Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

220/min tube filling

The dual-head ProSys ProTrac 220 High-Speed Tube Filler for plastic, laminate, or aluminum squeeze tubes uses a racetrack configuration and servos to speed production for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and adhesive industries.

February 6, 2009

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

One site fits all: Consolidating control of multiple packaging functions

White paper from Triangle covers how advances in controls technology now allows integrated control of scale-and-bagger equipment, resulting in a 50% waste reduction, reduced film usage, improved seals, and better-looking bags.

February 3, 2009

Sustainability

Lance invests in its future

As an aging fleet of bagging systems is replaced over a three-year period, payback comes through enhanced performance of both combination scales and vf/f/s systems.

February 1, 2009

Flexible packaging

Capsule and liquid filling lines ease growing pains

Sports nutrition and supplement products manufacturer and co-packer All American Pharmaceutical eases growing pains with new state-of-the art capsule and liquid filling lines.

January 31, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

High-speed parts bagging with 100% QC

Model T-1000 from Advanced Poly-Packaging offers parts bagging to 100 cycles/min. Shown with UC-2400 Vibratory Parts Counter that handles parts up to 4-in. dia; thermal-transfer print handles product data plus logos and bar codes; and Model US-4000 Rotary Checkweigh Scale for 100% QC inspection.

January 24, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Flexible filling line handles beverages at 80 bottles/min

Fully integrated filling line allows supplement and sports nutrition co-packer All American Pharmaceutical to meet the demand for its homeopathic and RTD sports and nutrition beverages and concentrates.

January 16, 2009

Cartoning

Perfecting pasta packaging

A line at Barilla's greenfield plant in Avon, NY, features a cartoner and two case packers.

January 7, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Costco snack pack operations

Costco’s in-house production for tubed snacks relies on three f/f/s units and four pick-and-place robots to produce a 24-count variety pack.

January 7, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Cost effective filling and cartoning line

The Nordenmatic 2002S/Nordenpac 2002S filling and cartoning line from Norden combines both modern design and state-of-the-art technology to provide secure and efficient production.

December 14, 2008

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Filler is rated for production speed to 100 tubes/min

Norden's latest machine, the NM 902, is rated for a production speed of up to 100 tubes/min depending on tube size and viscosity of the product. The machine has a robust design with the indexing gear encased in a cast oil bath.

December 14, 2008

Flexible packaging

Packaging automation delivers value for tough economy

With the recession ‘official,’ CPGs stand to win more sales and market share in 2009 through packaging innovation and efficiency than comparable investments.

December 8, 2008

Cartoning

Wireless comes to packaging

Used for a decade in things like warehousing or petrochemicals, where long distances make wired connections inefficient, wireless is now surfacing in packaging.

December 3, 2008

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Machine produces package/utensil in one

Optima Packaging Group's SnapSil 400 packaging machine combines disposable cutlery with the package.

November 30, 2008