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Conveying & accumulation

Vacuum conveyors

Dorner offers its 2200 Series low profile vacuum conveyor. With a frame height as low as 1.87", it can easily fit in tight places.

June 30, 2006

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Le Nature: Lane combining on beverage line

At this bottler of flavored or enhanced waters, sports drinks, fitness waters, teas, juices, and other New Age beverages, an overhead three-to-one air conveyor/combiner sends bottles in a single file to the filler block.

May 31, 2006

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Sanitary Conveyors

Quick Clean™ conveyors from Paramount Eng. offer sanitary design features for food safety, with conveyor sides that open for quick, easy access to—and visibility of—all surfaces.

May 31, 2006

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Excellent value, solid performance checkweigher

Hi-Speed A100 Checkweigher: Excellent value, solid performance, easy to use and maintain.

April 30, 2006

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New Web site features CAD tool

QC Industries offers its new online 3D CAD tool that simplifies the specifying of its low profile belt conveyors. Users can easily search for conveyors and accessories, and then see 360° views of the models to ensure accuracy prior to downloading files into their own design software.

April 30, 2006

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Parts feeder

The compact DS1100 from Distech Systems uses an over/under conveyor design to feed parts in trays to conveyor-fed casing lines and automated workstations.

April 30, 2006

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Sandwiching machine

The Spooner Vicars© high-speed, single-lane sandwiching machine is fitted with round, rotating product guides to create self cleaning production lanes.

April 30, 2006

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Wearable RFID encoding

Development of a portable wireless system for commissioning RFID tags was prompted by a CPG company that wants to supplement Wal-Mart's mandate.

March 31, 2006

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Getting schooled in RFID

Universities and vendors like Miles Technologies offer classes in RFID education and training where everyone learns something.

March 31, 2006

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Reduce Labor Costs and Automate Coding Requirements

Enable pallet manufacturers to automate the practice of applying the IPPC, International Plant Protection Convention, heat-treated logo as required by the ALSC, American Lumber Standard Committee, to pallets that have been properly heat treated.

February 28, 2006

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Automatic product guiding system

FlexLink has launched a patented automatic product guiding system that solves a long-standing productivity bottleneck in conveyor lines, company says.

February 28, 2006

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First labeler retrofit with award-winning ELAU servos

Yakama Juice plant manager Jack West says “when K2 said they could do everything on one machine, I was really impressed.”

January 31, 2006