Machinery: Page 521

Secondary Packaging

Case Study: How Hershey's thwarted SKU proliferation with hybrid palletizing solution

Detailed case study from Intelligrated highlights the drivers behind Hershey's decision to automate from manual palletizing, including high labor costs, an explosion in SKU's and pack pattern configurations, and worker safety concerns.

May 24, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Video showcases high-speed beverage palletizing solutions

Video from Intelligrated showcases its 940 series of Alvey palletizers for very high speed applications such as soft drinks, juice drinks, and bottled water. Video showcases many pack formats, including shrink trays, cartons, and cases.

May 24, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Triangle makes personnel changes

Triangle Package Machinery has hired Jay Leveroni as its new Southeast Regional Sales Manager and has appointed Kim Magon to the position of Marketing Manager.

May 24, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Stainless steel conveyors

FlexLink’s new X85X, X180X and X300X stainless conveyors are available in 3 widths, 85, 180 and 300 mm.

May 23, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: Compact industrial PC meets extended temperature requirements

Phoenix Contact’s Valueline industrial PC product range now includes the VL BPC MINI, a miniature embedded box PC that operates between -40 C and +65 degrees Celsius (-40 to 149 F).

May 23, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Lenze Americas: Inverters provide tailored motion control

Lenze’s 8400 Inverter Series features L-Force automation technology for tailored motion control solutions from simple continuous motion applications, like driving a conveyor, to controlling complex synchronized pick-and-place applications.

May 23, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Eaton Corporation: Circuit protection

Eaton’s PM3 power monitoring and metering module monitors the power of branch and main circuit applications by measuring current and voltage, calculating power and energy usage, and providing breaker status.

May 23, 2011

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New VP Business Development for Batching Systems, Inc.

In response to Batching Systems’ continued growth, Donald Wooldridge. President and CEO, has named John Staruch to the position of Vice President, Business Development.

May 18, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Load containment palletizing option for internal transport

Schneider Packaging Equipment’s automatic string tie load containment palletizing option stabilizes loads for safe internal transport.

May 18, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Bulk bag material conditioner system

Material Transfer’s patent-pending Material Master™ bulk bag material conditioning system utilizes hydraulically actuated, twin heavy-wall tubular steel pivoting conditioning arms to safely and efficiently return solidified materials to a free-flowing state.

May 18, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-speed modular label applicator

Brief video highlights the new ServPro 400 Series p-s label applicator from Weber Packaging Solutions (formerly Weber Marking Systems). Versatile unit combines speed, precision and true modularity to address a very wide range of labeling applications.

May 16, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Wraparound label applicator provides speed and precision

Weber Packaging Solutions (formerly Weber Marking Systems) provides a video showing the operation of the wraparound configuration of its Tronics label applicator. This high-speed system’s features and benefits are highlighted as it labels bottles of hand sanitizer.

May 16, 2011