Flow wrapping

Hershey 'opens' up for digital motion control (sidebar)

What SERCOS is and isn't

May 31, 1998

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Conveying & accumulation

Controls glossary for packagers

With the help of some readers, Packaging World has assembled a glossary that defines controls terms. Most important, these terms are defined in the context of packaging machinery so that virtually all readers can relate them to the machinery we're all familiar with.

May 31, 1998

Flow wrapping

Future shock (sidebar)

Controlling the future of packaging

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Clay-coated paper

Clay Coated Natural Kraft (CCNK) paper from Stone Container (Chicago, IL) was developed for industrial and consumer multiwall bags. The clay coating is applied to natural kraft paper, which results in a paper stronger than bleached paper, the company says.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Display tottle

Fenton, Weber & Jones (Tonawanda, NY) offers an inverted hanging display tottle for liquid packaging applications. May be displayed on a shelf, an end cap for promotional displays or at the check-out register.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Plitek, Inc: Design brochure

Plitek's (Des Plaines, IL) new eight-page color brochure details the company's complete line of Pli-Tab® hang tabs and POP merchandisers.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Labelmate USA: Label rewinder

The Mini-Cat-10 is a universal label rewinder from Labelmate (Henderson, NV). Bi-directional, it rewinds labels up to 41/2" W at speeds to 10"/sec and can handle rolls up to 8" in dia.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

X-Rite, Inc: Color measurement guide

X-Rite (Grandville, MI) has released "A Guide to Color Measurement and Quality Control." The guide provides a basic definition of color and explains how it's measured and interpreted as a precise "fingerprint" that becomes a numerical color representation.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Contact coder

The Model CC100 contact coder from Matthews (Pittsburgh, PA) is designed for intermittent coding operations. The coder prints logos, product codes and text onto bottles, boxes, cans, jars and plastic bags at rates of 160 items/min.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Imtec, Inc: TE security labels

Imtec (Bellows Falls, VT) introduces the Guardian series of TE printable polyester security labels. When removed, the word "void" remains.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Sonics & Materials: Ultrasonic plastic welders

Sonics & Materials (Danbury, CT) has introduced two hand-held welders with high amplitude for faster welding of thermoplastics. Model H-201 is a 200- and model H-501 a 500-watt model.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Bar-code reader

Rockwell Automation/Allen- Bradley (Milwaukee, WI) has introduced a new 2-D Fixed-Mount PDF 417 bar-code reader that can scan and decode both linear (1-D) and PDF 417 2-D bar codes, providing end-users with more bar-code scanning options.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

American Packaging Corporation: Equipment leasing

Dedicated to the packaging marketplace, American Packaging Capital (Danville, CA) has designed a packaging equipment leasing program that provides an alternative to buying machinery.

April 30, 1998