Controls & Machine Components

Belt conveyor

Alvey Systems' (St. Louis, MO) rollerless conveyor for beverage applications uses a unique plastic belt capable of transporting trays of PET bottles up or down steep in-clines and declines without product slippage.

July 31, 1998

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Filling/capping, dry

All-Fill Inc: All-Fill Inc: Auger filler

All-Fill's (Exton, PA) Servomotor Direct Drive Multi-Fill filling system provides fast, accurate multi-positioned dispensing of powders and viscous products.

July 31, 1998

Cartoning

Adhesives help Chelsea Milling stick to quality

Two hot melts and one cold-glue adhesive are instrumental in allowing this Michigan miller to package more than a million cartons every day. Bundling and tray packing have been upgraded, too, and ink-jet printing of corrugated shippers is a big improvement.

July 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

General Magnaplate: Surface enhancement treatment brochure

A brochure describing improvement to parts made of titanium and titanium alloys by using Canadize® surface enhancement treatments is available from General Magnaplate (Linden, NJ).

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Topline Products Co. Inc: Mascara prototype

Now in prototype development is Topline Products' (Wayne, NJ) One-Step(TM) mascara package. The patent-pending package is expected to be available commercially late this year, for sale to mascara manufacturers.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

George Gordon Assoc., Inc: George Gordon Assoc., Inc: Gaylord/pallet loading system

George Gordon Associates (Nashua, NH) has introduced the Layer Pack Model LP-2000 gaylord/pallet loading system. The LP-2000 is said to be unique because it uses a live matrix generating table to provide non-contact handling of highly decorated or odd-shaped items to be packed, yet is said to provide 50% more density than other packing methods.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Intl. Assn. of Food Idustry Suppliers: IAFIS Year in Review

The Intl. Assn. of Food Industry Suppliers (IAFIS) (McLean, VA) recently released its Year in Review for 1997. The 16-page publication lists the organization's 1997 accomplishments and the methods through which these accomplishments were achieved.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Trico Packaging: Container information

A new color brochure describes Tricor Packaging's (St. Louis, MO) capabilities, including custom container design and production, international and domestic sourcing, container material selection, and complete package development.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Berlin Pkg.: Bullet bottles

Berlin Packaging's (Chicago, IL) new Berlin Bullet Line of cylinder and bullet bottles are HDPE-tapered custom rounds in 2- to 32-oz sizes. Stocked in white and natural in 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-oz sizes.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Unifoil Corp.: Unifoil Corp.: Holographic packaging

"Expand Your Horizons," a brochure from Crown Roll Leaf (Patterson, NJ), explains how holographic packaging can increase sales. Made with Crown Roll Leaf's Pixel-Grafx(TM) holography and printed on Unilustre(TM) paper from Unifoil Corp.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Ranpak Corporation: Tabletop workstation

Ranpak (Concord Township, OH) has introduced the PadPak tabletop workstation. It's available with either a full-size or compact converter as well as an air or electric cut-actuated cutting blade.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Automated Packaging Systems: Tabletop baggers

PaceSetter(TM) tabletop baggers from Automated Packaging Systems (Streetsboro, OH) have been redesigned to include new features for improved efficiency.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Orion Packaging Systems: Orion Packaging Systems: Motion control software

MotionDesk(TM) Version 2.0 software is said to simplify configuration, development and maintenance of motion control systems using the ORION® PC-based multi-axis motion controllers.

June 30, 1998