Controls & Machine Components

Bottles and caps

M & H Plastics (Beccles, Suffolk, England) has released a supplement to its main brochure. The supplement contains over 70 new items, including bottles, caps and jars, bringing the total number of stock bottles and caps to over 350.

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Controls & Machine Components

Paperboard crates

The Reddi®-Crate system offers the beam strength of a wood crate with the shock absorbency and light weight of a triple-wall or corrugated box, says manufacturer Reddi-Pac (Bridgeport, PA).

July 31, 1997

Secondary Packaging

Carton sealing

The D4140ABF Safety Soft Touch is a new carton sealing tape dispenser from Nifty Products (Old Bridge, NJ). This hand-held dispenser uses a retractable blade that is only exposed when the wipe-down flap is pushed back.

July 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Shaft gear motors

New single-phase parallel shaft gear motors offer higher horsepower and torque ratings than previous versions, says manufacturer Baldor Electric (Ft.

July 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hot melt labeling

The Trine GLE (Glueless Lead Edge) roll labeling system from CMS Gilbreth (Trevose, PA) applies hot melt adhesive to only the trailing edge of a wraparound label, which overlaps the leading edge.

July 31, 1997

Flow wrapping

Flow wrapper for heat- or cold-sealable films

The Pack 300 from Klockner Bartelt Medipak (Sarasota, FL) is a new servo-driven system for flow wrapping products in heat- or cold-sealable films. Operating at speeds of 300+ packages/min, depending on product and packaging material, the Pack 300 is suitable for multi-shift, non-stop production.

July 31, 1997

Filling/capping, dry

Capper/uncapper

Sure Torque (Bradenton, FL) has introduced a laboratory-quality table-top capper/uncapper for the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. It's accurate to 0.5 in-lb and uses sealed motors and clutches for cleanliness.

July 31, 1997

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Monoblock machine

The K1W fill/plug/cap machine from Korab Eng. (Los Angeles, CA) has been designed for applications using small bottles, such as nail polish. It can reach speeds to 100 bottles/min.

July 31, 1997

Secondary Packaging

P-s coupon system

New from American Creative Packaging (Algoma, WI) is the E-PACS(TM) capsule. It's a pressure-sensitive overwrap containing a coupon or three-dimensional piece up to 3/8" thick.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Hand-held carton sealer

The Safe T. Seal(TM) line of hand-held carton sealers is from Sunbelt Sales (Atlanta, GA). They're designed with patented retractable blades that protrude to cut tape only when pressure is applied.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Parcel shipping scale

Mettler-Toledo (Worthington, OH) has introduced a new low-cost, all-purpose parcel shipping (PS) scale. It has a range of 0 to 150 lb. It's rugged enough, says the company, to withstand a 300% static overload.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Pneumatic stapler

The JK35-590 is a pneumatic stapling gun from Josef Kihlberg (E. Syracuse, NY). It's designed specifically for securing corrugated fiberboard to wood for applications such as pallets, frames and other transport packaging.

July 31, 1997

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Vertical form/fill/seal

Packaging Automation (Eagan, MN) has introduced the PAC 2020, an economic vertical form/fill/seal machine designed to accommodate a range of bag sizes and materials.

July 31, 1997