Secondary Packaging

Advice about forklift trucks

Packaging professionals need to be knowledgeable enough so that the forklift is friend, not foe.

March 25, 2011

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Controls & Machine Components

Packaging growth escalates in China

China Med and ProPak China events, recent studies point to continued growth in packaging in China, and not just for exports.

March 25, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Healthcare Packaging conference program announced

The Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event will be held Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village in Princeton, NJ.

March 17, 2011

Material handling

FDA's track-and-trace workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packaging

The packaging executives gathered at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration track-and-trace workshop in mid-February didn't mean the bird when they talked Turkey between sessions at the FDA White Oak Complex in Silver Spring, MD.

March 16, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

B&R and Cognex cooperate on POWERLINK

Cognex and B&R have entered a technological cooperation to use POWERLINK in the In-Sight line of products from Cognex.

March 13, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video demo: High-res case coding with industrial-compliant bar codes

This video demonstration from Foxjet shows two different high-resolution, large-character ink-jet case coders. Also demonstrated is the unique ability for the operator to scan a bar code on a primary container to be packaged and have the recipe automatically change over in an instant to the new coding message.

March 13, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Nercon joins the Rockwell Automation Machine Builder Program

Nercon has joined the Rockwell Automation Machine Builder Program, part of Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork framework which includes business enterprise, sales and solutions, and product technology partners.

March 10, 2011

Flexibles

Pet food pack par excellence

Gold for Printing Achievement went to Nordenia USA for a 2.7-kg (5.95 lb) package of Nestlé Purina ONE Dog pet food sold in the Canadian marketplace.

March 10, 2011

Flexible packaging

Film for bulk liquids earns Gold for Packaging Excellence

Liquiflex® Advance™ films for bulk liquids is designed to replace metal foodservice cans or traditional bulk liquid films. The 13-layer Liquiflex film generates 96% less waste than cans and up to 30% less waste than other films, and includes redundant nylon and ethylene vinyl alcohol layers for strength and resistance. It is manufactured by Curwood Inc., a Bemis company.

March 10, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

New technique improves container handling on auger filling lines

Video from Spee-Dee shows pneumatic-over-hydraulic lift design that uses air for a rapid lift and hydraulic damping for a controlled lower as the auger fills the container from the bottom up. Lift height is controlled electronically.  A pneumatic container gripper is adjustable for different size bottles.

March 10, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

Rotary Auger Filler innovations drive productivity and profitability

White paper from Spee Dee discusses the application of servo controls and a new innovative funnel design to rotary auger fillers for free-flowing and non-free flowing applications. Benefits include dramatic reductions in changeover time and increased efficiencies.

March 9, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

Demonstrating in-line dry-filling of rigid containers up to 120/min

Video from Spee-Dee demonstrates multi-lane, multi-auger in-line filling system that achieves high speeds without sacrificing floor space. Timing screws rapidly orient rigid containers into two lanes, where they are efficiently filled at a combined rate of 120/minute by a pair of Spee-Dee® servo auger fillers, and recombined into a single lane.

March 9, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

Video demo shows tool-less changeover for servo-driven rotary auger filler

Spee-Dee's Rotary Auger Filler is designed to accurately fill a broad cross section of products, such as spices, non-dairy creamers, coffee and cornstarch, into a variety of bottles and other rigid containers at rates of 100 to 400 units per minute.

March 9, 2011