Conveying & accumulation

Government funds casing upgrade at Boyd Coffee

With R&D funding from Oregon’s OSHA, Boyd Coffee develops a custom case packer that addresses repetitive motion injuries attributable to manual packing. Machine also reduces giveaway.

July 31, 2000

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Tops Engineering Corporation: Software update

New features and enhancements are included in TOPS Pro 4.00, the latest version of the packaging design and palletization software available from Tops Eng.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: AC motors

Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has released a brochure on the Reliance Electric washdown duty AC motors for severe wet and corrosive environments.

June 30, 2000

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Balluff: Packaging sensors

Balluff (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has released a brochure highlighting various sensors in the company’s PackPRO packaging sensors program. The program was designed for full automation and includes optoelectrics for presence, color mark and luminescence detection; Micropulse® noncontact magnetostrictive linear position transducers; noncontact Power remote systems; limit switches and many more.

June 30, 2000

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Rollstock, Inc: Rollstock, Inc: Yield/cost calculations

Witt Plastics (Greenville, OH) has taken the yield/cost calculator function from its Web site and placed it on a CD-ROM titled “The Witt Yield Advantage.” The tool allows users of plastic sheet and rollstock to calculate cost, yield, size and weight of the product.

June 30, 2000

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Sonics & Materials: Hand-held welding sealer

Compact and rugged, Model H-520 from Sonics & Materials (Newtown, CT) is a 500W, 20kHz hand-held welder designed for spot welding and reaching difficult areas.

June 30, 2000

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Better Packages: Reinforced tape dispenser

Model 555e is patented in form and function, says maker Better Packages (Shelton, CT), for dispensing reinforced gummed tape. Microprocessor-based control system monitors tape use, productivity and maintenance.

June 30, 2000

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Hot-melt tank

New Valet hot-melt tank from Valco Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) is a full-featured tank for light-duty applications. Has 8-lb capacity and 8-lb/hr melt rate with motor-driven gear pump and Teflon®-coated reservoir.

June 30, 2000

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George Gordon Assoc., Inc: Pen dispenser

George Gordon’s (Merrimack, NH) HSPE-338 dispenser groups pens and other cylindrical products—with or without clips or uniform cap orientation—and advances them downstream.

June 30, 2000

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Motors using new grease

Now all industrial electric motors from Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) will use Exxon Polyrex® EM polyurea grease. According to Baldor, the new grease is an improvement over other polyurea greases because it displays more durability against mechanical shearing forces; better resists washout, rust and corrosion; and extends bearings’ lubrication life by more than 4 times.

June 30, 2000

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Filler Specialties Inc: Filling valves

Extended Shelf-Life (ESL) valves from Filler Specialties (Zeeland, MI) are for bottlers looking for accurate fills and easier cleaning. These valves have tri-clamp connections in place of slip joints, which means cleaning can be done in place.

June 30, 2000

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Serac Inc: Customer services

Serac (Carol Stream, IL) details its 7-point approach to service and support of its filling machines and systems in a new 8-page brochure. Full-color brochure includes information on consulting, start-up, training, diagnostics, technical support, contract preventive maintenance and packaging line evaluations.

June 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Kalish, a member of DT Industries Packaging Group: Palletizer

Recommended for pharmaceutical applications, Kalish’s (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) stainless steel Pallit palletizer accepts cases from any side, using vacuum plates that can be changed without tools in 1 min.

June 30, 2000