Cartoning

Robotic vision picking

From R.A. Jones comes the new Flexi Pro robotic vision picking cell, a highly flexible product handling and collating unit featuring the world’s fastest Adept robot.

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Secondary Packaging

Vertical cartoners

ESS Technologies, U.S. distributor of Bergami packaging machinery, offers Bergami’s ASV automatic vertical cartoners as part of a complete packaging line.

March 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Thermal ink-jet printing

The Jetpack 1000™ thermal ink-jet printer from Prism now features a Windows® driver, making it compatible with most bar-code and label-generation programs and enabling customers to make a seamless transition to thermal ink-jet technology from print-and-apply labeling systems.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Versatile DOD controller

Matthews Marking has introduced the latest addition to its DOD ink-jet printing controller family, the I-Mark™ V84.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Two-handed machine actuation

Banner has introduced the Duo-Touch® Run Bar with STB buttons for 2-handed-control machine actuation.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Slitter/sealer

Standard-Knapp has introduced the continuous-motion Slitter/Sealer for high-speed in-line case handling in the food and beverage industries.

March 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Retail quick-comply kits

Lowry Computer Products has launched Lowry Quick Comply Kits, a complete suite of products designed for suppliers to comply with RFID mandates from Sam’s Club and other large retailers.

March 4, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

No-pinch conveyor

The new 5200 Series QWIK conveyor system from Dorner comes with a completely contained belt, a feature that improves worker safety by eliminating sag and reducing pinch points of the belt as it moves around the pulley and along the frame.

March 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hand-held programming unit

Turck offers a new hand-held unit to program data carriers with its new BL ident RFID system.

March 4, 2008

Sustainability

Wonder Tablitz blitzes NACD awards

Spray bottle with integral cavity wins year's top honor from the National Association of Container Distributors.

March 4, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Customized blister-packs

Designed to produce perfect print on uneven surfaces using the latest UV D-O-D printing technology, the Hapa 800 Series printer is suitable for late-stage customization of precut blister-packs.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Reduced-size PLC

The Eaton Logic Controller (ELC) from Omega Eng. is the latest technologically advanced PLC on the market.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

OEE workshop message: just get started!

The first Packaging Line Performance workshop, co-sponsored by ELAU, Schneider Electric and Hartness International, and led by Paul Zepf, the respected OEE expert, yielded hands-on, practical lessons.

March 4, 2008