Controls & Machine Components

Booksize compact drive

Siemens Sinamics S120 Booksize Compact muti-axis drive delivers high overload capability in tight machine spaces.

January 31, 2009

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Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Controller

Rockwell Automation’s Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 controller provides end users and OEMs with a higher I/O count, faster high-speed counter and pulse train output (PTO), and improved network capabilities.

January 31, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Greener in Europe: Mars' tin

Mars in the U.K. changed a container from tin to plastic to reduce its carbon footprint.

January 31, 2009

Recycling

Glass container recycling Rate Climbs in U.S./California

New U.S. EPA data shows the glass recycling rate jumped to 28.1% in 2007, up three percentage points from 2006 (25.3%). An estimated 3.2 million tons were recovered compared to 2.9 million in 2006.

January 30, 2009

Labels

Wine label chills nicely

Wineries that capture customers with their finest wines might be losing sales when their labels get wet.

January 30, 2009

Bio-based

Probiotic straw gives kids drink a boost

A first for children’s nutritional beverages, new Boost Kid Essentials from Nestlé Nutrition provides a dose of live, active probiotic cultures for added immunity protection through a unique delivery system.

January 30, 2009

Sustainability

Prudence remains compulsory in packaging

As policy makers attempting to fix the nation’s economy seek a balance between big-time government intervention and America’s passionate belief in free markets, many economists are turning conventional wisdom on its head.

January 30, 2009

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

New unscrambler concept speeds throughput, reduces downtime and has smaller footprint

The new NECOSORT-III high-speed plastic bottle unscrambler from Nalbach has a unique design consisting of a rotating vertical drum and only two moving parts, reducing maintenance and downtime.

January 28, 2009

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Data acquisition a good fit at vertically integrated water bottler

Packaging line analysis is never so important as it is in a rotten economy. That's when every ounce of efficiency must be wrung out of a packaging line just to keep Chapter 11 at bay.

January 28, 2009

Consumer packaged goods

High-speed bagger for chemical industry

Used primarily in the chemical and petrochemical industries and is designed for dust-free granulated products, the FFS Gamma High-Speed Bagger is from Haver Filling Systems. It’s capable of speeds to 2,000 bags/hour. The machine provides maximum efficiency due to the harmony between the weighing system and the FFS machine.

January 27, 2009

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

High-tech, lower-cost hf/f/s for deli meats

VisionPak™ Deli Machine servo-drive hf/f/s machine from CP Packaging provides ultra-sanitary safety and high-level machine performance based on Bosch Rexroth controls technology. Features a chain-free-direct drive web feed and the first 100% weld-free stainless-steel frame construction.

January 24, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Medicinal packs differentiate personal care products

Groganics line of personal care products employ medicinal appearance to PET bottles and jars.

January 23, 2009

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Heinz ketchup label unveils new look

After 110 years, labels drop pickle in favor of the tomato for 2009.

January 20, 2009