Conveying & accumulation

Berry bagging gets better

Northland Cranberries installed eight volumetric fillers and as many vf/f/s machines for its line of branded fresh fruit. Automation increases its case-per-day capacity by 50%.

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Conveying & accumulation

On-line coding paves the way for automatic palletizing

One shuttle palletizer handles cases from five different Blue Diamond almond packaging lines thanks to on-line bar coding and reliable scanners.

April 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

End loader and carton closer

Bradman-Lake (Charlotte, NC) will unveil its new Challenger SL 302 automatic end-loader and top-load carton closer at interpack. The SL 302 uses an adjustable magazine gate to adjust height of carton hopper to produce up to 300 cartons/min.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Flat-panel computer

The ErgoTouch®-3000 from Dynapro Technologies (New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) is a durable, versatile touch screen computer that can be customized to control packaging machinery on a line.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Measuring scoop

A new Measurex® 16-oz measuring scoop is available as a stock item from S&L Plastics (Nazareth, PA). Made of FDA-approved PP, it is suitable for both dry and liquid products.

March 31, 1996

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Label specifications

Steven Label Corp. (Santa Fe Springs, CA) has introduced Label Engineering Principles & Guidelines, a comprehensive guide designed to show engineers how to create label specifications without errors.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Operator panel

Aromat's (New Providence, RI) Intelligent Operator Panel can be connected to the Aromat FP series PLC for precise control of complex machine operations.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal bagger brochure

Formost Packaging Machines, Inc. (Woodinville, WA) offers a four-page, full-color brochure that describes and illustrates the horizontal Formost GT bagger, designed to operate at speeds up to and beyond 90 packages per/min.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Sterling litho C1S portfolio

Westvaco Corp. (New York, NY) unveils a new portfolio that demonstrates a variety of market applications for the company's popular coated-one-side Sterling® Litho C1S papers.

March 31, 1996

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Company backgrounder

Alvey, Inc. (St. Louis, MO) introduces a 16-page, four-color brochure, "The Solution's In Our System," that describes, through case histories, the company's approach to innovative material handling solutions for unique manufacturing and distribution applications.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Chemical label printer

Avery Dennison, Soabar Products (Philadelphia, PA), has introduced a new laser printer that meets requirements for chemical container labeling.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Labeling solutions

Avery Dennison (Philadelphia, PA) has released a full-color, eight-page brochure titled "Labeling Solutions for the Chemical Industry." It describes and illustrates the company's line of on-demand laser and thermal transfer printers, labeling software, consulting services and weather-resistant labels for chemical- and hazardous materials container applications.

March 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Communications software

Milltronics, Inc. (Arlington, TX) introduces Dolphin communications software, a new Windows(TM)-based software package that allows automatic parameter setup for the company's ultrasonic level measurement instrumentation.

March 31, 1996