Controls & Machine Components

Decaser

A new decaser from A-B-C Packaging (Tarpon Springs, FL) offers quick, no-tool changeover without change parts for all but the most extreme case or bottle size changes.

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Applicators & overcappers

Haumiller (Elgin, IL) now offers applicators and overcappers with quick changeover capabilities. Container handling and applicator change parts are now changed with hand knobs, reducing changeover time from 10 to five minutes, says the company.

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Specialty bottles

Suited for specialty packaging, Demptos Glass (Louisville, KY) now offers a line of multi-colored gift bottles designed by Kefla-Glas of Germany. Eight colors are available in 200- and 500-mL sizes, in round, oval, square and triangular shapes.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Friction feeders

Thiele Eng.'s (Minneapolis, MN) new series of friction feeders can work consistently with most printing, labeling, and packaging equipment at speeds to 4귔" of sheet material/min.

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Data acquisition

The APT9001 from Aidlin Automation (Bradenton, FL) is a control and data acquisition system that integrates data from the entire processing and packaging line into easy-to-understand information.

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Multiwall bag

International Paper's (Purchase, NY) new multiwall bag provides the protection of a sealed pinch-style bag plus the stacking features of a square-bottom self-opening sack.

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Conveying & accumulation

Live roller conveyor

Model 190-ABEZ live roller conveyor from Hytrol Conveyor (Jonesboro, AR) is a general transport conveyor with the capabilities of accumulating products with zero pressure.

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Case/tray packer

Suited for dairy applications, the Cetra 1000 from Padlocker (Tamarac, FL) can be custom configured to meet the needs of a particular line. It's designed to accept bottles, cans, cartons or food trays and pack them into trays and wraparound cases at speeds to 30 cases/min, depending on application.

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Conveying & accumulation

High-speed food inspection system

PakScan(TM) from EG&G Astrophysics Inspection Systems (Oak Ridge, TN) is a high-speed food inspection system that automatically detects for foreign materials in packaged products.

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Controls & machine components

Sensor controller

The PLATO sensor controller from Entry Technology (Cream Ridge, NJ) can be used with sensor-based inspection systems to provide quality assurance on packaging lines.

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Controls & Machine Components

Packaging web sites

These are a few of the many packaging-related sites on the World Wide Web. Not only do many suppliers have web sites now, but so do many trade shows, universities and associations, a few of which are listed below.

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

Form/fill/seal control

Precision MicroControl (Carlsbad, CA) has designed a microprocessor-based system that provides motion and process control on vertical form/fill/seal systems.

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Horizontal wrapper

The WS-20 Series II horizontal wrapper from Sasib (DePere, WI) uses multi-axis, computer-controlled servo drives to reach speeds to 350 products/min.

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