Operational Excellence

Ten ways packaging tech can optimize your supply chain

GlaxoSmithKline expert goes beyond the 'usual suspect' factors to offer technical tips for packagers.

November 28, 2012

Machinery: Page 464

Secondary Packaging

Case erector/bottom sealer for RSC, HSC, and RSC with divider cases

Pearson’s CE25-T (for tape) offers an ergonomic case magazine, compact footprint, and mechanically advances cases in the magazine to the pick-off.

November 28, 2012

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

An affordable workhorse for water-soluble pouch packaging

Introduced with half the speed and half the cost of its predecessor the HydroForma f/f/s machine for water-soluble pouch packages, the HydroForma SP is Cloud Packaging’s small-platform machine, which still can package three to five times the pouches per minute of any competitive vertical-style machine.

November 28, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New printer is eco-friendly

From Hitachi, this printer is designed to be energy-efficient and to use minimal amounts of solvents and consumables than comparable ink-jet printers.

November 27, 2012

Operational Excellence

Printer designed for serialization

Twin-print thermal-transfer printer from Fox IV is designed to help pharmaceutical companies implement track-and-trace strategies.

November 27, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Increase throughput and line efficiency with less labor

Form, pack, seal, print, and label with Loveshaw's fully automated system.

November 27, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Speedy shipment of pneumatic and electronic valves, cylinders, more

Clippard Instrument Laboratory now offers same-day shipping (on orders received by 2:30 p.m.) of hundreds of items. The company manufactures miniature pneumatic and electronic valves; brass, stainless, and corrosion-resistant cylinders; modular components and fittings; and more.

November 27, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ink-jet printer requires no maintenance

The A420-CIJ printer from Domino requires no maintenance beyond changing consumables. New quick-change module replaces ink and filters in 10-min. Easy for operators to select, verify, and send message to printer with easy-to-see interface. Printhead guarantees clean, error-free printing.

November 26, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Delta-style robotic tray packer

High-speed delta-style robotic tray loading robot from BluePrint Automation can load trays at 80/min, and inspection capabilities are part of the package.

November 26, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Vial labeling at 800 ampules/min

Bausch & Stroebel demonstrated a machine that labels 800 ampules/min; integrated with the labeler was a Hapa ink-jet label printing system that not only keeps pace with the 800/min speeds but also prints blank labels with serialization.

November 26, 2012

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

Premade fill-seal stand-up pouch equipment

The new Robert's IMP 1500 intermittent-motion fill/seal machine produces premade pouches for frozen foods, snacks, rice, and other products, in sizes from a few oz to 20 lab, with 20-min changeovers.

November 26, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Flexibility in blister packaging machinery

Customers said they wanted more flexibility in their blister-packaging machinery, so Algus responded with the Universal-8, which features an Omron Machine Automation Controller.

November 26, 2012

Secondary Packaging

FL3000-R high speed, floor level palletizer

The latest innovation from Columbia Machine is changing the future of floor level palletizers. The FL3000-R is a high speed, floor level hybrid palletizer that marries robotic capability and simple conventional palletizer design into a very powerful package.

November 26, 2012