Secondary Packaging

Columbia/Okura: Training facility

Columbia/Okura (Vancouver, WA) has built a state-of-the-art facility designated specifically for testing, training, and palletizing demonstrations.

April 30, 2003

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Flexible packaging

SouthPack serves up three pavilions

Running April 30 and May 1 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center, SouthPack will feature three pavilions. In the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Packaging Pavilion, visitors will be able to source specialty equipment, medical-grade materials and supplies, kits, blister packs, and TE containers.

March 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Columbia/Okura opens training facility

Columbia/Okura (Vancouver, WA) has built a state-of-the-art facility designated specifically for testing, training, and palletizing demonstrations.

February 28, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Case palletizer

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) introduces the 780 case palletizer, a low-speed, high-level infeed palletizer with a compact footprint, heavy-duty construction, and flexible layout options.

February 28, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Automation brochure

The new “Automation Solutions for Food and Packaging” brochure from Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL) highlights its integrated packaging systems for cookers, portioning, case packers, palletizers, bottling, egg packing, cartoning, and other applications.

January 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Freezer robot palletizer

Motoman SP-100F has internal wiring and heating elements that keeps frost and freezer burn away without the use of a protective robot jacket. Temperature tolerance is –30 deg C, making it ideal for frozen products such as food, ice cream, pizza, meat, poultry, and seafood.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Deep-freeze palletizing robot

The KR 180 PA Arctic palletizing robot is capable of palletizing loads of up to 397 lbs in temperatures of –22 deg F (-30 deg C) without a protective suit or heaters.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Achievements

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) was named the 2001 “Rookie of the Year” by Motoman for Alvey’s first-year success in integrating and installing jointed-arm robotic palletizing systems.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Conference at Pack Expo features 50-plus speakers

Produced by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, the Conference at Pack Expo runs from Monday, November 4 through Wednesday, November 6. Here’s the line-up. For session abstracts, go to http://pei2002.packexpo.com.

September 30, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

The packaging marketplace: A global view (sidebar)

Rothwell on machinery sales

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Machine builders speak out on servos (sidebar)

Are servos worth it?

September 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Alcoa began development of Fridge Pack

The newest innovation in canned beverage multipacks, the 12-count Fridge Pack from Coca-Cola bottlers traces its origins to aluminum can producer Alcoa.

August 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Pallet stacker

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) introduces its new pallet load stacker. Machine allows for the automatic inline stacking of full- or partial-pallet loads, eliminating the need for manual pallet stacking and creating more opportunities for space saving in trucking, cargo shipping, and warehousing.

July 31, 2002