Coding, Printing & Labeling

ZE500™ Series: Innovative design, greater benefits

With improved ease of use and simplified serviceability, the new Zebra® ZE500™ Series print engine is designed to keep mission-critical print-and-apply applications operating without interruptions.

November 12, 2012

Machinery: Page 468

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Produce packer easily integrates printers with ERP

Tomato and cucumber packer EuroFresh Farms uses cost-efficient, seamless software solution to link its 30 bar-code printers to a new enterprise resource planning system.

November 10, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Flexographic printing plates

Flint Group announces new formulation of nyloflex® ACE plates.

November 9, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

High heat markless cups

SAS Automation introduces high heat, markless vacuum cups.

November 9, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cylindrical product labeler

Hunkar Packaging introduces the Cosmos 2500 CPL Cylindrical Product Labeler.

November 9, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Non-contact safety switches

AutomationDirect’s IDEM safety switches for non-contact magnetic and non-contact coded magnetic styles are interlocking devices designed to protect both people and machines.

November 9, 2012

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Semi-automatic scale and bagger combo debuts

Automated Packaging Systems shows its FAS Sprint Revolution™ bagger, which accommodates a range of pouch styles and materials, with the Yamato Dataweigh TSDW-205W scale that loads fresh foods and fragile products directly into the bags. Ideal for products sold by a fixed weight.

November 8, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

100 to 400-ppm linerless label system debuts

WS Packaging has introduced a high-speed linerless label system, in both an in-line and rotary applicator format, that can operate at speeds from 100 to 400 packages/min, respectively. A patented microperf on the WS-supplied clear or white BOPP labelstock results in a no-label look for applications in the beverage, health and beauty, and personal care categories. System is said to provide an 8% to 20% savings in total applied costs.

November 8, 2012

Secondary Packaging

No need for case packer downtime

Delkor designs into its case packing equipment five points of detection--among them a laser scanner, vision system, and pack pattern release system--that allows the packaging machine to analyze and self-correct defects, eliminating downtime and saving cost.

November 8, 2012

Weighing/combination scales

Combination scale offers multiple discharge options

Inside and outside chutes permit this Yamato combination scale to perform a three-point discharge, and the design of its collector buckets lets it do a six-point discharge if desired.

November 8, 2012

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

Tablet-based operation of combination scale

Combination scale from CombiScale is designed for lighter weights at high speeds. Tablet-based operation on the Primo weigher makes it easy on operators.

November 8, 2012

Conveying & accumulation

Innovative & Integrated Container Handling Solution, designed to meet our customer's needs

The Smart divider shown here can be designed for lane separation based on your needs – color, orientation, defects. The combiner handles this container smoothly and see the innovative cross-laner is designed specifically to meet this customer's needs.

November 7, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Why wireless sensor networks are everywhere (almost)

It seems like it was not so long ago that there was a serious debate over whether or not wireless sensor networks — and wireless communications in general — were a technology suitable for industrial applications. If you take a look around, that debate is over.

November 7, 2012