Secondary Packaging

Automatic top loader

Equipped with a gantry or an articulated 6-axis robot, the SD Series automatic top loader from Cermex offers numerous features in a minimal footprint.

April 3, 2008

Case/tray packing: Page 71

Secondary Packaging

Wash - down case taper

New from EZ-Tek Industries is the BB-2/S stainless-steel case-taping machine, designed for large-run case sealing in a wash-down environment.

April 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

Nuspark makes custom packaging standard

Compact vertical and horizontal cartoning, case erecting & packing, robotic pick & place – Nuspark does it all and more. And they build customized solutions from pre-engineered packaging modules, a perfect fit for ELAU Intelligent Servo Module technology.

March 3, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

New case erector is multifunctional, flexible

Pro Pack Systems is rewriting the book on case erecting/bottom sealing with its modular, recipe-driven, servo-adjusted, print-on-demand Pro Print™ EBS 15 machine offering advanced Markem, ELAU and Nordson subsystems.

March 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Latest Adabot™ adds capabilities

Fallas Automation’s latest robotic case packer for flexible packages offers wider payload range, stainless washdown construction, lets operators build pick recipes.

March 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Ode to OMAC

Pearson Packaging Systems, a leading maker of secondary packaging systems including case erecting and case packing machines, appears to be among the packaging machinery builders that have recognized the benefits of OMAC-based standards and is looking for every opportunity to implement them.

February 27, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotic trends in packaging

Part 2 of a 2-part series on trends in packaging robotics. (Our previous report explored reasons for the proliferation of purpose-built robotic capabilities in packaging machine designs. This concluding article looks at applications and design considerations for OEMs.)

January 30, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Case/tray packers

Douglas’ Axiom® IM Series Case/Tray Packers maximize adjustability with next generation electronic motion control technology.

January 29, 2008

Cartoning

Embedding robotic functionality in packaging machinery

Part 1 of a 2-part series explores the trend toward packaging machinery integrating purpose-built robotic capabilities.

January 21, 2008

Flexible packaging

High-volume retailers set the pace for packaging

Consumer packaged goods companies follow high-volume retailers’ packaging lead as they seek to align with retailer strategies, brand positioning.

January 11, 2008

Secondary Packaging

High-speed case packer

Brenton Eng. has introduced the Series 60 case packer, which provides a high-speed, flexible solution for loading a range of products in cases or trays on the same machine.

November 7, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Video: AstraZeneca relies on robotics

Robotic case packing and palletizing of Nexium blister- and wallet-packs at AstraZeneca's Sodertalje, Sweden, facility improve productivity and reduce manufacturing costs.

October 16, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Complete packaging line on display at PELV 2007

Pearson is displaying a full packaging line from case erector to robotic case/tray loader, to case sealer at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2007.

October 15, 2007