Controls & Machine Components

Pulp molding capabilities

Fibreform Containers (Germantown, WI) offers full-service capabilities for producing customized pulp-molded packaging products. Includes tooling and manufacturing for simple to intricate items in a variety of sizes, in short- or high-volume runs.

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Controls & Machine Components

Server software

DDE server software produced by Barber-Colman (Loves Park, IL) runs on Windows(TM), Windows 95 and Windows NT personal computers. The software enables setpoint and process data to be read or written to or from the company's plastics machinery control systems.

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Video-conferencing support

R.A. Jones (Cincinnati, OH) is offering live video-conferencing through its Customer Support Services and Knowledge-Based Services(TM) departments. Videoconferencing enables Jones personnel to identify and confirm parts, troubleshoot machine operation, and demonstrate packaging solutions by engaging in real-time communications via personal computers using collaboration software.

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Stock packaging guide

A stock packaging product guide is available from Custom Bottle (Naugatuck, CT). The brochure lists all of the company's stock packages, accompanied by a listing of available capacities and neck finishes.

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Rollerless conveyor

The Accumat rollerless zero-pressure accumulation conveyor from Alvey (St. Louis, MO) accumulates a broad range of beverage packs, cartons and trays without creating can indentations in the paperboard.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Flat product carrier

The Series 985 compact flat product carrier from Dalemark Industries (Lakewood, NJ) incorporates vacuum suction and shuttle feed platform to insure continuous, smooth delivery of flat products to the product identification system at speeds to 150 items/min.

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Data collection system

The Windows(TM) Manufacturing System (WMS-01) from Production Process (Londonderry, NH) automatically collects manufacturing data and monitors the performance of all types of packaging, converting and printing machinery.

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Lotion pumps

The Dicrem lotion pump from Chris-Matic Packaging & Chemical (Ormond Beach, FL) allows the delivery of high doses of viscous liquids such as 2-in-1 shampoos.

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Servo motors

The Turbo Servo Series is a new series of high-performance servo motors from API Gettys (Amherst, NY). They're designed with high torque-to-inertia ratios and maximum power density for demanding operations.

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Conveying & accumulation

Ultrasonic valve bag sealer

The new Bemis (Minneapolis, MN) ultrasonic valve bag sealer seals bags containing dusty, powdery and free-flowing products at speeds to 5 bags/min.

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Software for motion control

VisualMotion(TM) 5.0 from Indramat (Hoffman Estates, IL) provides a Windows(TM)-based user interface for point-and-click programming, operation and management of Indramat CLC multiaxis coordinated motion controls and digital drives.

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Bagging system

The VPR continuous-motion bagger from Rovema (Lawrenceville, GA) uses an innovative continuous-motion cross-sealing station to reach speeds of 160 bags/min, using a single pair of jaws for pillow- or flat-bottom bags.

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Flexible case packer for bags

The Combo Packer from SWF Dyna-Pak Corp. (Sanger, CA) is an automatic case packer developed in response to an increasing demand for versatile case packing operations.

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