Controls & Machine Components

P&G Donates Intellectual Property to Packaging Industry

In an effort to speed adoption of OMAC’s PackML standard, Procter and Gamble announced at PackExpo that they are donating their internal application guidelines to the packaging industry.

October 13, 2009

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Controls & machine components

Sensor vision investment can yield rewarding ROI

Saving money and improving efficiency is the goal of discreet vision sensors.

October 6, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Technology providers illustrate potential new machinery applications

Spread amongst the vastness of Pack Expo are illustrations of what new and emerging technologies could accomplish in newly designed packaging machines.

October 6, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging innovation marks syrup's debut

The closure is user-friendly and the filling system is ultra-clean. Soon, an in-line labeler will maximize shelf impact by neatly aligning neck and body labels.

October 4, 2009

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Sanitary servo drive auger filler

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery’s sanitary servo drive auger filler is engineered to meet demanding USDA and 3A Dairy design requirements.

October 4, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Leak test valves/manifolds

Ross Controls, which has acquired Dale Industrial Products, is releasing the Dale Series Leak Test (LT) pneumatic valves and manifolds.

October 4, 2009

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

Traversing printhead accommodates 10-lane stickpack f/f/s machine

Viking Packaging incorporates digital date coding technology into its 10-lane stickpack machinery.

October 4, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Brushless motors

Baldor’s BSM25C and BSM33C brushless motors provide high torque and power, reduced maintenance, and quiet operation.

October 4, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New equipment brings a boost to Pompeian

This maker of olive oils and other food ingredients is using new filling, labeling, and nitrogen-dosing equipment to improve its manufacturing efficiency.

September 6, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Cost benefits of Connect-and-Pack

September 5, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

New data on controls in packaging

Exclusive survey on controls and integration practices followed by builders and buyers of packaging machinery shows that interconnectivity is on the rise.

September 5, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Screw actuators solve a bag-positioning riddle

Flaws in bag consistency make it difficult for this bulk bag filling system to position bags accurately. Screw actuators meet the challenge.

September 4, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Rotary air valves

Clippard’s line of rotary air valves are 4-way with 1/4 in. NPT ports.

September 4, 2009