Flexible packaging

Printing packs a punch

Winners of FPA’s Printing Achievement awards were noted for advances in CTP technology, VOC-free inks, display impact, ‘nuanced color tones’ via gravure printing, and complex distortion printing capabilities.

February 28, 2003

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Flexible packaging

FPA honors innovation

Hershey’s pudding packs and technology for self-venting trayed entrees, first commercialized by Smithfield Packing, earn Highest Achievement honors from The Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2003 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition.

February 28, 2003

Flexible packaging

Back from WestPack

The recently completed WestPack show in Anaheim, CA, drew 14긣 visitors to the booths of 562 exhibitors, says show sponsor Canon Communications.

January 31, 2003

Flexible packaging

Back from WestPack

The recently completed WestPack show in Anaheim, CA, drew 14긣 visitors to the booths of 562 exhibitors, says show sponsor Canon Communications.

January 31, 2003

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

Tri-Tronics Company: Tri-Tronics Company: Mark sensor

Tri-Tronics Co. (Tampa, FL) introduces a pulse-modulated photoelectric registration mark sensor that will detect color marks on most transparent and translucent packaging materials on a continuous web.

January 31, 2003

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

Omstead: Smooth vf/f/s for IQF chicken

On this vertical form/fill/seal machine at Omstead, a servo motor-driven cross-seal assembly is synchronized with side belts. Seal jaws make a smooth “D”-shaped cycle to close on the film tube, simultaneously sealing the top of the filled bag and forming a bottom seal for the next bag.

December 31, 2002

Flow wrapping

PackML implementations at Pack Expo

Following is a brief round-up of PackML implementations Packaging World editors learned about at Pack Expo:

December 31, 2002

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

Luciano Packaging: Vf/f/s machine

Luciano Packaging Technologies introduces its V-Series flat-bottom bag vf/f/s systems, including a machine designed for dependable high-speed operation called the cantilevered V-Series.

December 31, 2002

Flow wrapping

Plug-and-pack a reality

A new crop of Plug-and-Pack™ packaging machines promises to simplify integration and facilitate line optimization.

December 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

High-speed poucher consolidates control

One control integrates logic, motion, operator interface, even temperature control, for a high-speed pouching machine.

December 31, 2002

Flow wrapping

Horizontal flow wrapper

The Falcon horizontal flow wrapper is available in a single-pack pillow or product-on-edge version and has a product-wrapping capacity of speeds in excess of 150 ppm.

December 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Pouch f/f/s

The FVU 16/60 D pouch f/f/s machine provides outputs of up to 1귔 4-side sealed sachet pouches/min. With a standard format width of 690 mm (27”), the FVU includes an Allen-Bradley PLC control system for user-friendly operation.

December 31, 2002

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

Splicer for form/fill/seal

Designed for use on a form/fill/seal machine, Series SP-1 Splicer can be used to splice a new roll of film "on the fly" without stopping production. Excess film buffered on a series of dancer rollers keeps the f/f/s machine going until the splice is complete.

December 31, 2002