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.

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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

Controls & Machine Components

CCL Label, Inc: CCL Label, Inc: EAS labels

CCL Label (Itasca, IL) integrates Electronic Article Surveillance theft-detection devices into labels at the point of manufacture. Radio-frequency circuits are randomly placed behind the label and not visible to consumers.

April 30, 1998

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Wrap labelers

Quadrel's (Mentor, OH) TL5 semi-automatic tabletop wrap labeler is designed specifically to apply p-s labels to glass, plastic or metal cylindrical containers ranging from 2" to 6" dia.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Label Systems: Label Systems: Wine labels

P-S labels from MPI Label Systems (Sebring, OH) can be applied to wet surfaces. Especially suited for short runs of specialty wine bottles of varying shapes.

April 30, 1998

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Pactiv: Protective foam

Pactiv Inc.-AVI's (Glens Falls, NY) Astro-Foam® is a heavy-density PE foam that's strong and resilient. Lightweight, the foam is resistant to moisture and most chemicals.

April 30, 1998

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Hot-stamp foil

Foilmark (Newburyport, MA) announces a new holographic and diffractive hot-stamp foil. It has a broad temperature-release range. That allows for application flexibility and is said to be less demanding on converting equipment.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Liqui-Box Corp.: Bag-in-box filler

The Model 1500 Pacesetter II bag-in-box filler from Liqui-Box (Worthington, OH) offers 45- to 70-day shelf life for extended-shelf-life products. Handles particulates up to 3/4" and fills bag sizes from 1 to 8 gal at rates of 14/min.

April 30, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

IN-LINE Labeling Equipment: Pressure-sensitive labeler

The WebMaster(TM) 700 pressure-sensitive labeler from In-Line Labeling Equipment (North Charleston, SC) uses a patent-pending, vacuum-beak process to control label feed without the use of mechanical parts.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Corru-Shred, Inc: Corrugated shredder

The Model C16D Corru-Shredder from Corru-Shred (Pompano Beach, FL) is a system that takes knocked-down corrugated and shreds it into material suitable for use as loose fill.

April 30, 1998

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Pillar Technologies - An ITW Company: Induction cap sealer

Pillar Technologies (Hartland, WI) has introduced a hand-held induction capsealer designed for laboratory and R&D facilities, or packagers using moderate production speeds.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

International Paper: Bleached board

Everest® solid-bleached-sulphate board from International Paper (Purchase, NY) is designed for upscale cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications.

April 30, 1998