Controls & Machine Components

Level 4 serialization system offers a transformative promise

A Level 4 system has the potential to usher in a new era of supply chain efficiency, transparency and compliance.

July 11, 2017

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lincoln Laser: High-speed laser printing

Lincoln Laser, in association with SPI Lasers UK Ltd., offered a live demonstration of a MOPA laser working in tandem with a high speed Polygon scan head at Laser World of Photonics in Munich.

July 11, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeler holds five rolls

Aptly named the Multi-Roller Printer, the ES 7800 from Espera holds five label rolls at once, so up to five different labels can be selected, printed, and applied by one machine with no need to stop between selections.

July 7, 2017

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

Bagging line upgrade

New vf/f/s and combination weigh scale system helps baked snacks manufacturer improve weight control, avert product damage difficulties, and double packaging speeds.

July 7, 2017

Operational Excellence

FDA issues one-year delay in DSCSA product identifier enforcement

DSCSA law does not change, but enforcement is pushed back to Nov. 26, 2018, says agency in June 30 draft guidance.

July 5, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Intelligent actuator makes size change simple

The newest addition to a line of versatile robotic case packers features an intelligent actuator that lets an operator go to a new case format by simply pressing a button at the HMI.

July 5, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

E-PAK Machinery expands parts and service department

E-PAK Machinery has expanded our Parts and Service Department To include APAKS parts.

July 5, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Douglas offers service, support 24 hours a day, seven days a week

The Douglas team is dedicated to assisting its customers throughout the life of their equipment.

June 30, 2017

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

Medical thermoform-fill-seal machine introduced by Ossid

Ossid’s new 8000S thermoform-fill-seal machine offers a versatile, customizable packaging platform.

June 30, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

End effector requires its own controls

To bring its game changing robotic end effector to the marketplace, Soft Robotics’s Carl Vause says that a whole new approach to controls had to be taken.

June 28, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Memjet hires new general manager of commercial print

Eric Owen’s global sales and marketing expertise will increase Memjet’s presence in high-volume commercial print and packaging markets.

June 28, 2017

Material handling

Global control preferences color new serialization/aggregation lines

MGS focuses on small-footprint machinery that interconnects to other equipment on pharmaceutical lines and allows a single point of functionality.

June 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Miniature pneumatic pinch valves

Clippard’s NPP Series 2-Way pneumatic pinch valves are air-piloted devices designed to open or close tubes for controlling flow of liquids and gases.

June 27, 2017