Flexible packaging

Raising the bar on safety

A confectionery manufacturer installs 19 metal detectors at six of its production plants to ensure product quality.

April 5, 2009

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Flexible packaging

Packaging philosophies guide AFP through stormy economic seas

By modifying used packaging machinery and combining production runs, American FlexPack cost-effectively produces single-use packs for its customers.

April 5, 2009

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

Integrated motor/drive and advanced pneumatics drive machine benefits

F/f/s machine occupies minimal floor space and uses servo-driven belts instead of shaft-driven chains to pull material through smoothly.

March 1, 2009

Flexible packaging

Industry watch

March 1, 2009

Flexible packaging

Flexible films find gold in FPA awards

Vacuum skin packaging, gorgeous stand-up pouches, and a WHO winner with life-saving potential are among the highlights in this year’s FPA competition.

March 1, 2009

Cartoning

Slip torque conveyor system

Shuttleworth’s Slip-Torque system employ a servo smart feed to stage product, backload, and index it into either a flow wrapper, shrink wrapper, or cartoner. System balances product and monitors it with sensors, and is equipped with vision systems.

February 6, 2009

Sustainability

Lance invests in its future

As an aging fleet of bagging systems is replaced over a three-year period, payback comes through enhanced performance of both combination scales and vf/f/s systems.

February 1, 2009

Flow wrapping

Vision and robotics aid pick-and-place system

The M-436-I Robotic Pick-and-Place system from Flexicell Robotic Solutions can load trays, cartons, cases, or flow wrapper infeeds. It picks and packs randomly oriented items. USDA washdown capability makes it especially useful in food plant operations. Also useful in the medical device or pharma sectors. Capable of up to 130 pieces/min, depending on product.

January 27, 2009

Flexible packaging

New machines makes stand-up and fin-seal pouch-making quick and easy

Randy Uebler, general manager of KHS Bartelt explains how the company’s new Innopouch K series pouching machine provides features that speed the manufacture and filling of a range stand-up and fin seal-style pouches for food, personal care, pharmaceutical, and other applications.

January 24, 2009

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

Vertical form/fill/seal machine

The Novus 250 vertical form/fill/seal machine from Hayssen Sandiacre is a continuous-motion bagger that can operate in intermittent motion. Uses Allen-Bradley controls. Reduces setup and threading time and offers simple changeovers of different-sized forming tubes.

January 24, 2009

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

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