Cartoning

Barilla's checkweigher checklist

The combination of Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed checkweighing and Safeline metal detection has been part of Barilla’s success story since its first U.S. plant opened in 1996 in Ames, IA.

January 8, 2009

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Cartoning

Perfecting pasta packaging

A line at Barilla's greenfield plant in Avon, NY, features a cartoner and two case packers.

January 7, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Modular cartoning system is customizable

Bivans Model 54L/82 semi-automatic cartoning system operates at speeds to 60 cartons/min. It handles a range of formats from reverse-tuck to fifth panel, autobottom, and other carton styles.  Modular design means you can add automation as demand grows.

January 5, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Intermittent-motion horizontal cartoner

Campak’s PMM erects cartons by means of an articulated twin blade, prevents product from straying out of the carton, and is equipped with a Mechanical Memory system for rapid size changeovers.

December 15, 2008

Cartoning

Wireless comes to packaging

Used for a decade in things like warehousing or petrochemicals, where long distances make wired connections inefficient, wireless is now surfacing in packaging.

December 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Servo cartoner delivers speed and accuracy

Z Automation’s latest Schneider Electric-equipped horizontal servo cartoner features motorized setup and remote diagnostics/operation.

November 24, 2008

Cartoning

Authentication down to tablet or capsule

Contract packager Tjoapack installs a tablet line with coding, scanning, and software capabilities that deliver traceability from pallet all the way back to the unit dose.

November 2, 2008

Cartoning

Bottling lines bump up nail-polish production

Super quick-changeover nail-polish packaging lines help OPI keep cranking out the colors. Custom cartoners complement high-speed filling.

November 2, 2008

Flexible packaging

High-capacity line supports sweetener launch

A breakthrough all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener from Cargill, Truvia is packed in a unique, hooded carton on a custom line that produces nearly 300 million sachets/year.

November 2, 2008

Flexible packaging

Rethinking robotic case packing

To Switchback Group, its robot is much more than a case packer, it’s the centerpiece of ‘soft integration’ between packaging processes on a line.

October 17, 2008

Cartoning

Servo cartoner delivers speed and accuracy

Z Automation’s latest Schneider Electric-equipped servo cartoner features motorized setup and remote diagnostics/operation.

October 17, 2008

Cartoning

Blister packaging machines

Two proven machines from Serpa are designed to support blister packaging lines and are suitable for pharmaceutical, personal care, and medical device applications, thanks to fall-through construction that meets all sanitary and FDA validation requirements.

October 6, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Web plus

New or enhanced web sites.

October 5, 2008