Secondary Packaging

Axon appoints Latin American sales, customer support manager

Axon promoted Jose Arroyo to Latin American sales and customer support manager to provide sales service activities for a growing customer base.

December 6, 2016

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Controls & Machine Components

Cognex acquires two 3D vision companies

Cognex Corporation expands its 3D vision capabilities with acquisition of EnShape GmbH and AQSense.

December 6, 2016

Secondary Packaging

A vision-guided pick-and-place robot is easy to integrate

The VGR 2000 automated robotic pick-and place packer accurately picks, turns and places individual flow-wrapped packages into small cartons. The carton-filler fits perfectly into a complete Bradman Lake Group line comprising a flow wrapper, carton former and carton closer.

December 5, 2016

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

A continuous motion f/f/s machine maximizes efficiency

The BVC vertical bagger from Rovema features ultrasonic film tracking, servo-driven film carriage correction and adjustable pressure. The Sense and Seal feature detects product in seal areas and the preheating Premium Seal feature maintains high quality at high speeds.

December 5, 2016

Robotics

An automated transport system shuttles products or packages individually

The SuperTrak programmable transport system from B&R Automation enables advanced manufacturing and packaging processes by synchronizing multiple external coordinated axes. Ethernet POWERLINK and Automation Studio software power the system, which is designed for harsh environments.

December 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

A snack food bag case loader that is hygienic and ergonomic

The HFP Base system from Focke & Co. gently loads snack food bags and pouches into cases within a narrow footprint that is only six feet wide. The clean design has no horizontal surfaces and is "open" for easy operator monitoring.

December 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Case packer switches quickly from horizontal to vertical

The "Swing" horizontal and vertical packer (HVP) from Blueprint is a robotic solution for feeding bags, pouches and rigid containers into cases at up to 300 packages per minute. Used with Smart-Trak collation inloading, the HVP's servo-driven robotic end-effector picks and places packages gently into cases.

December 5, 2016

Filling/capping, dry

Synerlink S.A. acquires Sogameca

Synerlink S.A. strengthens its position as a provider to the fresh dairy and food industry by acquiring cutting tool manufacturer Sogameca.

December 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Automated palletizer for intricate stacking patterns

Intelligrated's Alvey 891i palletizer handles both single and multi-line operations for a wide variety of secondary packaging types with high-level, row-forming capabilities and operator-friendly features.

December 2, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

A narrow spiral conveyor takes end or side transfers

The fast, compact Narrow Trak Spiral from Ryson uses either six- or nine-inch wide interlocking slat conveyors with either a stainless steel or powder-coated surface.

December 2, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Compact end-to-end solutions for PET beverage bottles

The SMI Group offers end-to-end packaging solutions designed to cover every beverage market, specializing in turnkey systems that start with PET blow-molding and end with automated palletizing.

December 2, 2016

Filling/capping, dry

Reliable vacuum pumps for food packaging

Busch supplies a variety of pumps for food packaging applications and meets your specific needs.

December 2, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Breaking into wrapping machinery

Solbern used PACK EXPO International as a launch pad for its new sandwich wrapping system, which takes advantage of PLC-controlled stepper motors and drives

December 2, 2016