Controls & Machine Components

Husky Injection Molding Systems: No-tool changeover on fillers

MRM Elgin (Menomonie, WI) now offers no-tool changeover capabilities on its Husky fill-to-level filler and rotary piston filler. Infeed timing spirals fit connectors at either end.

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Secondary Packaging

Chase-Logeman Corporation: Fill/stopper/tray load system

Chase-Logeman (Greensboro, NC) has introduced the Model FSTS2-12H automatic filling, stoppering and tray loading system. It uses a positive displacement servo-driven pump to fill glass or plastic bottles ranging from 2 mL to 100 mL at speeds to 120 bottles/min.

September 30, 1997

Sustainability

Air cushions

FP Intl. (Redwood City, CA) has introduced Flo-Pak Cell-O air cushions as an alternative to paper packaging. Products are safeguarded by inserting one or more of the clear, HDPE cushions in the shipping container.

September 30, 1997

Filling/capping, dry

Auger filler

AMS Filling Systems (Malvern, PA) has developed the Model SA-100 servo-driven auger filler. It fills powders, granulars, flakes, liquids, gels and pastes into flexible bags at speeds to 120 containers/min.

September 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Kollmorgen: Motion control chip

Kollmorgen Motion Technologies (Radford, VA) has introduced a new motion control chip designed to simplify the motion controller. The PCD-4500 combines control and translator functions into one 44 QFD package, and operates as a satellite microprocessor to simplify motion design.

September 30, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Flex America Inc: Flex America Inc: Vibratory conveyor

Meyer Machine's (San Antonio, TX) Magne-Flex L(TM) vibratory conveyor is suitable for the horizontal movement of raw and finished pharmaceutical materials.

September 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Case sealer

A spec sheet from S & R Industries (Olyphant, PA) describes the Model SR4000T automatic random p-s tape case sealer. Machine specifications such as power and air requirements, production rate, case dimensions and machine weight are listed, along with available options and features.

September 30, 1997

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Graphic Packaging Intl.: Rotary inserter

Minnesota Automation (Crosby, MN) has developed a patented, six-arm Servo Synchronous Rotary (SSR) Inserter for random product-feed applications. This machine synchronizes placement with the product and matches the insert placing speed to the linear speed of the carton or web to minimize skewing.

September 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Filamatic, a division of National Instrument LLC: Rotary stoppering machine

A new rotary stoppering machine from National Instrument (Baltimore, MD) offers high-speed, continuous-motion stoppering with reliable placement. Designed for use in a Class 100 Clean Room, the Capamatic® DLS-12-T offers speeds to 300 containers/min, using 13- to 30-mm, full- or partial-depth stoppers.

September 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Thermal-transfer coder

Graseby Allen's (Elmhurst, IL) new TT53IM thermal coder is designed for use on intermittent labelers, form/fill/ seal systems, turn-key carton coders and other intermittent-motion coding applications.

September 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Magnetic twist conveyor

Magnetic twist conveyors provide absolute can control when laying down or uprighting filled or empty cans for coding, labeling or other downstream functions, says manufacturer Walker Magnetics (Worcester, MA).

September 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Market research report

A new report on how to successfully enter the Chinese market is available from Keck & Co. (Atherton, CA). The report was derived from survey responses of U.S.

September 30, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner Mfg. Corp.: Low-profile conveyors

Dorner Mfg. (Hartland, WI) offers CE-marked low-profile conveyors and gearmotors that comply with European safety directives. The 2100 Series is offered in widths from 1" to 40", and lengths from 1' to 100'.

September 30, 1997