Conveying & accumulation

Breakthrough aseptic line at CNP

Two new aseptic lines are capable of filling either 500-mL or 1-L brick pack cartons. FIFO accumulation system and remote robotic palletizing also shine.

June 30, 2001

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

Conflex Packaging Inc: Conflex Packaging Inc: Equipment data sheets

Three data sheets from Conflex (Milwaukee, WI) describe E-250 A automatic L-sealers, AdvantEdge™ 160 continuous-motion side-seal wrappers, and Servo-Flex™ 160 hf/f/s wrappers.

June 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Wrapper saves costs

Rexroth Indramat’s (Hoffman Estates, IL) new PPC (Combined Motion & Logic Controller) eliminates the need for a separate PLC on horizontal form/fill/seal machines from AmeriPak (Warrington, PA).

May 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

MAP for cooked ground beef

Inspired by bagged salad mixes, Farmland National Beef of Kansas City, MO, has launched three seasoned varieties of fully cooked ground beef in zippered bags with a 30-day refrigerated shelf life.

April 30, 2001

Cartoning

Sliced apples stay fresh for 36 days

Reichel Foods has moved from nacho chips and dip to luncheon meat to PBJ ‘Snax’ to carrots to celery, all in thermoformed trays. Now comes sliced apples with a 36-day refrigerated shelf life.

April 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

New machine 'maps' out sandwich packs

Manufacturer relies on modified atmosphere packaging for its line of convenience store sandwiches.

April 30, 2001

Flexible packaging

Climbing the ladder of f/f/s technology

Beginning a decade ago, Calhoun Bend Mill started with simple packaging equipment, went through a rebuild upgrade and now has two new vf/f/s machines for bags of its food mixes.

April 30, 2001

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

Hot-stamp imprinter

Marking a 1 7/8”x1 7/8” area at speeds to 250 cycles/min, the CodeRunner hot-stamp imprinter from Norwood (Downers Grove, IL) mounts easily onto continous-motion overwrapping machines, labelers, and f/f/s systems.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

A different kind of portal (sidebar)

Capsule reviews

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

'Sprinting' to automated efficiency

New bagging equipment makes it easy for this California manufacturer to package its disposable travel toilet for either industrial or retail channels.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Kit Kat Bites the 'Junkyard Dog'

To promote the best use of company equipment, Hershey Foods annually recognizes the team that saves the most money. Two packaging lines for Kit Kat Bites won for 2000.

March 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Skepticism surrounds rebuilt packaging equipment

Some 55% of 286 respondents to a Web survey said their companies had purchased used or rebuilt packaging equipment, or had their own packaging machines rebuilt. Here’s a look at what was replaced and the benefits they sought to gain.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Rebuilt gear means speed to market

Beginning with two metal detector/checkweighers and moving quickly to htf/f/s machinery, Reichel Foods has had a positive experience with rebuilt packaging equipment.

March 31, 2001