Conveying & accumulation

Schubert Packaging Systems LLC: Confectionery packer

Designed for packing assortments of candies, the SNC-F44 line from Schubert (Addison, TX) uses 2 robotic arms with grippers or vacuum cups to pick up to 4 different types of product and deposit them into trays at speeds of up to 200 pieces/min.

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Cartoning

Electro Cam Corporation: Geared resolvers

An expanded line of geared resolvers is available from Electro Cam Corp. (Roscoe, IL) in ratios from 2:1 to 36:1. Geared resolvers can eliminate the need for external gear reducers in many applica-tions where outputs are tracked over multiple revolutions.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Bosch Automation Technology: Conveyor catalog

Bosch Automation's (Racine, WI) conveyor catalog features 114 pages of drawings and specifications on the TS1 high-speed assembly conveyor components.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Custom Conveyor, Inc: Conveyor

Custom Conveyor (Greensburg, IN) has added the new Center Drive unit design to its High-Capacity Belt-Driven Live Roller accumulation conveyor. The compact Center Drive unit is powered by a direct-coupled geared motor design, eliminating the need for chains and sprockets.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Hyde Park Electronics: Thru-beam sensor

Microsonic® 800 Series flat-profile, ultrasonic, thru-beam sensors from Hyde Park (Dayton, OH) can detect irregularly shaped objects and objects with poor reflective or fully sound-absorbing surfaces.

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Conveying & accumulation

Molded pulp answers the call

Molded pulp inserts protect telephone products from the receiving dock to assembly and through distribution. They replace EPS cushions and the need for ESD bags.

August 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

WestPack celebrates 50 years of packaging innovation

Featuring five specialty pavilions, including a new one for converters, WestPack 99 honors its history at the Anaheim Convention Center Sept. 28 to 30.

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Conveying & accumulation

Y2K fever makes bulk foods sales sizzle

For the millions of people worried about the new millennium, timing is everything. The race is on to obtain bulk foods packaged with oxygen absorbers.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Wrapper automatically bales hay for export

For the first time in the hay industry, an export company uses an automatic stretch wrapper to prepare its hay bales for shipment overseas.

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Conveying & accumulation

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Arrowhead Acquisition Partners LLC (Oshkosh, WI), the organization formed to acquire Oshkosh-based Arrowhead Conveyor last September, has acquired Busse, Inc.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Pre-made bags bring consistency

For a more consistent look for its line of frozen Mexican foods, Ruiz Food Products of Dinuba, CA, is using the Promobag(TM) from Robbie Mfg. (Lenexa, KS).

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Conveying & accumulation

Package distributor

Sorting packages at speeds to 80/min, the VertiSort from Span Tech (Glasgow, KY) is recommended for use in mail-order fulfillment houses that ship packs up to 20 lb.

July 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Aseptic PET is Henniez's cup of tea

A leader in the bottled water business in Switzerland, Henniez is making a bold move into in-line blowing and aseptic filling of plastic bottles for iced teas.

July 31, 1999