Secondary Packaging

Magnetic palletizing heads

Walker Magnetics (Worcester, MA) offers a line of magnetic palletizing/depalletizing heads that operate with hydraulics or pneumatics without external moving parts.

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Conveying & accumulation

Efector, Inc: Bus-based components

efector Inc. (Exton, PA) has released a new family of master controller modules, slave modules, power suppliers, cables, software and accessories that will allow supplier's sensors and switches to be connected on a simple, two-wire bus system.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Guarding system

From Banner Eng. (Minneapolis, MN) comes Micro-Screen, a compact, point-of-operation guarding system for smaller production machines. Using an optoelectronic emitter, receiver and controller, the system generates an infrared light screen between personnel and hazardous machine components.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Hopper for fragile items

WeighPack Systems' (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) low-level feeder for fragile products uses a low-level design to minimize damage to products such as snack foods, crackers, cookies, certain cereals, electronic components, solid pet foods and candles.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Clinton Packaging: Cosmetics rounds

Wide-mouth round containers for creams and a narrow-mouth square bottle in 50 mL for lotions are available from Clinton Packaging (St. Louis, MO). Made from frosted glass, containers come in 1/2-, 2- and 4-oz stock sizes.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Gelatin capsule filler

TL Systems/Bosch Group (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced the GKF 2000 hard-gelatin capsule-filling machine. Its unique rounded-edge design and newly developed cleaning system are said to provide cleanup that exceeds cGMP standards.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Plastic syringe processor

The Model SPLP plastic syringe processor from Adtech Filling and Packaging Systems (Hatboro, PA) accommodates syringe sizes from 1 to 20 cc, complete with barrel and plunger at speeds to 120 units/min.

May 31, 1998

Secondary Packaging

Case palletizer

The Patriot 8000 case palletizer from Priority One America (Sarasota, FL) forms two rows and two layers of cases simultaneously for loading onto one pallet.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Conveyor mount

TapTone (N. Falmouth, MA) has introduced a new single-lane conveyor-mounted bridge assembly for use with its defect detection systems. Provides precision height adjustment of the leak detection transducer with a fine adjustment crank assembly and digital height indicator.

May 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Color sensor

The LC-104 color sensor from Sentex (Santa Clara, CA) permits rapid analysis of up to four color signatures. Offers three levels of sensitivity that can be adjusted according to the shades of colors to be read.

May 31, 1998

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Tray packer

The high-speed TP-50 tray packer from Kayat Eng. (Edgewater, FL) collates and packs bottles, jars, cans and tapered tubs at speeds to 65 trays/min.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Carton printing

The Autoprint® system from AT Information Systems (Mahwah, NJ) offers a unique combination of ink-jet and thermal-transfer printing. It transports, prints, bar codes and counts cartons for a range of products at speeds to 100 cartons/min.

May 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

L-sealer

The Model 360 automatic in-line shrink wrap L-sealer from Indaseal (Columbus, IN) is designed with simplicity and reliability in mind. PLC-driven machine has a continuous-infeed feature.

May 31, 1998