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Controls & Machine Components

Case sealer

Wilton Packaging (Palatine, IL) has introduced the Model SD20FCSS automatic case sealer, which handles cartons from 6" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" to an unlimited length x 20" x 20".

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Controls & Machine Components

Tag cutter/stacker

Designed to accommodate the maximum production speed of Avery Dennison's (Philadelphia, PA) Soabar® SPX-390 thermal transfer printer, the high-speed tag cutter/stacker comes with a center pusher assembly, which permits stacking of tags printed three-up for triple throughput.

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Controls & Machine Components

Tapered rubber stoppers

Tapered rubber stoppers from AME (Towaco, NJ) feature 60-durometer silicone rubber and are ideal for high-temperature applications up to 500° F. Masks and plugs for painting and plating applications are also available.

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Labeling

P-s labeler

The UNI-510 p-s labeler from Charles LaPierre (Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada) labels pharmaceutical, food and personal care containers at speeds to 300/min.

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Conveying & accumulation

Is bar-coding a valuable customer service?

When customers asked for bar codes to help control inventory,Sherwin-Williams got the message. It implemented a custom print/apply bar code labeling system.

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Controls & Machine Components

PET jars

Berman Brothers (Chicago, IL) has introduced a new line of PET jars, available in 9-, 20.5-, 24- and 32-oz stock sizes. They can be used for a variety of food and other products.

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Controls & Machine Components

Multipacker for beverages

Riverwood's (Atlanta, GA) Quikflex(TM) BP packaging machine for fully-enclosed multipacks fills up to 150 partitioned or 180 nonpartitioned packs/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Scoop and measures brochure

Measurex (Nazareth, PA) has introduced a brochure highlighting its line of plastic scoops and measures for food, beverage and chemical applications.

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Controls & Machine Components

Rotary unscrambling table

National Instrument (Baltimore, MD) has introduced the Model UTL-60 Rotary Unscrambling Table for small containers. Can unscramble 3-mL, 6-mL or 10-mL glass vials at speeds to 300 containers/min.

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Conveying & accumulation

Pepsi line has future in mind

Fast changeover and overall versatility were foremost in mind when Pepsi designed its high-speed line for hard-to-handle one-piece PET bottles in four different sizes. Machine redundancy, computerization, and modular construction all contribute significantly.

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