Filling/capping, dry

Capper/uncapper

Sure Torque (Bradenton, FL) has introduced a laboratory-quality table-top capper/uncapper for the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. It's accurate to 0.5 in-lb and uses sealed motors and clutches for cleanliness.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Monoblock machine

The K1W fill/plug/cap machine from Korab Eng. (Los Angeles, CA) has been designed for applications using small bottles, such as nail polish. It can reach speeds to 100 bottles/min.

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Secondary Packaging

P-s coupon system

New from American Creative Packaging (Algoma, WI) is the E-PACS(TM) capsule. It's a pressure-sensitive overwrap containing a coupon or three-dimensional piece up to 3/8" thick.

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Controls & Machine Components

Hand-held carton sealer

The Safe T. Seal(TM) line of hand-held carton sealers is from Sunbelt Sales (Atlanta, GA). They're designed with patented retractable blades that protrude to cut tape only when pressure is applied.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Electric stapler

Model SJM-1 Little Giant Electric Stapler from Staplex (Brooklyn, NY) is designed to staple header cards, clamshells, blisterpacks, and display cards.

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Controls & Machine Components

Parcel shipping scale

Mettler-Toledo (Worthington, OH) has introduced a new low-cost, all-purpose parcel shipping (PS) scale. It has a range of 0 to 150 lb. It's rugged enough, says the company, to withstand a 300% static overload.

July 31, 1997

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Unit-dose splitter

The HUD (hospital unit-dose) Splitter from Sepha (Irvine, CA) is designed to cut hospital unit-dose blister packs into single packs without affecting the seal or product identification information.

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Controls & Machine Components

Pneumatic stapler

The JK35-590 is a pneumatic stapling gun from Josef Kihlberg (E. Syracuse, NY). It's designed specifically for securing corrugated fiberboard to wood for applications such as pallets, frames and other transport packaging.

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

Vertical form/fill/seal

Packaging Automation (Eagan, MN) has introduced the PAC 2020, an economic vertical form/fill/seal machine designed to accommodate a range of bag sizes and materials.

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Controls & Machine Components

Rotary filler control

MRM Elgin's (Menomonie, WI) rotary piston filler now offers touch screen electronic control for easy monitoring and adjustment of volume, speed and container heights.

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Controls & Machine Components

Indexing lipstick labeler

Model 9900 is a new indexing lipstick labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ). It uses an intermittent-motion product handling system, along with a product positioning system at the point of labeling, to ensure accurate results.

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Controls & Machine Components

Loose-fill vacuum

The Flo-Vac Jr.(TM) from FP Intl. (Redwood City, CA) is a manually operated vacuum unit designed for the removal of loosefill during unpacking. By releasing the power button, loosefill can be dispensed into a storage bin.

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Flow wrapping

Flow wrappers

The Flowtronic 120SE from GEI Autowrappers (Wayne, PA) is capable of reaching speeds to 400 packs/min. Specifications for up to 20 different products can be retrieved with push-button control.

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