Secondary Packaging

Bottom-load case packer for frozen pizza

See this video clip of a Massmann Automation Designs bottom-load KD case packer with plaque-style lane divider for 11" diameter frozen pizza.

January 19, 2011

Prepared Foods: Page 15

Flexibles

Baby food fruit snacks in barrier cups

Headquartered in Kunovice, Czechoslovakia, Hame is a major food processor and packager that markets a range of shelf-stable and chilled foods both within its own borders and to about 35 other countries.

January 3, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Packaging trends to watch in 2011

Last year we asked automation consultant John Kowal to present 6 trends to anticipate in the coming year. Here's what Kowal, who is now packaging market development manager at B&R Industrial Automation, for another round of trends.

January 2, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Kliklok CELOX Endload Cartoner with TRAC-I packaging frozen pancakes (90-120cpm)

The CELOX features a servo-driven version of Kliklok's patented rotary carton feeder -- the fastest, most positive feeder in the industry.

December 14, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Kliklok Topload Cartoning Line packaging frozen side dishes at up to 140 cpm

This Kliklok cartoning line features a Genesis lock-style former and a Vari-Straight closer packaging frozen side dishes in tri-seal cartons.

December 14, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Kliklok Topload Cartoning Line packaging deli creations refrigerated meals at 120 cpm

Kliklok topload cartoning machines provide the versatility and positive control necessary for special cartons.

December 14, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Kliklok CELOX HP Endload Cartoner packages frozen pizzas

A Kliklok High-Speed Endload Cartoning Line featuring a CELOX HP cartoner, stacking collator and product infeed timing conveyor.

December 14, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Programming standards are the future

Resting firmly on the programming language standard PLCopen and the ‘packaging machine language’ known as PackML, this system represents the future of packaging.

November 27, 2010

Labels

Whipped Lightning strikes six times in colorful shrink-sleeve label

Full-body PVC label shrinks to fit nesting aerosol can for alcohol-infused whipped topping.

November 23, 2010

Flow wrapping

Ilapak revolutionizes pizza packaging

Imagine a fresh – not frozen – pizza that will last months in your refrigerator. That's the aim of vacuumizing technology implemented in Ilapak's innovative new MAP flow packaging systems. And the B&R-enabled control system is PackML compliant, too.

November 16, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Quick-start printers save time and ink

Frozen dessert company likes new ink-jet printer performance and versatility.

November 13, 2010

Converting equipment

Sonoco Plastics unifies company's plastics operations

Sonoco has announced that it is centralizing its various plastics operations under a single corporate umbrella and brand, Sonoco Plastics.

November 11, 2010

Prepared Foods

Arctic Robotic Design Guide

How can you increase the productivity of your freezer, lower operation and labor costs without sacrificing product quality? Read the arctic robot design guide from KUKA to learn how.

October 19, 2010