Sustainability

Highlights from PAF 2008

Space constraints prohibit an all-inclusive report on Packaging Automation Forum 2008, sponsored by Packaging World and Automation World magazines. But here’s a peek at what Unilever, Lilly, and P&G had to say.

August 31, 2008

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Conveying & accumulation

Pack Expo is packed with solutions

Representatives from these two packaged goods companies will be front and center, shopping lists in hand, when Pack Expo International hits Chicago this Fall.

August 31, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Robots' presence felt throughout packaging

Real-world applications of packaging automation in food, beverage, and other retail-product plants support the conclusions gleaned from a new study on robotics in packaging.

August 5, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Managing quick - turnaround

Market Resource Packaging keeps hundreds of secondary and display packaging jobs per month—often for big brands—on track with a keen attention to detail and documentation.

August 1, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Wraparound labeler with orienting wrap

See video of this custom labeler that accurately wrap applies a decorative label to a cylindrical product at speeds up to 35 containers per minute.

July 13, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Schwarz powers powder packaging

Schwarz Pharma’s replacement filling line is twice the speed and more flexible for future needs.

July 2, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Tablet/capsule checkweighing

The new OmniControl from Harro Hofliger offers maximum flexibility for the weighing of solids.

July 2, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Save configuration time in handling applications

Cut the cost and effort of engineering complex Cartesian robots with IndraMotion for Handling from Bosch Rexroth. See video demo.

June 29, 2008

Cartoning

interpack video report 3: conclusions

This report reinforces attributes that recurred in interpack machinery introductions: automated format changes as fast as 5 minutes, machines designed to run trendy package designs, and purpose-built packaging robots.

June 6, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Automatic inserter

tna offers a new automatic inserter, designed to place singular 3-D objects when used with tna’s robag® 3 vf/f/s equipment.

June 2, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Electronic tablet counters

Two new electronic tablet counters from IMA Swiftpack use advances in vibratory linear feeding and precount gating to almost double the output of current models for a given footprint.

June 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Custom-designed conveyor ambidexterity

Toll Packaging Group, Gibson City, IL, is a contract packer that provides services for manufacturers of a variety of food products for both humans and pets.

June 1, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Wächter robotic case erector and packer

At interpack 2008, Wächter displayed its 25 cpm ELAU-equipped Cartojet C IV tray and wraparound case erector and packer.

May 13, 2008