Machinery: Page 1173

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Warnings up in smoke

Rep. Martin Meehan, D-MA, wants to see tougher warning labels on cigarette packages and is developing legislation he hopes to introduce when the new 105th Congress convenes in January.

November 30, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Mexico has new labeling rule

Commercial products sold in Mexico are subject to new labeling requirements that took effect November 1, 1996. The rule outlines the language that must be included on consumer product labels and defines terms, including packaging, labels and tags, instructions, guarantees, and the principal display panel.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Corner wrap system

Superior Machine Systems (Mason, OH) introduces its Genesis Corner Wrap system Series 9000 in its new full-color brochure. The system provides an effective way to automatically label two adjacent panels of boxes.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Reusable temperature logger

The HOBO® Temp data logger is a cost-effective and reusable way to record temperatures of shipments of food or electronics products. The small, 1-oz device is packed into a case with product.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Membrane sealer

The metFoil® Sealer from Frei (Wittenbach, Switzerland) is an aluminum membrane sealing machine for welded cans with curled flanges. Foil rollstock is first uncoiled and a tear tab affixed.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Pallet storage

Sanpak Lagertechnik (Glinde, Germany) offers the Paletti Garage for empty pallets. ISO-approved, it holds up to 30 pallets. Integral hydraulics allow a pallet stack to be raised by a single operator with simple lever operation, so that a pallet can be inserted at the bottom of a stack.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Cap holding system

CapWell Systems (Santa Rosa, CA) has introduced a cap holding system that allows caps to be temporarily stored on the container while the container is open.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Accumulation tables

Easy Flow(TM) pressureless accumulation tables from Automated Production Systems (New Freedom, PA) provide accumulation for light and unstable containers, and are designed to fit most existing production lines.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Thermoplastic assembly

A new brochure from Ultra Sonic Seal (Aston, PA) describes the company's range of thermoplastic assembly equipment, systems and technical support services.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Clarified PP

Richards Packaging (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) now manufactures stock and custom extrusion-molded containers from a clarified grade of PP. Suited for hot fill applications, this new grade eliminates the cloudy appearance associated with products hot filled into PP containers.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Foam pump dispenser

Designed for hair mousse or foams, the Airspray finger pump foamer from Airspray Intl. (Pompano Beach, FL) does not use a gas propellant to create foam.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Vegetable oil bottles

Clinton Packaging (St. Louis, MO) offers stock glass bottles suit-able for vegetable oils such as olive oil. These rounded square bottles are available in 250-, 500-, 750- and 1000-ml sizes.

October 31, 1996