Controls & Machine Components

Resin storage

Store up to 60ꯠ lb or 2겨 cu' of resin in the Silo Sack(TM) from B.A.G. Corp. (Dallas, TX). The vertical construction is designed to reduce overall storage space.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Auger filler for dry, flowable products

Developed to replace volumetric cup fillers, the Neotron System® is a multi-auger filler from GEI Mateer Burt (Wayne, PA) that fills dry, flowable products like soup base, parmesan cheese, drink mixes and spices into PS and paperboard containers 10-up.

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Closures

Vacuum capper

An economical new automatic linear vacuum capping machine for lug jar closures is now available from Key Intl. (Englishtown, NJ). The STV C-150 automatic linear capping machine accommodates caps from 38 mm to 110 mm in dia; jars from 40 mm to 230 mm H, at speeds to 300/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Shrink bundling machine

Model 35SAB15 is a semi-automatic shrink bundling machine from Aline Systems (Santa Fe Springs, CA). It features digital tunnel heat controls to maintain temperatures within 2°F and conveyor belt speed control with load sensing to maintain set speed, thus ensuring consistent shrink.

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Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal lane divider

The Brenton Eng. (Alexandria, MN) high-speed horizontal lane divider accommodates a wide variety of products at speeds to 450/min in two or more rows.

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Controls & Machine Components

PET bottle

Designed primarily for the liquor market, Robb Container's (Naperville, IL) new 1.75-L bottle may also be used for drink mixers, barbecue sauce, mouthwash and some novelty products.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Desiccant feeder

Omega Design (Exton, PA) has introduced the Model CDFI automatic indexing canister desiccant feeder. Using a 1-g canister desiccant, it runs at speeds to 120 pieces/min; up to 75/min for a double drop, and up to 55/min for a triple drop.

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Controls & Machine Components

Long-neck bottles

A line of bottles for applications such as specialty oils, juices, flavorings, salad dressings and a variety of syrups and sauces is available from Plaxicon (Rancho Cucamonga, CA).

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Conveying & accumulation

Linear unscrambler

Model NOL linear unscrambler is New England Machinery's (Bradenton, FL) newest design for delivering rigid plastic conveyors from random bulk supply to continuous-motion conveyors at speeds to 650 containers/min, depending on container size.

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Controls & Machine Components

Case packer

Climax Packaging (Hamilton, OH) will unveil an automatic wraparound case packer that packs up to 15 cases/min, then seals them with tape. Its small footprint measures 9' x 9'.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: Pallet labeler

A dual-label, two-panel pallet labeler is now available from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA). It's capable of applying two adjacent corner labels (measuring up to 3" W x 5.8" L) on the trailing corner of a moving pallet using only one applicator.

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Conveying & accumulation

Alberta upgrades case handling and labeling

Maintaining maximum flexibility was a must as this Jim Beam subsidiary in Canada automated its palletizing operation. Cases now get bar codes, too.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Print-and-apply units compute for Bay Networks (sidebar)

The software side of computer control

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