Conveying & accumulation

Golden Flake: New vf/f/s for potato chip bagging

Printed rollstock unwinds from the back of one of Golden Flake's new vf/f/s machines from Heat and Control. After a knife cuts between the seal area, the filled bag discharges at the bottom of the machine.

May 31, 2002

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

Superior Dairy: Blow molding of plastic milk bottles

At this Ohio dairy manufacturer, one floor above the filling line, HDPE bottles are blown and flash is trimmed. Then bottles are transported through a pneumatic tube to a bagging machine.

May 31, 2002

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

Distributors remain big factor in purchases (sidebar)

Are distributors valued?

May 31, 2002

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

Diamond of California: Scale systems for shelled nuts

Computerized scales from Hayssen deliver accurate amounts of nuts on this 16-head system that includes an upper scale with a booster hopper directly beneath. Nuts released from the scales fall through stainless-steel tubes into vf/f/s equipment.

April 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Diamond of California: Side-by-side form/fill/seal machines for nuts

Filled and sealed bags of nuts discharge from two side-by-side vf/f/s machines onto a conveyor that runs perpendicular to them. Bags are then conveyed downstream. Meanwhile, printed film is pulled through tensioning rollers on one of the vf/f/s machines (right).

April 30, 2002

Flow wrapping

At interpack 2002

NEWS FROM INTERPACK 2002: Packworld.com looks at some of the show’s notable news and products.

April 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Pouch system

CMD Packaging Systems (Appleton, WI) introduces its 3200 Series stand-up pouch system, which is ideal for companies looking to convert premade pouches or for those with existing pouching equipment.

April 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

New coex line broadens food pack offerings

Coextruded blown film is new to Enhance Packaging Technologies. ‘Pancake’ die technology gives maximum flexibility.

April 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Avail Medical: Upgraded vf/f/s pharma poucher

At this contract packager of medical and pharmaceutical products, isolated in a curtained area, the vf/f/s machine drops the six-up packets to a takeaway conveyor at a rate of 60 cycles/min.

March 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

A.R.C.: Computerized netweigher for roofing nails

Roofing nails are distributed by a vibratory feeder to the vf/f/s cone, which spreads them to the ring of 14 sets of buckets. The computer-controlled buckets provide the nails three-buckets-at-a-time to the bagger and onto a takeaway conveyor at a rate to 40/min of the 50-count, 1.5-lb bags. Equipment was supplied by Batching Systems.

March 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

A.R.C.: Optical-based parts counting

Fasteners are sorted, individually counted by the optical-based units, and deposited into a 60?-long heavy-duty indexing bucket conveyor. The bol counter shown is one of 10 side-by-side units, plus two Thru-Wall bolt feeders‹that supply fasteners such as washers to a vf/f/s bagger at a rate to 40 filled buckets/min. Equipment was supplied by Batching Systems.

March 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

A.R.C.: Vf/f/s kit bagging for parts

Counted parts and a literature sheet drop down the filling tube to the bag, which temporarily rests upon a platform to withstand the impact of up to 30 lb of hardware. An inclined conveyor leads to a bulk bin. Equipment was supplied by Batching Systems.

March 31, 2002

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

Crayola finds the write stuf

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Crayola products manufacturer Binney & Smith has improved efficiency in its packing department by installing a Joker 310V bagging system supplied by Brayford Plastics, part of the Supreme Plastics Group. Click logo for full article.

March 31, 2002