Secondary Packaging

Roberts PolyPro Develops Two Machines in One – an Innovative Handle Applicator for Multi Packs and Single Bottles

For packaging lines producing both multi packs for club stores and single bottles for convenience outlets, the new Roberts PolyPro solution delivers maximum return on investment and a competitive edge. (Roberts PolyPro Pack Expo 2012 Booth #3916)

October 29, 2012

Machinery: Page 472

Conveying & accumulation

Sanitary food packaging conveyors with integrated vision and robotic re-orientation

Eaglestone Equipment shows-off sanitary food packaging conveyors with integrated vision and robotic pick-and-place re-orientation of products on the conveyor.

October 28, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

New 6-axis high-speed robots

Denso Robots demonstrates solutions including new, precision 6-axis assembly robots in a conveyor tracking application, now with greater speed and precision.

October 28, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Rainbow packing made easy by dual robots

Hartness International demonstrates a two-robot system that automatically decases bottles and arranges them neatly in lanes for rainbow pac

October 28, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

High-speed in-line capper for large containers reaches 120/min

Debuting at Pack Expo, the Magna Capper is an automatic inline capping machine designed specifically for large containers. Brand new MagnaCapper caps up to 120 mm with versatile sizes, and can handle very high speeds 100 bottles per minute.

October 28, 2012

Filling/capping, dry

Sausage production/packaging line with tray denesting and product conveying

Reiser's John McIsaac and Mark Ewing of JLS describe the Heron tray loading system at Pack Expo, showing a tray denester, tray conveyor, product conveyor, product inspection, and ABB FlexPicker end-of-arm tooling with vacuum on board.

October 28, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Cost-effective case packer does 25 cpm

The Invex case/tray packer uses Rockwell components for servo-automated efficiency, creating wraparound, four-corner case squaring for mid-range applications up to 25 cpm.

October 28, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Earthbound Farm installs robotic systems to case-pack produce clamshells

Gentle handling, accuracy, cost, and environmental benefits help this California grower of organic salads and produce.

October 26, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electric Automation: Software suite increases robot performance

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has integrated RT Toolbox2 into its popular MELSOFT iQ Works software platform and has added robots to the MELSOFT Navigator environment.

October 25, 2012

Secondary Packaging

The Vantage from Kliklok-Woodman provides an innovative, new presentation for snack food packaging

The bale is ideal for traditional single-serve, 100-calorie snacks and variety packs. The Vantage bale, strong on sustainability, potentially reduces corrugated cases, shipping costs and dunnage.

October 25, 2012

Secondary Packaging

See a single vertical cartoner erects & close flip-tops

Z Automation’s ZAC CV7.5 100CHL vertical cartoner provides a single system to erect and close flip-top applications. Run it in intermittent or continuous mode, and grow with it -- from multiple hand-load applications to the automated efficiency of Fanuc spider robotics as shown.

October 25, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Reiner's portable jetStamp 790MP: Flexibility allows for printing on unique surfaces including metal and plastic

The flexible electronic handstamp prints one or two-line impression with text, number, date and time, quickly and quietly on all even and uneven surfaces, forms, bundles of documents and envelopes. Print with the MP-Series of the jetStamp-Familiy special surfaces like metal and plastic too. The special quick-drying ink prevents from smearing on stamped items.

October 24, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Cama USA: High-tech packaging lines: Top and side loading solutions

CAMA Group manufactures complete secondary packaging solutions. Their highly-skilled customer service and support team provides the most innovative and unique solutions for its customers.

October 23, 2012