Machinery: Page 457

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: EtherCAT I/O devices with fast hot connect capability

Optimized coupling and decoupling of EtherCAT devices during operation leads to faster tool changes and increased productivity.

January 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

High-torque screen classifying cutter

New high-torque, low-speed cutter reduces hard materials and friable products into controlled particle sizes.

January 23, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Shrink sleeve production products

Ryback and Ryback Incorporated (R&R Inc.) recently developed several products to make shrink sleeve production, quality control, and completion easier for companies in the shrink sleeve industry.

January 23, 2013

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Loss-in-weight feeder/cable suspension scale

Thayer Scale has introduced a line of Loss-In-Weight Feeders specifically designed to handle materials that are extremely free flowing and fluidizable.

January 23, 2013

Converting equipment

Can decorating machine

Machine brings heightened decorating quality, speed and flexibility to canmaking lines.

January 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Pepsi invests $35,000 to generate an added $300,000 annually

On a 2-L PET line at a Pepsi plant in Cheverly, MD, an optimized conveyor connection between case packer and palletizer is helping to generate about $300,000 more in revenue per year.

January 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Modifications that lower bottling line costs

Watch this video podcast featuring a discussion between Editor Pat Reynolds and Matt Stoneburner of Emerson Power Transmission Solutions on how reducing friction, lubrication and horsepower can be both green and profitable for any bottling or canning line.

January 23, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Checklist for buying case packing equipment

Six questions to answer before contacting a case-packing machinery manufacturer.

January 21, 2013

Cartoning

Hoffmann-La Roche AG's line automates personalized kit packaging

Seven sub-machines package clinical trial patient kits with efficiency and inspection security, minimizing labor costs.

January 17, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Nulogy adds supply chain expert to board

Art Mesher, chairman and CEO of Descartes Systems, will help enhance corporate governance, global growth and customer service.

January 16, 2013

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

Semi-automatic bagger for food high-productivity applications

FAS SPrint Revolution™ Bagging System opens bags, lets operators load product, and seals bags at up to 900 inches/min. Airtight, high-quality 3/8" seals. Continuous, intermittent, or batch mode.

January 15, 2013

Flexible packaging

Tabletop bagging machine improves productivity in fill/seal applications

Video from Automated Packaging Systems details the loading process and key operational features of a tabletop bagging fill/seal machine.

January 15, 2013