Controls & Machine Components

Shipping and labeling supplies

Weber Marking (Arlington Heights, IL) has released its 1995 catalog of shipping and labeling supplies. The 20-page catalog lists the company's full line of labels and ribbons according to labeling applications and imprinting technologies, in-cluding impact, thermal-transfer and laser.

January 31, 1995

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Controls & Machine Components

DFISA directory

The Dairy and Food Industries Supply Assn. (Rockville, MD) has published its 1995 membership directory of products and services. Contains an alphabetical listing of all DFISA members, including key personnel, addresses and products and services.

January 31, 1995

Filling/capping, dry

Multifunction controller

The Model OI100 from Hyde Park Electronics (Dayton, OH) combines a PLC, programmable limit switch, data entry keyboard and message center into one controller.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Collapsible agriculture bin

Calpine Containers (Pleasant Hill, CA) and Perstorp Xytec (Tacoma, WA) have created the Xytec® 4848 Agbin, a HDPE bin that provides an alternative to wood bins.

January 31, 1995

Secondary Packaging

Dual in-line stretch wrapper

Kaufman (Toledo, OH) has introduced an automatic dual in-line stretch wrapper system that uses two lower-speed overhead arm stretch wrappers, rather than one high-speed wrapper, for optimum volume with decreased maintenance and downtime.

January 31, 1995

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

New BOPP fillm

Propafilm CK 140 from ICI Films (Chicago, IL) is a biaxially oriented PP film with good moisture, gas and flavor barriers. FDA approved for direct food contact, it is suited for dry mixes, powders, spices, candies, coffee, tea, medical device overwraps or any product requiring an anti-static surface.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Photoelectric and proximity sensors

Photoelectric and proximity sensors from Boston Gear (Quincy, MA) can be used as system status indicators, providing input to PLCs. Available in infrared, visible-beam, polarized-light and fiber-optic models.

January 31, 1995

Filling/capping, dry

Flexible tubes

Flexible tubes from Brechteen (Chesterfield, MI) are made from polyamide for clip cut resistance and good size control. For use in packaging oils, powders, adhesives and consumer products.

January 31, 1995

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Cheese marketer stretches packaging technology

Package redesign enhances images of upscale cheeses. New MAP package is a first for dairy while another pack pioneers an injection-molding method.

January 31, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging helps a new market blossom

California flower grower enters the foodservice market by developing an MAP packaging system that's right at home in the refrigerated foodservice distribution chain.

January 31, 1995

Conveying & accumulation

Conveyor brochure

A 16-page catalog from Flexible Material Handling (Cleveland, OH) describes seven new conveyor designs, plus options and accessories for packaging, distribution, and manufacturing operations.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Stopper washing machine

A new brochure from Cozzoli (Plainfield, NJ) highlights features and capabilities of the SW40 stopper washing machine. Discusses user-programmable wash cycles with coded access, sanitary plumbing, stainless steel exteriors.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Stars and guides

Kwik Change interchangeable stars and guides from Change Parts (Ludington, MI) fit over quarter-turn locking hubs on rotary style cleaning, filling or capping machines.

January 31, 1995