Controls & Machine Components

Machine vision system

Systech (Cranbury, NJ) has introduced TIPS® Sentri, an entry-level machine vision system that performs imaging and analysis of packaging. Supports applications for measurement, positioning, assembly, character and code verification, product and print quality, and identification.

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Placon: Retailer packaging report

Placon (Madison, WI) has issued a report that highlights ingredients needed for successful store-performance packaging and common obstacles to success on the retail shelf.

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Rollstock, Inc: Vacuum packaging machine

Rollstock (Kansas City, MO) offers an automatic vacuum packaging machine for fresh or frozen food applications, including cheese, vegetables, meat, seafood, soup and sauces.

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Controls & Machine Components

Accumulation roller conveyor

The Easy Rol (Scituate, MA) conveyor system is a 100% zero-pressure roller accumulating conveyor that uses all of the conveying top surface. The modular system is available in sizes from 6" to 60" W, in 5' to 10' L.

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Portable bar-code printer

The K2500 portable bar-code printer from Kroy (Scottsdale, AZ) weighs only 4 lb, and can be easily mounted on terminals or forklifts. It's capable of scanning one type of bar-code symbology, translating it, and printing it in another type of symbology.

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American Packaging Machinery: American Packaging Machinery: High-speed tray wrapper

The Model MCM-26 high-speed tray wrapper from American Packaging Machinery (McHenry, IL) can wrap up to 75 packages/min. Packages can be as large as 18" W x 16" L x 8" H.

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Pressure-less case conveyor

The Magneroll(TM) pressure-less case conveyor from Gebo (Bradenton, FL) transports cases, trays and boxes at speeds to 400'/min. It uses a newly developed roller technology with adjustable magnets to control torque.

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Nadel Industries, Inc: Window caps

Nadel Industries (Port Chester, NY) introduced a line of see-through Window Caps for the cosmetics and personal care markets designed to allow consumers a four-sided view of the product.

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Conveyor accessories

Quick Release Telescopers® from Bryant Products (Oconomowoc, WI) reduce time and physical effort necessary to slacken, then restore conveyor belt tension and tracking.

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Conveying & accumulation

PSI: Conveyor stops

Newly redesigned compact cantilever slides are small but can handle high-impact loads, says manufacturer PHD (Ft. Wayne, IN). Series SA and SB Slides can carry loads for a wide variety of applications with dynamic side loads at up to 75 lb.

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Microcomputer system

The ET2000 microcomputer system from dun-Rite (Humble, TX) is a digital system designed to enhance the accuracy of dun-Rite can and jar vacuum testing systems.

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Ink-jet system

The Jet-A-Mark IP 9100 small-character ink-jet printer from Matthews (Pittsburgh, PA) includes a new patent-pending Ink Cassette System. It's said to last three times as long as most other ink-jet cartridges, with a shelf life of eight months.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

All-Fill Inc: Auger filler

The Millennium 400 system from All-Fill (Exton, PA) has a servo motor-controlled timing screw system that precisely positions each container through each stage of the filling sequence: tare measurement, filling, weighing, top-off, final weighing and exit.

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