Controls & Machine Components

Labeling brochure

Sonoco Engraph Label Group (Cold Spring, KY) has released a four-color brochure describing the company's capabilities in labeling for health care, pharmaceutical, consumer products, beverage, chemical and agricultural markets.

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Controls & Machine Components

Folding carton board

Omni-Kote® is a three-ply folding carton board from Riverwood (Atlanta, GA) made of a clay-coated, unbleached paperboard. Two outer plies are made of 100% virgin fiber.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

C-R/senior-friendly vial

VH Technologies (New York, NY) has made improvements to the Virtual Hinge(TM), making it a foolproof system. An angled cam inside the attached lid pushes the marked cap forward as it opens, eliminating the chance of a user forgetting to advance it manually.

June 30, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Skin packaging and die-cutting

The EZ-Skin/Trim Combo from Zed Industries (Vandalia, OH) combines a skin packaging line with hydraulic die-cutting in one space-saving frame. The machine operates hydraulically and does not require an external air supply.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Dual-compartment containers

Kranson Industries (St. Louis, MO) has developed Milano Pharma Packaging, a line of dual-compartment systems for the precise mixing of two compounds in exact proportions, without spilling, contamination or consumer contact.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Reusable container

Designed to help meet environmental regulations on transporting, storage and disposal of powdered products, Matcon USA (Sewell, NJ) has developed the Matcontainer.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Printer/applicator

The 2600DMX printer/applicator from Labeljet (Ft. Worth, TX) is suited for high-volume labeling of cartons, unit packs or products on manufacturing lines, in warehouses or in distribution centers.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Specialty partitions

Sonoco Products Co.'s Partitions Div. (Hillside, IL) has released a four-page brochure introducing the company's complete line of specialty applications.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Cap tightener/re-torquer

The SureKap SK600 applies torque to manually placed trigger sprayers or finger pumps, or it can provide additional torque to caps with liners that have been induction sealed.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Soft-shoulder bottle

Fenton Weber & Jones (Tonawanda, NY) has added an 8-oz soft-shoulder oval bottle to its line. Made of PET, decorating options include hot stamping, p-s labeling or screen printing.

June 30, 1996

Filling/capping, dry

Auger filler

The All-Fill (Exton, PA) Model SV-400 auger filler provides accurate, repeatable filling of powders, granulates and liquids. It uses The Cerebus III control system, a brushless, direct-drive servo motor with motion control electronics to control the auger for precise filling.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Induction capsealer

Lepel's (Edgewood, NY) TR-2001 induction capsealer seals caps at line speeds to 300'/min. A range of sealing head sizes accommodates diverse cap configurations in sizes from 5 mm to 160 mm.

June 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Bar code verification systems

Minnesota Automation (Crosby, MN) offers bar code verification and placer systems for pharmaceutical package inserts. Systems place inserts directly into packages or into bins.

June 30, 1996