Secondary Packaging

Multipacker

The automatic S1100 adjustable pick-and-place multipacker from R.A. Pearson (Spokane, WA) uses grippers or vacuum cups to load jugs or bottles into trays or cases at speeds to 15 trays/min.

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Flow wrapping

Klockner Hansel Tevopharm USA: Flow wrapper

The servo-driven Pack 200 horizontal flow wrapper from Klockner Hänsel Tevopharm (Sarasota, FL) uses cold- or heat-sealable film to wrap bakery and confectionery products at speeds to 350 packs/min.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Baldor Electric Company: Servo control

Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) introduces the Flex+ digital servo control, which includes 15 preset, repeatable moves—set up as incremental, absolute or a mix of the two, as well as a return-to-home position.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Evergreen Packaging: Fillers for milk or juice

Two new fillers from Evergreen (Cedar Rapids, IA) package fresh refrigerated milk or juice at speeds to 3ꯠ gabletop cartons/hr. The GTL-1000 (shown) fills 250- to 1걶-mL (8.45- to 38.9-oz) cartons, while the GTN-1000 fills 125- to 500-mL (4.23- to 16.9-oz) cartons.

January 31, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Orion Packaging Systems: AC-drives on stretch wrappers

Long-lasting AC motors are being integrated into Orion’s (Memphis, TN) line of automatic stretch wrappers. The AC variable frequency drives are more energy efficient and more versatile than DC motors, which have brushes that tend to wear out quickly.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

CTC Parker Automation: Industry's first PCLC

MachineLogic™ PC Logic Controller (PCLC), from CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH), combines PC-based open design with the reliability and cost-effectiveness of PLCs.

January 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Self-manufacture of bottles brings savings

In-house blow molding of 500-mL PET bottles is expanding in a big way at Aberfoyle Springs. Two blow-molding machines are in, and a third is on the way.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Newcourt Financial’s Industrial Finance Group: Equipment financing

Newcourt Financial’s Industrial Finance Group (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) provides specialized packaging equipment financing ranging from $25ꯠ to $1 million for commercial and industrial equipment.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Augros: Makeup compact

Augros (Clark, NJ) has introduced its low-profile makeup compact. The SAN/ABS compact stands less than ?” tall and is actually a jar with a lid. Augros says shallow threads and a gasket that is sealed sonically to the compact without glue allow for an air-tight seal that will keep makeup fresh.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Health Care Products, LLC: Medical-device packaging

Phoenix Health Care Products (Milwaukee, WI) now offers a polyvinyl acetate system for sterilizable medical-device packaging. This heat-seal material is flexographically coated within the sealing zone, resulting in a clean opening and controlled fiber-evident peel.

December 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: International agreements

IWKA AG (Karlsruhe, Germany) has taken over the packaging technology div. of Jagenberg AG (Düsseldorf, Germany). Concurrently, IWKA has sold its defense technology div.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Compumotor: Motion control catalog

Parker Hannifin’s Compumotor Div. (Rohnert Park, CA) has released “Motion Control Systems,” its new 248-page catalog filled with product and engineering information.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Thermo Solutions: Vacuum-insulated containers

Thermo Solutions™ (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced square vacuum-insulated panel (VIP) containers. The EverKool Express™ and the EverKool™ VIP allow frozen food to retain a sub-zero temperature for 36 hr at a consistent 85°F ambient room temperature.

December 31, 1999