Machinery: Page 549

Secondary Packaging

New PLC-controlled robot eliminates proprietary robotic controller

Intelligrated's PLC-controlled Kuka robot for Alvey palletizers offers an alternative to traditional proprietary robot controllers, providing a familiar user-machine interface.

November 3, 2010

Filling/capping, dry

High-speed product counting for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals

BellatRx offers small footprint tablet counter offering speeds up to 120 bottles per minute for 100 count containers.

November 3, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Case erecting to filling to palletizing at a pleasing price

A complete line, from bulk filler to case taping to robotic palletizing at the end, was on display at the WeighPack booth.

November 3, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Partition inserter reaches high speeds

Especially suitable for wineries and spirits manufacturers, the servo-driven partition inserter introduced at ABC was attracting a lot of attention.

November 3, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Low profile conveyor designed for pallet jack unloading

The MA Deluxe high-speed rotary tower stretch wrapper from Orion, a division of Pro Mach, incorporates a unique low-profile conveyor system. The 60-pallet-per-hour system was designed for distribution centers where pallet jacks are the norm. The system is ideal for unstable loads and random mix loads.

November 3, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Most flexible lab retort in the world

The new 2402 Gentle Motion retort from Allpax, a division of Pro Mach, offers a small footprint for lab work and the capacity to simulate a host of retort processes and agitation types. Processes piloted on the 2402 can be ported to production Allpax units for fast time-to-market and assured quality and repeatability.

November 3, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Carton/case packer in a compact footprint

Single-frame configuration for this Aagard wraparound cartoner and shuttle case packer means one operator can monitor two packaging operations.

November 2, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

PackML World Tour promotes business process improvements through industry standard

PackML World Tour initiative is led by a group of packaging machine builders that are volunteering to present the business benefits of PackML to consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs).

November 2, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Integrated modular blister and cartoner for pharma

Small and medium batch blister and carton module geared for frequent and quick changeover. Produces 300 blisters and 150 or 300 cartons per hour.

November 2, 2010

Flow wrapping

Servo controls make cartoner special

A high-speed cartoner introduced by FMS, part of the Ilapak Group, uses servos to drive multiple axes of motion on a high-speed cartoner.

November 2, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Troubleshoot a machine from anywhere in the world

B&R showed how its System Diagnosis Manager software makes it possible to troubleshoot packaging machinery from an iPad just about anywhere in the world.

November 2, 2010

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

Vf/f/s pouch machine reduces packaging material use

Pouch machine is capable of producing up to 1,200 packs/min.

November 2, 2010