Filling/capping, dry

Allergan optimizes two bottling lines

Its Cincinnati facility flourishes with two IBC 120 bottle lines from Uhlmann USA that deliver state-of-the-art packaging.

November 7, 2016

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Conveying & accumulation

A bottomless conveyor for printing traceability codes on bottle bottoms

Serial numbers, lot codes, and other markings are easily printed on the bottoms of plastic and glass bottles without disrupting the packaging line.

November 7, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

A magnetic speed controller for optimizing gravity roller conveyor operation

The Interroll MSC 50 is the first speed controller with integrated eddy current brake that provides a cost-effective solution for handling both lightweight and heavier goods.

November 7, 2016

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Pick-and-place robot handles 200 pieces/min in humid environments

Said to be the "world's only clean picker robot," Staubli's new FAST picker TP80 HE is ideal for food-industry packaging applications where stringent hygiene standards apply.

November 7, 2016

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Soft gripper technology improves 3D bin picking

Soft Robotics brings new capabilities to bin-picking items, combining its soft robotic actuator technology with 3D vision sensors to pick an array of products in random orientations.

November 7, 2016

Secondary Packaging

High-end Logo Wrap branding feature comes to economical stretch wrapper

Muller Load Containment Solutions has brought its unique Logo Wrap Feature to its economic, semi-automatic, High Profile Turntable Stretch Wrapper.

November 7, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

How invisible code supports internal pharma supply chain traceability

Videojet demonstrates at PACK EXPO how invisible codes can assist in anti-counterfeiting, track and trace and serialization issues.

November 7, 2016

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Cap feeding system reduces footprint by 75%

The OptiFeed™ cap-feeding system from Gebo Cermex handles four operations in one machine: storage, orientation, control, and elevation.

November 7, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Intelligent Illumination speeds troubleshooting

Intelligent Illumination is on full display at the Schneider Packaging booth in the South Hall, and what a colorful display it is.

November 6, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Top-load robotic case packer

Top-load robotic case packer from Barry Wehmiller’s Thiele group takes products directly from a horizontal flow wrapper into a case packer that uses a pair of Fanuc robots.

November 6, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Robotic case/carton loader offers versatility, inspection

Blueprint Automation exhibits a new robotic case- and carton-loading cell handling random and oriented product.

November 6, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New player in the TIJ arena

Redimark, a new marking and coding company out of Portland, OR, is a unique business entity with an emphasis on ordering online.

November 6, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

LinerFree print and apply labeling

A fascinating development in marking and coding is in the North Hall at the Fox IV booth, where the Model N6954 LinerFree Print and Apply labeling system is being described as a "revolutionary breakthrough."

November 6, 2016