Cartoning

Pack Expo Video: High-speed tube filler

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: At the Sidel booth, Norden-Pac (Branchburg, NJ) was showing its Nordenmatic 2002S/Nordenpac 2002S high-speed tube filling and cartoning line.See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2002

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Flexible packaging

Pack Expo Video: High-speed case/tray packer for drink pouches

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: BluePrint Automation (Colonial Heights, VA) demonstrated a servo-driven, robotic top-loading machine for case-packing stand-up pouches. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Pack Expo Video: Stand-up pouches at 500/min

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: R.A. Jones & Co. (Cincinnati, OH) demonstrated its new Pouch King continuous-motion, horizontal form/fill/seal machine running at 500 stand-up pouches/min. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2002

Controls & machine components

Affordable vision sensor

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Banner Engineering (Minneapolis, MN) introduced PresencePLUS Pro™, a new camera-based visual inspection sensor, priced at less than $2괌.

October 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Pallaypack Inc: Shrink bundler

PallayPack Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) offers the Arenco Line of shrink bundlers for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food products. Available in 3 models, shrink bundlers can accommodate bottles from 1 oz to 1 gal.

October 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Machine controls

Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) offers Simotion®, a family of products that incorporates motion control, logic, as well as temperature and pneumatic control, in a single, integrated system.

October 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Eastman Chemical Company: Clearer copolyester for cosmetics

Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN) introduces Eastar copolyester DN011, a new injection-molding grade that is Eastman’s clearest copolyester to date, company says.

October 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Calls for warnings on painkillers

Concerned that consumers may not fully understand the risks associated with common painkillers, a Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended more explicit warnings on package labels of products containing aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen.

October 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

About the Auto-ID Center

The Auto-ID Center is a not-for-profit global research organization headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founded in 1999, the Center was created in response to the Universal Code Council’s vision to build the next generation bar code.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Does packaging need more machinery education?

Some in packaging feel that packaging universities shortchange students on machinery. Can it—or should it—be learned in college?

October 31, 2002

Cartoning

Bag-in-box cartoner

Triangle Package Machinery (Chicago) will be introducing its bag-in-box cartoner, ProLine FC, at Pack Expo, booth 1121. ProLine FC employs a new method for inserting bags into cartons in single, twin, and triple pack patterns.

September 30, 2002

Controls & machine components

High-power vision system

PPT Vision (Eden Prairie, MN) has announced Impact™, a new high-speed machine vision micro-system that is said to be competitively priced with vision sensors but has the power and flexibility of large expensive vision systems.

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Plug-and-Pack3; machinery meeting at Pack Expo

Learn about advances made in Plug-and-Pack™ machinery. Such equipment uses standard operator interface screens, machine states, programming languages, and networks. The benefit: fast, flexible changeover and the ability to be plugged into a packaging line anywhere in the world.

September 30, 2002