Secondary Packaging

Automatic case packer

The Model 491 top-load, automatic case packer from Focke (Greensboro, NC) is designed to pick and place cartons, bags and bottles at speeds to 15 cases/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Pillar Technologies - An ITW Company: Induction cap sealer

Pillar Technologies (Hartland, WI) has introduced a hand-held induction capsealer designed for laboratory and R&D facilities, or packagers using moderate production speeds.

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Controls & Machine Components

International Paper: Bleached board

Everest® solid-bleached-sulphate board from International Paper (Purchase, NY) is designed for upscale cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Off-line case feeder

The TR-1000 off-line case feeder from Certified Machinery (Lawrenceville, NJ) is specifically designed for use in conjunction with ink-jet printers, labelers, print/apply systems and verification equipment.

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Controls & Machine Components

Roll-wrap machine

GEI Autowrappers' (Exton, PA) S2000 Series of roll-wrap machines can wrap round, compressed tablets and lozenges for the pharmaceutical market at speeds to 150 packs/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Strapping tool

The Pneumon pneumatic tensioner from Greiner (Esslingen, Germany) permits steel-strap tensioning without applying force, even if high strap tensions are required.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Modular inspection system

New Resina Corp. (Brooklyn, NY) has developed a modular inspection system designed to handle a range of functions-from simple detection of missing cap liners to the full-scale, 100% inspection of capping.

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Conveying & accumulation

Conveyors bridge the gap for Hiram Walker

Conveyors carry cases of glass-bottled spirits over a bridge for palletization and stretch wrapping. That saves this Canadian distiller more than $500ꯠ per year.

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Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: Electronics brochure

An eight-page brochure from Electro Cam (Roscoe, IL) presents the company's line of programmable limit switches, resolvers, and the NEMA 12 and 4X Absolute Gray Encoders.

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Conveying & accumulation

Packing process grows on Teixeira Farms

California produce grower lengthens lettuce shelf life and saves material costs by switching from waxed cases to a bag-in-box configuration.

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Filling/capping, dry

Bulk weigher/auger filler

AMS Filling Systems' (Malvern, PA) Model A-110-Lynx net weigher bulk-and-dribble auger filler fills powders and granular products as well as thin or viscous liquids, in weights from 1 oz to several hundred lb.

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Conveying & accumulation

P-s label press mixes it up

Amway has been using the narrow-web press since March '97 to print p-s labels for bottles of laundry products, kitchen cleaners and car care products.

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Converting equipment

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)

Additional NACD award winners: Novelties category

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