Secondary Packaging

Video shows shrink bundler for lightweight plastic spice containers

Video clip from ARPAC shows a shrink bundler taking a mass-flow of lightweight plastic spice containers, converting into single file, then diverting into three lanes to produce unsupported 12-pack bull's-eye shrink bundle packs without trays or pads.

January 25, 2011

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding: Page 16

Secondary Packaging

Economical and compact tray erector and shrink wrapper video

ARPAC Video shows how tray erector/packer and compact shrink wrapper work in tandem to take mass-flow infeed of squat containers, separate into groups, load onto trays, erect trays around containers, wrap in film, and finish them into a tight bull's eye pack. Automatic infeed for loading tray blanks also shown.

January 25, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Custom sleever for Beech-Nut

When Beech-Nut Nutrition Co. needed packaging for a new line of “steam-cooked mini meals” for toddlers, the challenge was to find a reliable way to handle the product prior to putting the two 6-oz tubs into a paperboard sleeve.

January 3, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Packaging trends to watch in 2011

Last year we asked automation consultant John Kowal to present 6 trends to anticipate in the coming year. Here's what Kowal, who is now packaging market development manager at B&R Industrial Automation, for another round of trends.

January 2, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Semi-automatic shrink system speeds throughput

The DEM-4 and DEM-6 combo shrink systems combine a heavy duty L-bar sealer and shrink tunnel for packing, sealing, and shrinking products.

December 30, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Aetna Group demonstrates end of line technologies

Single source solutions range from shrink wrapping to case packing to palletizing.

December 7, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Combination shrink wrapper/case packer uses robotic pick-and-place

New from Polypack, the new All-In-One servo-driven machine comprises a robotic pick-and-place shrink bundler integrated with a case packer that can handle multiple product configurations, allows for minimal changeover, and provides versatile loading and collation.

November 29, 2010

Secondary Packaging

APM shrink wrappers are fast, flexible and easy to control

From American Packaging Machinery, a series of continuous motion servo shrink wrapping systems runs a wide variety of films at speeds up to 200+ packages per minute and are now available with automation technology from B&R.

November 17, 2010

Sustainability

OCME shrink-wrap packer reduces costs and environmental impact

Using film as thin as 30 microns, low energy consumption shrink tunnel and 17 high efficiency B&R servo motors, OCME's sustainable shrink-wrap packer doesn't miss a beat on throughput, changeover, ease of use and maintainability, either.

November 16, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Extreme Packaging: 100 cpm low cost shrink wrapper

Streamlined design sets new industry standard for cost/performance.

November 15, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bottle unscrambling, coding, verifying, checkweighing, shrink bundling, labeling line

Watch this detailed video pertaining to pharmaceutical serialization, in which every key machine is integrated to help establish a "social security number" for every bottle and multipack.

November 2, 2010

Cartoning

Leadership in Packaging category leaders announced

Packaging World’s 2010 Leadership in Packaging program was launched in January to recognize leadership and excellence among suppliers of packaging machinery, materials and services; as this year’s program concludes, twenty companies have earned the honor of Category Leader.

October 14, 2010

Palletizing/depalletizing

B&R demonstrates new automation capabilities at PACK EXPO 2010

B&R Industrial Automation will introduce advances in safety, robotic, ease-of-use, connectivity and automation technology at PACK EXPO Booth S-1073. Several respected OEMs will introduce B&R-enabled machines.

October 4, 2010