Palletizing/depalletizing

B&R demonstrates new automation capabilities at PACK EXPO 2010

B&R Industrial Automation will introduce advances in safety, robotic, ease-of-use, connectivity and automation technology at PACK EXPO Booth S-1073. Several respected OEMs will introduce B&R-enabled machines.

October 4, 2010

Case/tray packing: Page 58

Secondary Packaging

Video shows tray-packer for high-speed blister and carton lines

Video shows Z Automation tray packer for high-speed blister line, including blister stacking/collating mechanism. Video also shows machine that can pack 6- and 12-count tray packs of cartons, also at high speeds.

October 4, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Elliott case packing systems are adaptable, redeployable

Fast changeover and easy reconfiguration make Elliott's new modular case packing systems a future-proof investment.

October 2, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Servo-driven shuttle case packer with one-button start/stop

Video of this integrated, small-footprint, side-load case erecting/packing system shows operation with continuous positive product control without the use of flight chains.

September 19, 2010

Secondary Packaging

High-speed wraparound case packer results in material savings

Watch this video of a high-speed wraparound case packer application. Benefits include material savings vs. KD cases, and a reduced machine foot print with fast reliable changeover.

September 19, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Focke General Packaging hosts in-house event in Germany September 20- 24

Focke General Packaging will host another in-house event this month, September 20-24 in Barssel, Germany.

September 16, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Teaching retorts how to communicate

Operations management in all types of manufacturing is under constant pressure to continually achieve efficiency improvements.

September 13, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Pack Expo purchases triple production

End-of-line equipment purchased at Pack Expo International 2008 helped Garden Lites boost productivity significantly. Top management will be back at the Chicago show this Fall

September 9, 2010

Secondary Packaging

2-pack "convenience case" case packers

Schneider Packaging Equipment's 2-pack convenience case packing solution for packaging gable top cartons is designed for any application where gable cartons are packaged into corrugate cases.

August 10, 2010

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

Harpak and ULMA complete merger

Harpak, Inc. and ULMA Packaging Systems, Inc. merged on July 19, 2010.

August 9, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Bergami opens office in Pennsylvania

After more than 15 years of sales in the US, Bergami Srl Bologna, Italy, has opened a North America office, Bergami USA, in Mt. Bethel, PA.

August 2, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Side loading case packer

The model K-15 fully automatic side loading case packer from Bergami runs at speeds up to 15 cases/min. in an 11 ft. x 6 ft. footprint.

July 29, 2010

Secondary Packaging

MAP sealing machine

The APOLLO SLB™ Rotating MAP Sealing Machine from Arpac-Hefestus uses the patented Shelf Life Booster™ (SLB™) tray sealing, gas flush technology to extend the shelf-life of sealing trays with MAP.

July 13, 2010