Conveying & accumulation

Inkjet controller

I-Mark™ is available as either a raw controller board, with or without enclosure, or as a complete standalone system with Windows CE touch-screen interface, keyboard, enclosure, and other options.

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Flexible packaging

Pouch f/f/s

The FVU 16/60 D pouch f/f/s machine provides outputs of up to 1귔 4-side sealed sachet pouches/min. With a standard format width of 690 mm (27”), the FVU includes an Allen-Bradley PLC control system for user-friendly operation.

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Flexible packaging

Stand-up pouches at 500/min

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Flexible packaging

High-speed case/tray packer

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Tray denesters

New line of stand-alone, servo-driven, universal-screw tray denesters run at speeds to 300 containers/min. Equipment is designed to be rolled up to any existing line and be fully integrated in 10 min or less for any container possessing uniform stacking features.

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Cartoning

Top-load cartoner

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Baldor Electric Company: Electronic catalog

Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) offers customers Version 8.0 of its interactive Electronic Catalog on CD-ROM. Users can instantly access a variety of technical information on more than 6귔 different Baldor motors and drives.

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CTC Parker Automation: PC control card

Designed for small- and mid-size machine control on a PCI card is the new MachineLogic™ Slot Card Runtime control card from CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH).

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Cermex Inc: PC interfaces

Cermex (Norcross, GA) offers industrial PC-based operator interfaces on all of its packaging machinery, in a standard version or as an option, depending on the model.

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

Affordable vf/f/s machine

Rovema displayed for the first time at PackExpo 2002 a new line of economical baggers. The intermittent-motion Model VPI-260 E is built for a heat seal execution for the production of pillow style bags.

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Secondary Packaging

Case erector/bottom sealer

SWF Companies (Altamonte Springs, FL) has redesigned the CE 151 high-speed, automatic case erector/bottom flap sealer. Reaching speeds to 45 cases/min, the CE 151’s standard features include a Nordson hot melt system, easy load hopper, and multiple case size capabilities.

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

Valve bag system

Taylor Products (Parsons, KS) offers a brochure detailing information on its safe, clean valve bag placing, packing, and weighing equipment.

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Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Maintenance software

Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL) introduces WinPRM AddOn software for System 200 PLC controllers. Software simplifies preventive maintenance management and ensures machine uptime by monitoring the operation of machine components when maintenance events become due, company says. WinPRM monitors component operation in two ways.

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