Cartoning

Perfecting pasta packaging

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

January 7, 2009

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Conveying & accumulation

X-ray systems enhance hot dog QA

During 2008, a leading hot dog manufacturer installed PowerChek Plus x-ray inspection systems from Mettler-Toledo Safeline (www.mt.com/safelineus) on six separate packaging lines.

January 6, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Maximum case packer flexibility

The R700 Adabot Case Packer from Fallas Automation picks up bags on the fly at high speeds and loads them accurately into cases in any custom-pack pattern desired.

January 5, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Massman Automation acquires Sabel Engineering

Massman Automation Designs—located in Villard, Minnesota—has acquired Sabel Engineering Corporation.

December 22, 2008

Flexible packaging

Packaging automation delivers value for tough economy

With the recession ‘official,’ CPGs stand to win more sales and market share in 2009 through packaging innovation and efficiency than comparable investments.

December 8, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Pearson Packaging Systems acquires Goodman Packaging Equipment

Pearson Packaging Systems, manufacturer of secondary packaging equipment, is acquiring Goodman Packaging Equipment, a Chicago-area based producer of top loading case packers.

December 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Sterling Anthony On Pack Expo Intl. 2008

For a variety of reasons, it was a good year.

December 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

One man's outlook on packaging machinery

Todd Baker, engineering manager at the Liquid Nails Division of AkzoNobel Decorative Paints U.S., shares his thoughts on what to look for in automated packaging machinery.

December 2, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Is it a robot? A top loader? A side loader?

It’s a horizontal case packer for doing a stand-up pack pattern with pillow style bags or standup pouches.  It’s a vertical case packer, too.  But most surprising of all, it’s a case packer that uses 3-axis delta robots.

November 30, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Edson debuts delta robot case packer

Sustainability will drive flexible packaging usage to higher levels than ever.  That’s good news for customers of Edson Packaging Machinery.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Portable data collection for packaging machinery

Increasingly, packagers see the value of gathering machinery performance data and analyzing OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) to improve operational efficiency.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Co-packing gets automated

XPAK USA  teamed up with Schneider Electric for the technical resources to automate co-packing of variety packs.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Rethinking robotic case packing

To Switchback Group, its robot is the centerpiece of ‘soft integration’ between packaging processes on a line.

November 24, 2008