Controls & Machine Components

Label inspection upgrade

For use in can labeling applications, the OP231 label inspection station from Optel Technologies (St. Foy, Quebec, Canada) can be fitted to Ace-type mechanical can ejector systems to verify labels, bar codes and proper label placement.

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Cartoning

Monobloc boosts Akorn's capabilities

Sterile filling of opthalmic solutions becomes automated with PLC-controlled filler/plugger/capper that quadruples speed. Special part-feeding systems enhance clean-room packaging.

September 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Drive rollers

A line of drive rollers from Interroll (Wilmington, NC) provides a simple and economical means for building powered roller conveyors in pallet handling, cargo handling and packaging machinery applications.

September 30, 1996

Controls & machine components

USDA-approved inks

Domino Amjet (Gurnee, IL) has introduced six USDA-conforming inks for use in the Genesis Singleline and Twinline small-character ink-jet printers. They're acceptable for incidental contact with food products, in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the USDA.

September 30, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Vacuum skin packaging

Cryovac, a div. of W.R. Grace & Co. (Duncan, SC), has released a brochure on the company's vacuum skin packaging system. VSP allows shoppers to see the natural shape, color and texture of ready-to-prepare foods, cheeses, deli meats and other items.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

LDPE foam products

Dow Chemical (Midland, MI) will display a variety of new developments in foam packaging, including Ethafoam(TM) Nova and Ethafoam Select. These LDPE foam products offer increased design flexibility for applications requiring shock absorbency and vibration dampening.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Film enhancement

An eight-page color brochure from Courtaulds Performance Films (Martinsville, VA) presents the company's services for design and production of enhanced plastic films.

September 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Half-gallon aseptic carton is a first

Farmland Dairies is the first to pack a low-acid beverage in an aseptic carton this large. Shelf stability permits nontraditional placement in-store. Automatic in-line pour spout applicator is also the first of its kind.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Bar code verification

A new line of automatic bar code verification systems from Thiele-Frontier Products (Minneapolis, MN) is designed to help customers meet FDA regulations governing on-line inspection of package components and label information.

September 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Robotic case packing sweetens Brach & Brock's bottom line

A top-load robotic pick-and-place machine replaces manual case packing of bagged candy at Brach & Brock Confections, saving the confectioner $150ꯠ in annual labor costs.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Can closing monitor

Food Instrument (Federalsburg, MD) has introduced a new top-and-bottom can closure monitor. The ADR-50DD detects and ejects defects in cans resulting from misapplied closures, unacceptable vacuum, pressure, fill level or temperature, body, seam and/or end imperfections.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Vacuum products

High-efficiency, multi-characteristic vacuum pumps and new suction cups from PIAB (Rockland, MA) were designed for a wide range of applications, including industrial, commercial, or scientific use in normal or sanitary environments.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Polyethylene film

Delta Plastics (Newark, NJ) is introducing the new DeltuffTM 9500 series of PE film. It employs a new generation of linear resins that increase film strength up to five times that of conventional LDPE.

September 30, 1996