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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Auto-adjusting friction feeder

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: InLine Automation (Minneapolis, MN) claims its Vortex™ friction feeding systems are the first to eliminate the need to adjust for variations in thickness of the product or leaflet being fed.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Bag and pouch filler/sealer

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: The Bartelt® intermittent-motion fill-and-seal machine transfers premade bags or pouches from a magazine feeder; places them within leading and trailing clamps; then opens, fills, and seals them.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Does packaging need more machinery education?

Some in packaging feel that packaging universities shortchange students on machinery. Can it—or should it—be learned in college?

October 31, 2002

Cartoning

Bag-in-box cartoner

Triangle Package Machinery (Chicago) will be introducing its bag-in-box cartoner, ProLine FC, at Pack Expo, booth 1121. ProLine FC employs a new method for inserting bags into cartons in single, twin, and triple pack patterns.

September 30, 2002

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Wraparound case packer is in control

A single control platform controls all of Kisters Kayat’s machine functions. Plus, a programmable limit switch permits high-speed gluing.

August 31, 2002

Cartoning

Bringin' 'em back for more

Engineers from two packaged goods manufacturers, one based in Illinois and one in North Carolina, found more than enough at Pack Expo 2000 to bring them back in 2002.

August 31, 2002

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

EPI Labelers announces death of founder

On August 8, EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) regretfully announced that its founder James P. Vonderhorst died Wednesday, August 7, as the result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

July 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Clever layout enhances bottling efficiency

At the San Manuel Bottled Water Group’s new plant, one automated line requires just five operators for 350 bpm output. See in-plant video

June 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Golden Flake: New vf/f/s for potato chip bagging

Printed rollstock unwinds from the back of one of Golden Flake's new vf/f/s machines from Heat and Control. After a knife cuts between the seal area, the filled bag discharges at the bottom of the machine.

May 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Sidel 'refocuses' on core businesses

NEWS FROM INTERPACK 2002: Gérard Stricher, CEO of Sidel (Le Havre Cedex, France) announced a newly reorganized company that will concentrate its energies in three specific product areas for its customers worldwide.

April 30, 2002

Flow wrapping

At interpack 2002

NEWS FROM INTERPACK 2002: Packworld.com looks at some of the show’s notable news and products.

April 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

A.R.C.: Computerized netweigher for roofing nails

Roofing nails are distributed by a vibratory feeder to the vf/f/s cone, which spreads them to the ring of 14 sets of buckets. The computer-controlled buckets provide the nails three-buckets-at-a-time to the bagger and onto a takeaway conveyor at a rate to 40/min of the 50-count, 1.5-lb bags. Equipment was supplied by Batching Systems.

March 31, 2002