Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printer/applicator

The Bakery Printer & Applicator from EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) was specifically designed to place labels and date codes on packaged bread, rolls, candy and other bakery items.

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Conveying & accumulation

Pallet load labeling

Kolinahr Systems' (Louisville, KY) SA-2000 is an automatic print/apply pallet load labeling system. When integrated with a product load accumulation conveyor, it can apply labels to one or two sides of individual finished product loads.

January 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printer/applicator

The Bakery Printer & Applicator from EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) was specifically designed to place labels and date codes on packaged bread, rolls, candy and other bakery items.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Mid-size PLC

The C200H Alpha is a new mid-size PLC from Omron Electronics (Schaumburg, IL) that integrates enhanced communications and connectivity options with I/O versatility and speeds to produce a versatile and powerful programmable controller.

January 31, 1997

Secondary Packaging

Case erector

The Pro Forma 230 is a new case erector from A-B-C Packaging Machine (Tarpon Springs, FL) designed to be very forgiving to variations in corrugated cases.

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Controls & Machine Components

Combiner

Gebo (Laval, Quebec, Canada) has developed a patent-pending double-lane-pressureless combiner for bottles or cans. It constantly adjusts output lanes to accommodate variation of product flow.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Series couplers

E-z mate Series couplers from Parker Hannifin's Quick Coupling Div. (Minneapolis, MN) use twist-sleeve action and automatic sleeve-lock to prevent accidental disconnection.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Assembly line automation

"Assembly Conveyor Technical Manual" is a free, 88-page book from Industrial Conveyor (Memphis, TN) that highlights the Industraline® building block approach to assembly line automation.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging web sites

The stampede onto the Internet by the packaging community shows no signs of slowing. A variety of information can be gleaned from these sites, many of which offer immediate, technical information.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Intermittent-motion cartoner

IWK (Fairfield, NJ) has introduced a horizontal intermittent-motion cartoner capable of handling up to 80 cartons/min, using a rotary style carton opening system.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Single filer

Crown-Simplimatic (Lynchburg, VA) has developed a new pressureless single filer that uses an innovative powered stabilizing guide rail in combination with increasing chain speeds to move PET bottles from depalletizer to rinser.

January 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

On-line case printing supports ECR at Borden

In addition to simplified inventory, faster changeovers, and material cost savings, on-line case coding at six Borden plants means faster response to customer needs.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Servo amplifiers

DSM and Micro DSM are the latest additions to Giddings & Lewis' (Fond du Lac, WI) Centurion(TM) line of servo systems. When used with the YSM- and NSM-series of servo motors, these fully digital amplifiers can be used in a broader range of applications.

January 31, 1997