Secondary Packaging

Robots add corner boards to pallets

Replacing the need for labor-intensive manual placement of pallet corner boards, Orion Packaging Systems new Automatic Corner Board Placer can add corner boards to the four edges of a pallet using robotic systems at speeds from 50 to 75 loads/hr.

September 28, 2011

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Secondary Packaging

Hardscape stretchwrapping optimized

New equipment helps Pavestone maximize product integrity, increase productivity, and minimize costs associated with stretch wrapping loads of paving materials used by landscapers.

September 1, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Pallet handling, wrapping get an upgrade

Automated stretch wrapping machine and low-profile chain conveyor system smoothly deliver securely wrapped loads without operator attention.

May 9, 2011

Secondary Packaging

One video shows three automatic pallet stretch wrappers

Watch this video of three types of high-precision stretch wrapping machines. Features include automated cutting and finishing, automated staging and discharge. Video shows round and square loads being wrapped.

January 25, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Video shows low-level, medium-speed palletizer

Heavy-duty, medium-speed, flexible palletizer from Currie by Brenton LLP has a modular design, fully automated performance, and ability to accommodate multiple pack patterns. An optional integrated Orion stretch wrapper can be added.

January 19, 2011

Secondary Packaging

With iPALLETIZER® App, connect to your Columbia palletizer on your iPhone or iPad

One of the many benefits of a PC-based human machine interface is the ability to tap into the mainstream consumer electronics world, as Columbia Machine demonstrated at PACK EXPO 2010 with a WiFi connection, smart phone, iPad and HMI from B&R running Windows XPe.

November 16, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

Industry watch

November 13, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Stretch hood machine with load stability

Watch this new stretch hood machine with film properties designed to provide load stability due to both vertical and horizontal holding forces.

November 11, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Rotary ring stretch wrapping technology

See this pallet stretch wrapper efficiently wrap a load at Pack Expo.

November 10, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Small-footprint palletizer/stretch wrapper combo

At Pack Expo 2010, Columbia shows its FL1000-SW heavy-duty, small-footprint palletizer with a fully integrated stretch wrapper.

November 8, 2010

Tamper-evident machinery

Five Pro Mach brands voted by Packaging World readers as category leaders in 2010 Leadership in Pack

November 7, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Low profile conveyor designed for pallet jack unloading

The MA Deluxe high-speed rotary tower stretch wrapper from Orion, a division of Pro Mach, incorporates a unique low-profile conveyor system. The 60-pallet-per-hour system was designed for distribution centers where pallet jacks are the norm. The system is ideal for unstable loads and random mix loads.

November 3, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Most flexible lab retort in the world

The new 2402 Gentle Motion retort from Allpax, a division of Pro Mach, offers a small footprint for lab work and the capacity to simulate a host of retort processes and agitation types. Processes piloted on the 2402 can be ported to production Allpax units for fast time-to-market and assured quality and repeatability.

November 3, 2010