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

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Sustainability

What's not to like about robotics?

Labor savings, high throughput, repeatability, and flexibility are driving adoption of robots. ‘Creating value’ is a key consideration, too.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

'Bottle Can' Takes To Steel

Initially developed in Japan and made out of PET-coated aluminum, the ‘bottle can’ now comes to the U.S. in a two-piece steel format made in a shiny new plant.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Robots a perfect fit for packaged solution

Robots handle primary and secondary packaging on a customized turnkey line that collates, cases, labels, and palletizes industrial filters.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

2010: A packaging odyssey

Pharmaceutical maker Apotex works in concert with systems integrator to assure its packaging operations will meet customer demands at least through the year 2010.

July 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Le Nature: Palletizer and stretch wrapping

At this bottler of flavored or enhanced waters, sports drinks, fitness waters, teas, juices, and other New Age beverages, end-of-line operations include palletizing on a Krones palletizer and stretch wrapping on a Robopac machine.

May 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Touchscreen facilitates custom wrapping

Stretch wrapper’s touchscreen controls store five pre-programmed wrap patterns that can be switched on the fly, accommodating custom wrap patterns.

April 30, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Exel uses RFID-enabled stretch wrapper

A first-of-its-kind Lantech stretch wrapper with integrated RFID reader and wireless communication operates at Exel's facility in Harrisburg, PA.

March 31, 2006

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

They've seen fire and they've seen rain

Contingency planning helped Colonial Carton when fire destroyed its plant, while GA Food Services had to contend with a Katrina-driven 400% increase in business.

March 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Stretch wrapper with integrated RFID

Lantech's Q-300 Wrap 'n Read stretch wrapper offers fully integrated RFID tag reading.

January 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

RFID value beyond compliance

Former Sara Lee exec Ray Hagedorn shares that company's lessons as he emphasizes looking for value in RFID.

October 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

How to cost-justify automatic stretch wrapping

Automated stretch wrapping is actually cheaper than doing it manually. Click here to receive white paper from Wulftec that provides cost justification.

October 12, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Pro Mach: Fleetguard's robotic case erecting, case packing and stretch wrapping line

At Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005, Pro Mach's expansive booth showcased the U-shaped line that offers case erecting, case loading, case labeling, palletizing, and stretch wrapping. This same machinery will be shipped and installed at Fleetguard\'s Nashville, TN, plant in December 2005.

September 30, 2005