Conveying & accumulation

Marketing mussels with a microwave boost

Fresh mussels have a short shelf life and aren’t easy to prepare at home. Microwave pasteurization addresses these issues and provides a 21-day refrigerated shelf life.

September 28, 2011

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Sport drink cap (with Overcap) assembly system

Shibuya Hoppmann designed a Sports Cap Feed and Capper Assembly System for a major closure manufacturer.  The system feeds, orients and assembles spouts and locking caps at an output rate of 200 ppm using an eight-station continuous motion assembly system. Each station had an individual servo motor to precisely torque each cap assembly to preset specifications.

September 22, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Pharmaceutical application: Dosing cup placement

A U.S. pharmaceutical company needed a system to feed, orient and place three (3) different dosage cups onto corresponding liquid filled medicine bottles at output rates ranging from 85 to 160 bottles per minute, depending on size of bottle. The CMA turret is designed with individual vacuum heads that lift each cup up and gently place it over the capped/filled liquid bottle.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Scoring high rates for pharmaceutical tablet feed systems

A major pharmaceutical company needed to feed and orient bi-color tablets at high rates of speed. Shibuya Hoppmann built two different systems - one using a single feeder system with rates of 1,250 ppm, and a second combining two hi-speed feed systems (with rotary accumulation table), resulting in rates of 2,500 ppm. Both systems used a 2-color sensor to orient bi-colored parts.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Energetic feed system for small energy drink bottles

Shibuya Hoppmann's custom designed Bottle Feed System uses unique urethane scallops to singulate and orient empty 2 ounce energy drink bottles. The system then ionizes and flips them 180˚ and takes them downstream to filling operations at an output rate of 525 bottles per minute.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Hands off! Robotic pick-n-place packaging technology

Shibuya Hoppmann's robotic packaging lines sort and package products using computer processing of product shapes and positions acquired through vision cameras. Here our automated unscrambler sorts eyedroppers at high speed using a robot – technology manufactured to handle a variety of products in the pharmaceutical, household, personal care, and food industries.

September 21, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Twist-out blister is a first

A revolutionary new fishing line gets a paperboard/plastic package that is equally original and is believed to be the first twist-off blister package ever.

September 15, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

August 8, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unscrambler boosts shrink-labeling production and efficiency

Packaging equipment purchased in the wake of a recent trip to Pack Expo has helped Verst Group double production of two well-known shrink-labeled Kraft products.

August 8, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Packagers provide robotics 'wish list'

In the first-ever survey of Packaging World’s readers on their use of robotics, respondents share some of the technologies/capabilities they’d like to see from suppliers.

July 20, 2011

Flexible packaging

Top-loading, 2-axis robotic cartoner for flexible packs

Video shows state-of-the-art, Italian-engineered Bergami top-loading cartoner for flow packs. Includes servo-driven bucket chain conveyor, 2-axis robotic pack-and-place, forming and gluing station from flat blanks.

July 13, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Morrison Container Handling Solutions added as a title sponsor for Colin Powell talk at PACK EXPO

Tickets are on sale now for Gen. Colin Powell’s address at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011, “Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust & Values.” Morrison Container Handling Solutions has signed on as a title sponsor.

June 1, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

All-Fill acquires V-Line from Taylor Products for integrated VFFS capability

All-Fill, Exton, PA has acquired the V-Line of Vertical Form-Fill-Seal equipment from Taylor Products of Kansas City, MO.

April 15, 2011