Secondary Packaging

Pester Pac's compact, small batch side loader

Designed for economical small batch production, Pester Pac Automation's UVP2-k side loading servo case packer is 1 full meter shorter in length than their previous model to fit in space-restricted installations.

May 13, 2008

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Secondary Packaging

ACMA's ingenious cartons...and cartoner

You may recall the May 2006 article featuring ACMA's ‘pocket pack' lozenge and candy cartons Now ACMA has expanded its offering to a family of value-added cartons – and the cartoning machinery to form, fill and seal them.

May 13, 2008

Secondary Packaging

IMA offers totally automated servo case packer

Recent research sponsored in part by ELAU suggests a much higher incidence of packaging lines with multiple changeovers per day – some 37% of respondents.

May 13, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Background Suppression Sensors

New long-range ML7 background supression photoelectric sensors from Pepperl+Fuchs feature a compact 31mm x 11mm x 23mm housing and deliver a sensing range as great as 350 mm.

May 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Package 'powerhouse' produces for global produce marketer

Marking its 20th year, the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation 2008 include a number of notable achievements in sustainable packaging.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Company makes a 'bee' line for flexible honey packing

Honey producer Golden Heritage Foods adds a full bottling line for Bee Movie-themed bottle. The versatile line accommodates container sizes from 2 oz to 1 gal.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lexar leverages RFID

Lexar Media, Fremont, CA, which has been involved in RFID for three years, shows that RFID is more than a slap-and-ship compliance for Wal-Mart.

May 12, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Many sources of advice on enhancing supplier reliability

Food packagers always face challenges, of course.

May 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Robotics at Heinz-Pocatello

John Beale is project engineering manager at a Heinz frozen food plant in Pocatello, ID. Here he talks about robotic solutions that are being considered.

May 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Moosehead muscles in on U.S. light beer market

In April 2008, Moosehead USA, Boulder, CO, the new U.S. importing arm of Canada-based Moosehead Breweries, launched Moosehead Light premium beer into select U.S. markets—including Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Jersey, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

CA e-pedigree law delayed

To no one’s great surprise, the California Board of Pharmacy voted March 25 to postpone until 2011 a law requiring that prescription drugs be electronically tracked from the time they leave the manufacturer to the time they reach the pharmacy.

May 12, 2008

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Breakthrough: OPTIMA's gravimetric filler

They said it couldn't be done, and before the advent of ELAU's intelligent servo modules, it wasn't possible according to OPTIMA .

May 12, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Oystar A+F: the ultimate tray packing robot?

It's actually quite compact, seeing as it replaces 4 separate machines and the conveyors connecting them. But massive is still the best description for the three twin-delta robot arms running Oystar A+F's SetLine end-of-line packaging system. Mounted on top, the big ELAU servo motors powering the robots could be seen from aisles away.

May 12, 2008