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

Make quick work of heavier bags with this continuous sealer

The Plexpack ACS 6200 continuous bag sealer handles up to 500 inches per minute, and includes options for various application challenges. But what happens to seal integrity on bags weighing more than two pounds? See for yourself in this video...

November 12, 2014

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Flexible packaging

Insert spouts into pouches for liquid filling applications

Bossar's BVH (Bossar Vertical Horizontal machine) machine is a servo-controlled machine that can form stand-up Stabilo-type pouches with the classic side-gusset folds and a stand-up base, and it can insert top spouts onto the pouches, making it suitable for liquids and free-flowing powders.

November 11, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Smallest pharma shrink wrapper in the world

According to Polypack, its Pharma 16 shrink packaging machine is the smallest in the world, at less than 8-ft long. Targeted at pharmaceutical packaging applications, the machine can handle 4-, 6-, or 8-pack round or square products at 20 cycles/min.

November 11, 2014

Flexibles

Shelf-stable pouch advances at PACK EXPO

Convenience foods and drinks remain shelf stable longer with Printpack's new barrier films for stand-up pouches, cereal box pouches become more sustainable with 57% renewable content, and woven PP bags offer a more economical option for large pet food bags.

November 11, 2014

Robotics

Affordable, collaborative robotics? Meet Baxter

Paired with a Rollbag R1275 semi-automatic bagger from PAC, Rethink Robotics' Baxter robot brings the price of robotic packaging to under $50,000.

November 4, 2014

Flexibles

Flexible, stackable, reclosable packaging made from a roll of film

Clear Lam highlights PrimaPak - flexible, stackable, reclosable packaging made from a roll of film. It's made to replace cans, bottles, jars, trays, & dysfunctional stand-up pouches.

November 4, 2014

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

Bagger aims at new frontier

Kliklok-Woodman introduces its new Frontier bagger. Designed as a simple drawbar machine, it's capable of speeds of 70-75 bags per minute, and is aimed at global markets where the packaging skill pool may make complex systems less practical.

November 4, 2014

Flexible packaging

Run small, run fast

GEA Food Solutions demonstrates its line of SmartPacker Vertical Form-Fill-Seal bagging equipment. Here, the twin tube C- high speed pillow bagger has been optimized to run small and pillow pouches at high rates of speed.

November 4, 2014

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

Improve fill cycle with "following" funnels

Cloud Packaging Equipments simulates its Hydroforma line feeding its Robert's IMP 1500 line with PVA or water soluble pouches dosed from an Olson Scale.

November 4, 2014

Flexibles

Next-gen reclosures

The newest reclosure tape from Aplix is designed for large bags and has been used in the pet food category for net weights in the 4-lb range.

November 3, 2014

Flexible packaging

Highly versatile stick pack machine

RoPak's highly versatile stick pack machine can accomplish both liquid and dry packs by simply changing the doser. Servo control of the doser, in conjunction with different forming axes, allow for very easy changeover, in fact, the machine can perform a tool-less changeover, with only forming tubes, film and appropriate machine configurations in need of change.

November 3, 2014

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

Small-footprint bagger allows for easy wash down

The new HSP small-footprint bagger from M-Tek vacuums, gas flushes and seals. Plus, its stainless steel construction makes for easy wash down without having to spend time covering or protecting any machine components.

November 2, 2014

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

High-speed bagger's hygienic frame contains no hollow bodies

Rovema demonstrated the new BVC series high-speed baggers. The 180 series, with stood off electrical cabinet and new format of mounting configuration can reach 240 bags per minute, with product.

November 2, 2014