Controls & Machine Components

PC bottle

Cap Snap (San Jose, CA) has developed a unique 5-gal PC bottle for home water delivery. The stretch blow-molded bottle has no seams, resulting in less opportunities for leakage.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bottle plate technology

Krones (Franklin, WI) has introduced servo-controlled bottle plate technology, designed to replace traditionally engineered and manufactured cams and to provide accurate label placement on uniquely shaped bottles.

October 31, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Dialing in automated palletizing

The Dial Corp. automated its palletizing operation at the same time it revised the format of its dryer sheets. Labor costs and product damage have both been reduced.

October 31, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Packagers still seeking help on electronic components

Understanding electronics is critical to maintenance engineers, but it's also important to packaging engineers and more important than ever to machine operators, say our readers in PW's exclusive survey. Logic and software programming are also studied.

October 31, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Del Monte marries aseptic filling to sterile blow molding

By integrating sterile bottle making with aseptic filling, Del Monte Foods eliminates chemical sterilization of PET bottles prior to aseptic filling. New in-line bottle blowing and filling system permits replacement of costly heat-set PET bottles purchase

October 31, 1996

Labeling

FDA rule on cut labels for drugs could draw blood

Agency may require automated verification of labels for both unit packages and shelf packs. Visual verification by color will be eliminated.

October 31, 1996

Cartoning

Mary Kay unscrambles labor-intensive line

An automated bottle unscrambler saves Mary Kay $120ꯠ/yr in labor costs on itsBody Care packaging line. Newer filler accommodates a variety of bottle shapesand sizes, cap configurations and liquid product viscosities.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Twist-tie machine

The Model XL-2 Tie-Matic from Plas-Ties is a heavy-duty twist-tie machine designed for tying products from 3/4" to 2" dia. Suited for securing wire and cable, as well as large bags, it applies up to 40 ties/min.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Valve for pressure filling

The VX Valve System from SeaquistPerfect Dispensing (Cary, IL) is engineered to provide consumers with the traditional feel of a vertical valve, while being compatible with production lines that use high-speed filling equipment.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Brushless servo

The MR-C brushless servo system from Mitsubishi Electronics (Mt. Prospect, IL) was designed as an economic alternative to five-phase or microstepping drives.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Foam-in-place

The Instapak® 901 is a hand-held foam-in-place packaging system from Sealed Air (Danbury, CT). It uses a built-in timer for precise control of amount and ratio of Instapak foam used.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Dual-chamber bottle

The new AutomixTM dual-chamber bottle from Bettix (Tempe, AZ) allows two fluids to be mixed by removing a special cap with an extended plug.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Foam-in-place system

The new AccuShot 20R is a microprocessor-based, self-diagnosing foam-in-place packaging delivery system from Flexible Products (Joliet, IL) that is compact and easy to use.

September 30, 1996