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

Vertical form/fill/seal

A new series of vertical form/ fill/seal machines from Packaging Aids (San Rafael, CA) bags food and non-food products into overlap-, gusset-, fin- and flat bottom-style bags at speeds to 120 bags/min.

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Can closer

Angelus Sanitary Can Machine (Los Angeles, CA) has introduced a new version of its Model 60L can closer. New Model 60L incorporates the single cover feed separator assembly, a new electrical system and stainless steel epoxy paint on nonstainless steel parts as standard features.

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Supplier news: International agreements

Motoman (West Carrollton, OH) and its parent company Yaskawa Electric America (Northbrook, IL) have teamed to establish Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

BWI Inex (Clearwater, FL) will supply machine vision systems from Systech (Cranbury, NJ) to the pharmaceutical and consumer products industry in a strategic alliance between the two companies.

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Corner wrap system

Superior Machine Systems (Mason, OH) introduces its Genesis Corner Wrap system Series 9000 in its new full-color brochure. The system provides an effective way to automatically label two adjacent panels of boxes.

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Reusable temperature logger

The HOBO® Temp data logger is a cost-effective and reusable way to record temperatures of shipments of food or electronics products. The small, 1-oz device is packed into a case with product.

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Membrane sealer

The metFoil® Sealer from Frei (Wittenbach, Switzerland) is an aluminum membrane sealing machine for welded cans with curled flanges. Foil rollstock is first uncoiled and a tear tab affixed.

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Pallet storage

Sanpak Lagertechnik (Glinde, Germany) offers the Paletti Garage for empty pallets. ISO-approved, it holds up to 30 pallets. Integral hydraulics allow a pallet stack to be raised by a single operator with simple lever operation, so that a pallet can be inserted at the bottom of a stack.

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Cap holding system

CapWell Systems (Santa Rosa, CA) has introduced a cap holding system that allows caps to be temporarily stored on the container while the container is open.

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Accumulation tables

Easy Flow(TM) pressureless accumulation tables from Automated Production Systems (New Freedom, PA) provide accumulation for light and unstable containers, and are designed to fit most existing production lines.

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Thermoplastic assembly

A new brochure from Ultra Sonic Seal (Aston, PA) describes the company's range of thermoplastic assembly equipment, systems and technical support services.

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Clarified PP

Richards Packaging (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) now manufactures stock and custom extrusion-molded containers from a clarified grade of PP. Suited for hot fill applications, this new grade eliminates the cloudy appearance associated with products hot filled into PP containers.

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Foam pump dispenser

Designed for hair mousse or foams, the Airspray finger pump foamer from Airspray Intl. (Pompano Beach, FL) does not use a gas propellant to create foam.

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