in hardware and programming make controls integration and machine changeover faster and easier.

November 20, 2008

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

Video: Tabletop bagging system

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Automated Packaging Systems’ Autobag PS 125 Tabletop Bagger permits three levels of automation for activating the sealing mechanism, and features easy roll changeover.

November 13, 2008

Cartoning

Authentication down to tablet or capsule

Contract packager Tjoapack installs a tablet line with coding, scanning, and software capabilities that deliver traceability from pallet all the way back to the unit dose.

November 2, 2008

Flexible packaging

High-capacity line supports sweetener launch

A breakthrough all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener from Cargill, Truvia is packed in a unique, hooded carton on a custom line that produces nearly 300 million sachets/year.

November 2, 2008

Flexible packaging

Clemson opens retort lab

Hands-on pouched foods laboratory to benefit students and businesses.

October 31, 2008