Controls & Machine Components

Do-It Corporation: PVC hang tabs

Do-It Corp.'s (South Haven, MI) First Impression(TM) clear PVC hang tabs make products more noticable and communicate key product information to the consumer.

December 31, 1998

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Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: Instructional video

Electro Cam (Roscoe, IL) has released a 15-min video on installation and troubleshooting procedures for EC-2000 and EC-3000 Electronic Cam Limit Switches.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

European Packaging Machinery, Inc: Vacuum monitor

European Packaging Machinery (Tennent, NJ) introduces the VC-25 vacuum monitoring system to verify the integrity of aluminum or tinplate lids at speeds to 1ꯠ/min.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Malcom Co.: Hot air tool

A hot-air production tool that can be configured with a variety of different nozzles for use in shrink packaging and drying applications is available from Malcom Co.

December 31, 1998

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Belcor Industries Inc: Bag inserter

The BEL 450 semi-automatic bag inserter with top and bottom case taping from Belcor Industries (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) is designed for manual bulk filling lines where a bag liner must be inserted into the case.

December 31, 1998

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Vf/f/s system

The V1220 vertical f/f/s system from Taylor (Parsons, KS) runs supported or unsupported films with a maximum thickness of 6 mils at speeds to 120 bpm.

December 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Hassia USA Inc: Hot-fill poucher

The FlexiBag® 40/26 from Hassia USA (Morganville, NJ) is a vf/f/s machine that produces pouch sizes from 1 to 6 L. Handles liquids and particulates at temperatures to 200°F.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Amoco Chemicals: O2-scavenging copolyester

When Amosorb® 3000 O2-scavenging copolyester from Amoco Chemicals (Chicago, IL) is used as a core layer in a multilayer polyester container, even the most 02-sensitive products can be packaged in plastic.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Motion controller

The NextMove BX motion controller from Baldor (Fort Smith, AK) can control up to four axes of servo or closed-loop vector, more than 500 points of I/O and two serial ports, all in one unit.

December 31, 1998

Secondary Packaging

Case packers

R.A. Pearson Co. (Spokane, WA) designed VersaPack(TM) case packers to serve the needs of manufacturers whose production runs and products are continually changing.

December 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Ryt-way opens to reclosable pouches for pet foods

New horizontal form/fill/seal machinery helps contract packager Ryt-way build its budding pet food business. Ryt-way's first customer is Hill's Pet Nutrition, for 1- and 2-lb stand-up pouches for dog treats.

December 31, 1998

Sustainability

German medical products maker bags new IV material

Serum-Werk Bernburg introduces IV bags for hospital use in a new structure that eliminates the need for an overwrap. New hf/f/s machines at a new plant fill medical solutions into the bags.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

DuPont Packaging: DuPont Packaging: Shrink film

DuPont (Wilmington, DE) Clysar® ABL shrink film is a clear, biaxially oriented, heat-shrinkable, linear low/ultra low-density polyolefin film.

December 31, 1998