Controls & Machine Components

Combination weigher

SASIB Packaging's (Skokie, IL) Weighstar(TM) combination net weigher offers up to 110 weighments/min. This computerized weigher includes a unique built-in infeed conveyor with adjustable height above the dispersion cone for gentle product distribution to feed trays.

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Applications news

Fleetwood Container, Vernon, CA, has added a six-color Cuir Rotaflexo® Mark II 2200 top printer equipped with an Inkontrol® automatic viscosity/pH controller, both from Automato/oon (Plover, WI) The Inkontrol system automatically monitors and controls viscosity and pH during print runs to provide consistent quality, and free up operators.

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Carton feeding

The new 3622 Uni-Feeder from Multifold Intl. (Milford, OH) feeds folding carton blanks to folder/gluer hoppers. Ratchet-style handles permit fast set-up without tools.

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Components

Omron Electronics (Schaumburg, IL) has unveiled a new 8-page brochure: "Solutions for Food & Beverage Packaging, Food Processing and Flexible Packaging." It describes how individual components such as sensors, process controllers, PLCs, timers and counters, operator interfaces, RFID and machine vision systems can work together with existing automation to provide total automation solutions.

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Machine vision system

High-speed additions have been made to the Powervision® family of machine vision products from Acuity Imaging (Nashua, NH). Powervision 900 and 920 use a proprietary technology called Power Pipeline Board, which allows one image to be processed as another is being acquired.

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Water-based coatings

Reichhold Chemicals (Research Triangle Park, NC) has introduced a new line of water-based paper coatings that repel grease, oil, moisture and water vapor.

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Vitamin E supplement

Hoffmann-La Roche (Paramus, NJ) has introduced the first issue of The Vitamin E Supplement. To be published quarterly and distributed internationally, the full-color supplement highlights the latest technical and business information on the use of Ronotec® Vitamin E-based antioxidants for the production of plastic packaging.

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Printing

Roland Digital Group (Irvine, CA) ColorCAMM printer/vinyl cutter allows commercial printers and graphics houses to produce short-run labels and tags.

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In-mold labels

Sonoco Engraph Label Group (Cold Spring, KY) now offers blow molders in-mold labels with good abrasion-resistance and graphics. Unlike most printers, says the company, Sonoco Engraph can handle short runs with labels 1 to 1.5 mils thick using conventional plates.

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In-line capper

The SureKap SK6000 C-Chute in-line capper from SureKap (Winder, GA) has a single knob for quick changeovers. An adjustable C-chute design increases flexibility.

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Materials handling resources

Fru-Con (St. Louis, MO) has issued a new publication with information on the company's packaging and materials handling resources in its engineering, construction, and technical services groups.

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Medical pouch sealers

Sencorp Systems' (Hyannis, MA) new line of hot-bar laboratory sealers were designed specifically to address concerns with medical packaging. Both Series 12-AS/2 and AS/3 are designed with external calibration ports to facilitate calibration of temperature, pressure and dwell time while the machine is in production.

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Printing

Ruco 960 UV relief lacquer screen printing ink system prints relief images onto containers and labels. Imported through Comdec (Newburyport, MA), the system can be used for 3-D images, as well as the printing of text in the Braille language for pharmaceutical containers.

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