Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Hf/f/s system for blisters

Unprinted PET blisters are manufactured on Illig’s (Heilbronn, Germany) FS 35 hf/f/s machine. Product information can be printed on a paperboard card and placed in each package or the machine can be outfitted with printing equipment.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: P-s labeling system

The Model 6111 WA p-s labeling system from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA) uses the Model 2111 air-blow labeling head for speeds to 1ꯠ”/min. Applies full- or partial-wrap labels to products such as pharmaceutical vials and vitamin containers.

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

European Packaging Machinery, Inc: Tf/f/s machine for food applications

Alfa Machine (Athens, Greece), represented in the U.S. by European Packaging Machinery (Tennent, NJ), has introduced a new tf/f/s machine for the food industry.

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Conveying & accumulation

Kalish, a member of DT Industries Packaging Group: Pharmaceutical labeler

The Labelstar p-s labeler from Kalish (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is stepper-motor-driven, which enables the labeling head to be synchronized with the conveyor speed.

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Secondary Packaging

Palletizer

With a single rear infeed, the 910 Series palletizer from Alvey (St. Louis, MO) runs in continuous motion to load cases at speeds from 60 to 120 cases/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Motion controller

The MintDrive™ motion controller from Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) is an intelligent, single-axis brushless controller that offers easier programming, setup and tuning, as well as reduces the amount of hardware required and space occupied, says the company.

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Conveying & accumulation

Ramsey: Checkweigher

Ramsey (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced the Accustar™ Global Checkweigher. Its dual-load cell weigh-table mount reduces vibration, increases accuracy and side-loading protection, improves temperature compensation and offers greater stability.

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Progress on standards (sidebar)

OMAC Structure

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

Progress on standards

On a gray day in mid-March, engineers from eight packaging end users, 21 machinery builders and 12 controls suppliers filed into a conference room in a downtown Chicago skyscraper.

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Conveying & accumulation

Square minis shake up a bottling line

When UDV began bottling two new brands of schnapps in its Toronto plant, the square bottle called for new labeling technology.

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Controls & Machine Components

Garvey Corporation: Cross feed system

Garvey (Blue Anchor, NJ) has developed a color catalog sheet detailing its Universal Cross Feed System “UCF,” which offers simultaneous feed capabilities without any unnecessary lane shifts.

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Controls & Machine Components

PROMA Technologies: PROMA Technologies: Holographic newsletter

Following the acquisition of Van Leer Metallized Products, Proma Technologies’ (Franklin, MA) newsletter was redesigned. The new holographic newsletter showcases new products, and more for the new company.

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Tops Engineering Corporation: Palletization software

From Tops Engineering (Richardson, TX) comes a bro-chure on its Windows™-based packaging design and palletization software. Software determines the most efficient and economical way to size, shape and ship product.

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