Controls & machine components

Regal Beloit Completes Merger with Rexnord PMC Creating Regal Rexnord Corp.

The new company will bring an expanded range of product and digital solutions aimed at helping increase customers’ efficiency and productivity.

October 5, 2021

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Secondary Packaging

Cartoner Enables High-Speed, Recycle-Ready Packaging for Bumble Bee Tuna

This new paperboard packaging solution will help The Bumble Bee Seafood Company further its commitment to reducing ocean waste without sacrificing product quality.

October 4, 2021

Robotics

Cobot miniPAL 2.0 has 25% Greater Payload, Added Safety Features

Columbia/Okura upgraded its miniPAL® with the enhanced UR10e cobot arm by Universal Robots, increasing the payload to 12.5 kg (27.55 lbs) as well as replacing pressure sensitive safety mats with area safety scanners.

October 4, 2021

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Print & Apply Labeler Improves Print Quality Without Sacrificing Line Throughput

ID Technology, a ProMach product brand, used PACK EXPO Las Vegas to officially introduce its new Model 258 print & apply label applicator with CrossMerge™ technology.

October 4, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

The BoxMaker’s Kristi Duvall Receives Industry Award for Wide Format Printing

The BoxMaker, Inc.

Kristi Duvall, Vice President of Sales for The BoxMaker, received the 2021 Women in Wide Format Award from Big Picture Magazine.

October 1, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Specially Designed Case Packer for GOYA Foods

SOMIC America announced at PACK EXPO Las Vegas that it has reached an agreement to provide GOYA Foods with a proprietary, end-of-line packaging machine for retail-ready packaging.

September 29, 2021

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Tunnel Vision: Labels, Sleeves, Bands

Different applications require different heat-shrink devices.

September 29, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Small-Footprint Robotic Case Packer has 1-Day Comission

Schubert Group’s compact lightline robotic case packer is a preconfigured machine that can erect, fill, and close cartons and cases in a range of formats.

September 29, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Easy-to-Use, Compact Robotic Palletizer

In partnership with Nova Automation, Kawasaki debuts its robotic palletizer that is both compact and modular and doesn’t require robotic programming knowledge to deploy.

September 29, 2021

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All-Paper Blister Pack

Starview Packaging and Rohrer have teamed up to introduce a rotary blister pack machine that actually erects a paper blank thanks to some extraordinary tooling and great precision in the scoring and die-cutting of the paperboard blister.

September 29, 2021

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Automated Application of Fiber-based Ring Carrier

The fiber-based ring carrier from E6PR has been a hit in multiple markets, and now from Tecma Aries there is machinery to apply it automatically. Three models are available, and the high-end model can 1,200 cans/min.

September 29, 2021

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AR Facilitates Preventive Maintenance, Boosts OEE

Augmented reality was front and center at the booth of CAMA, as Sales Engineering Manager Davide Di Lorenzo demonstrated how any operational benefits can be gained through this advanced technology.

September 29, 2021

Controls & Machine Components

Augmented Reality Speeds Machine Troubleshooting

Emerson’s new Augmented Reality option runs on its Movicon SCADA platform and allows operators to control equipment through an iPad or AR device and gather metrics on the machinery.

September 29, 2021