Machinery: Page 613

Conveying & accumulation

Robots cement bagging operations

Sometimes the best 'person' for the job is a robot, especially when the job is hefting 80-lb of cement.

April 4, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Tropicana is first U.S. brand to be Carbon Trust-certified

Carbon footprint certification gives PepsiCo a benchmark for greenhouse gas reduction.

April 4, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Actuator

Siko’s AG03 Actuator is a space-saving, easy-to-mount actuator with an integrated sensor unit, control electronics and hollow shaft principle.

April 4, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging automation users tell stories

End-user attendees at this year’s Packaging Automation Forum learned from their peers about the advantages, as well as potential pitfalls, of today’s packaging automation technologies.

April 3, 2009

Controls & machine components

New checkweigher enhances co-pack QC

Request Foods adds world's first model to its tray-packing operations.

April 1, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Powered transfer

DynaCon’s Powered Transfer helps assure the smooth transfer of small delicate products.

April 1, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

: Label system

The Genesis 7500 Wash-Down Series print-and-apply labeling system, from WS Packaging Group, features an all-stainless steel cabinet that encloses key components to protect them from harsh environments like high-moisture wash-down conditions and dust-prone operations.

April 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Smart Box is smart packaging idea. . .

The HIDE-Pack Smart Box embeds an RFID within the box structure, providing companies with increased efficiency in the supply chain, reduced inventory costs, increased order accuracy, reduced loss due to theft and piracy, and simplified product recall, according to its maker, Krupack Packaging.

April 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Front/Back Pressure-Sensitive Labeling System ideal for many applications, including custom

This particular system is applying front and back labels to round cylindrical glass.

April 1, 2009

Case/tray packing

First ARC Forum to address packaging innovation

For the first time, the ARC Automation Forum devoted an entire track to packaging machinery.

March 30, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Standardized label to guide U.K. pack recycling

A number of U.K. supermarkets and manufacturers of packaged products have signed on to participate in a new, universal on-pack recycling label program.

March 27, 2009

Sustainability

ConAgra uses recycled PLA shrink film

Film contains more than 50% post-consumer recycled content.

March 26, 2009