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Conveying & accumulation
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Rexroth Indramat’s (Hoffman Estates, IL) new PPC (Combined Motion & Logic Controller) eliminates the need for a separate PLC on horizontal form/fill/seal machines from AmeriPak (Warrington, PA).
May 31, 2001

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Conveying & accumulation
Crown Candy receives royal wrapper
Candy maker purchases new horizontal flow wrapper for wrapping large, coconut bon bons. The PC-controlled machine reduces changeover, increases line speeds and simplifies the packaging process.
September 30, 2000
Crown Candy's new horizontal flow wrapper seals large, flat-bottomed bon bons with a seam on the bottom.
Cartoning
Food marketers focus on schools
New packaging equipment is helping two California food processors grow their school foodservice businesses.
August 31, 2000
At Southland Bagel, preglued sleeves are erected and placed in a flighted conveyor (left) so operators can slide pizza bagels in
Conveying & accumulation
New code's legibility smears its predecessor
Casa de Oro Foods’ new date coder produces a clean, legible date code on taco-shell cartons, tortilla bags and corrugated shippers. Downtime is minimal.
April 30, 2000
Casa de Oro's tortilla bags, taco-shell cartons and corrugated cases all receive a crisp, legible date code for the benefit of b
Cartoning
Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: PC-based controller
Suitable for use in form/fill/seal, flow wrapping, cartoning, labeling and blister forming machinery, the PacDrive™ PC-based controller/servo drive system from Elau (Chicago, IL) is a fully digital system that replaces mechanical main shafts.
February 29, 2000
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Flow wrapping
Klockner Hansel Tevopharm USA: Flow wrapper
The servo-driven Pack 200 horizontal flow wrapper from Klockner Hänsel Tevopharm (Sarasota, FL) uses cold- or heat-sealable film to wrap bakery and confectionery products at speeds to 350 packs/min.
January 31, 2000
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Flexible packaging
Foodservice packs at twice the speed
Canadian coffee marketer sees growth in coffee filter-packs used by guests in hotel rooms. A new flow wrapper lets the firm aggressively pursue this foodservice market niche.
November 30, 1999
These filter-packs of ground coffee represent a growth opportunity for Cordoba Coffee now that the company has automated overwra
Cartoning
Tasty Baking takes a bite of automation
Automated packaging lines have transformed the sixth floor at thelegendary Philadelphia bakery. Flowrappers, cartoners and case packers take center stage in the new lines.
September 30, 1999
As cartons are lifted up into the corrugated case, a loading tube keeps carton edges from catching on the edges of the case, t
Flow wrapping
Packagers take a lease on new business
Packagers that lease equipment cite preservation of working capital and tax benefits as advantages over buying.
September 30, 1999
John Harris, Nature Labs? director of operations, found leasing indispensable in setting up a new packaging line for the rapi
Flexible packaging
Migros 'MAPS' out a meat strategy
The Migros chain of supermarkets in Switzerland relies on barrier materials and centralized, modified-atmosphere packaging for its case-ready fresh ground beef.
June 30, 1999
Formed beef patties are automatically dropped into formed trays by a retractable conveyor system
Flow wrapping
Valuable relationship shaves time
By having one dedicated flexible packaging vendor, American Safety Razor has slashed order lead times and improved quality.
May 31, 1999
Jeff Coppola, vice president of logistics at ASR (above), inspects packages of razors as they come off the line. ASR packages o
Conveying & accumulation
Robotic tray loaders speed cookie loading
A state-of-the-art line at Voortman Cookies in Canada uses 10 vision-guided robots to simultaneously pack cookies into five trays at 1걄 cookies/min. Saves C$450ꯠ/yr in labor costs and provides 10-minute tool-less changeover.
April 30, 1999
The output from all ten robots is handled by a single flow wrapper that wraps trays at 90/min (right). Operators can monitor the
Flow wrapping
GEI Intl. Inc: Flow wrapper
The new Flowtronic 120SF wrapping machine from GEI Intl. (Exton, PA) can produce up to 1ꯠ packs/min. Suitable for the confectionery industry, the machine features an Allen-Bradley PanelView(TM) 600 color display unit for tool-free adjustment of key parameters.
April 30, 1999
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