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Flow wrapper

The new Flowtronic 120AB flow wrapper from GEI Autowrappers (Wayne, PA) uses an Allen-Bradley PLC and a three-axis servomotor drive system for flexibility in a range of applications.

December 31, 1997

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Flow wrapper for heat- or cold-sealable films

The Pack 300 from Klockner Bartelt Medipak (Sarasota, FL) is a new servo-driven system for flow wrapping products in heat- or cold-sealable films. Operating at speeds of 300+ packages/min, depending on product and packaging material, the Pack 300 is suitable for multi-shift, non-stop production.

July 31, 1997

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Flow wrappers

The Flowtronic 120SE from GEI Autowrappers (Wayne, PA) is capable of reaching speeds to 400 packs/min. Specifications for up to 20 different products can be retrieved with push-button control.

July 31, 1997

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Flow wrapper

Rose Forgrove (St. Charles, IL) will introduce a shrink film version of the servo-driven Minerva rotary jaw flow wrapper. Designed with easy operation and maintenance in mind, it's suited for applications such as bakery, medical, meat and poultry, cosmetics and snack foods.

October 31, 1996

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Flexible packaging

Pouches stand up for DuPont awards

For the second year running, stand-up pouches were prominent among winners in the DuPont Awards competition. Markets from around the world are represented in this 10th installment of the annual competition.

October 31, 1996

Flowrapper

Ilapak's (Newtown, PA) Carrera® 3000 horizontal flowrapper uses three individually controlled servo motors for infeed, rollers and jaws. Reaches speeds to 150 products/min using a single-head; multiple-head systems are also available.

May 31, 1996

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Flexible packaging

Simplified wrapper boosts output

Despite a high-tech wrapping material, Saputo had too many leakers of its block cheese packs. New wrapper greatly improves seals while it boosts line output and slashes changeover time.

February 29, 1996

Saputo?s new MAP wrapper (far left) includes a bilingual copy display (left) that describes the product and size parameters that

General Mills downgauges costs

While heat-sealable films have long dominated flow wrapping applications, films coated with cohesives that seal through pressure alone are growing in use.

February 29, 1996

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Conveying & accumulation

Flow wrapper

Rose Forgrove's (St. Charles, IL) new Integra flow wrapper is designed for hermetic sealing of gas barrier films, including heavy-gauge and metallic laminates, at speeds to 150 packages/min.

January 31, 1996

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Flexible packaging

Sewing up a new line

A versatile thermoformer lets this pharmaceutical manufacturer package its sutures in an easy-peel package that hospitals like.

December 31, 1995

Final suture packages are placed into cartons of twelve (above) before distribution. At the lidding station (right), rolls

Chewing up market share

New pack and product size necessitate a $7 million investment in packaging machinery for Warner-Lambert Canada. A 4.4 percentage point gain in market share justifies investment in customized flow wrappers, laser coders and display carton overwrappers.

September 30, 1995

The laser-coded roll of printed material unwinds (from left to right) into the first station within the flow wrapper for sealing

Chewing up market share (sidebar)

Lasers sweeten coding for gum packs

September 30, 1995

The highly readable laser code (below left) is applied in-line, to a variety of Warner-Lambert1s 8- and 16-count packs of slab g

Servo-driven flowwrapper

The Pack 500 from Klockner/Ho/oonsel Tevopharm (Sarasota, FL), a div. of Klockner Bartelt, is the company's first servo-driven version of automatic flowwrappers for confectionery and baked goods applications.

May 31, 1995

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Products

Lantech Launches SL400AMR Integrated Stretch Wrapper Globally

Company to showcase a live SL400AMR unit running with an automated mobile robot at PACK EXPO International 2026 in Chicago in Booth N-5506.

Robopac USA to Demonstrate Genesis Thunder with Automatic Roll Changer and New LX Automatic Stretch Wrapper at PACK EXPO International 2026

Aetna Group Showcases Automation Solutions Designed to Boost Productivity and Reduce Labor Dependence at PACK EXPO 2026