Conveying & accumulation

Picking, packing, and palletizing with robots

Robotics—a flexible automation system that improves productivity, quality, and workforce capabilities—continues making inroads into packaging.

August 9, 2007

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization: Page 12

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Cephalon's RFID pilot

Cephalon Inc. is in Phase 3 of an RFID pilot program that will involve live testing at its manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, UT. Based out of Frazer, PA, Cephalon is a mid-sized biopharmaceutical company with $1.8 billion in sales last year. Its products include Actiq, Provigil, as well as Fentora, which is the product that is the focus of the current RFID pilot. Cephalon started its RFID pilot program in 2004.

June 11, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Specifying the ideal stretch-wrap machine for your application

White paper from Orion Packaging explains the basics of specifying the correct stretch-wrap machine for your specific application.

March 18, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

Data flows from ERP to packaging machines

Just five operators run two lines that span three floors and churn out 600 bottles/min. An automated order system plays a pivotal role in streamlining changeover.

March 9, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Daisy Brand grows with RFID

The company automates its RFID processes using a print-and-apply applicator to tag all of its pallets with smart labels.

March 8, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Pro Mach's President of End of Line Packaging Mack Greene Retires

Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that Charles M. (Mack) Greene, President of its End-of-Line Business Unit, will retire January 31 this year.

January 30, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Automatic Rotary Ring Wrapper

Wulftec demonstrated its Wring-500 automatic rotary ring wrapper at Pack Expo 2006.

November 2, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Stretch wrapper - 180 to 200 loads/hour

Lantech engineers asked customers what they wanted most in their stretch wrappers. They took their suggestions and built a machine that includes: High production speeds, 99% uptime with no film breaks, good load appearance with no film tails, consistent, precise load containment, and an operator-friendliness.

November 1, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Stretch Hood Packaging

Lachenmeier has its Stretch Hood machine type Power Flex in operation at Pack Expo 2006.

October 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Orion enhances Human Machine Interface on Semi-Automatic, Turntable Stretch Wrapping Systems

Orion Packaging, a division of Pro Mach, will unveil a new digital display and control panel for its semi-automatic, turntable stretch wrapping systems that provides users with easy to understand visual feedback for operating and adjusting the machines.

October 23, 2006

Secondary Packaging

New At Pack Expo Product Library

Check out the newest innovation in packaging line solutions at the Pro Mach booths, #N 4029-4142 at Pack Expo. Below are a list of products you can expect to see there...

October 19, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Load containment system

3M will display its Stretchable Tape Load Containment System, a two-part system that helps prevent loads from tipping, vibrating, and shifting.

October 10, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Apotex: Semi-automatic case packing of pharmaceutical bottles

Film-bundled packs of pharmaceutical bottles are discharged from a shrink tunnel onto a roller conveyor where an Apotex operator picks them up and places them into a corrugated shipping case.

September 11, 2006