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

Ultrasonic bag sealer

Taylor Products has released the TRU Seal ultrasonic valve bag sealer, designed to work with Taylor valve bagging equipment.

October 7, 2006

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bag labeler

Suitable for coffee, pasta, and more, the Top of Bag Labeler from EPI is designed to apply labels to hold down the top of bags and/or to be used as a reclosable feature.

October 7, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric: Ultrasonic Sensor

The new Hyde Park Virtu™ 30 from Schneider Electric is an ultrasonic sensor available in a 30-mm barrel body style.

October 7, 2006

Controls & machine components

Field-Programmable Object Array

MathStar™ announces the Arrix Family of Field Programmable Object Arrays, a second generation of high-performance, reprogrammable FPOA that operates at speeds to 1 gHz.

October 7, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Bus Coupler

The new BK9105 Bus Coupler from Beckhoff Automation makes the comprehensive Beckhoff Bus Terminal I/O system of more than 200 different signal types fully available to Ethernet/IP users.

October 7, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Heidenhain Corporation: Heidenhain Corporation: Linear Encoder

For straightforward motion applications where primarily simple and fast mounting of a small encoder is decisive, Heidenhain offers a new, high-quality, low-cost exposed linear encoder package, the LIDA 200 series.

October 7, 2006

Flexible packaging

The incredible flexible pouch

Economies of scale drive pouch costs down, while shelf appeal and convenience features deliver on the marketer's need to differentiate.

October 6, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Siko Products, Inc: Compact Encoder

Siko Products has released the MSA510/1 compact encoder with integrated translation electronics.

October 6, 2006

Converting equipment

New standard will formalize an OEM's approach to machine safety

The recent approval of B155.1 could bring a profound change to the way packaging machinery is designed and built, say these three machine safety experts.

October 6, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

New report has Rx for drug packaging

Institute of Medicine wants more unit-dose packaging and clearer copy on product labels.

October 6, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

UHF benefits updated

A recent white paper does much to dispel lingering myths about what UHF can't do, and does it authoritatively. It makes a compelling case for UHF­­—over HF—by companies that know the technology inside out.

October 5, 2006

Converting equipment

Packaging in India: "It's more than packs. It's package engineering."

In India, the retail boom has just started and is catching on rapidly across the east, west, south, and north zones. At the beginning of this decade, organised retailing accounted for a mere $US 2.9 billion, just 1.25% of the estimated total retail market. By 2010, it is estimated to be a $US 33-billion industry. The retail sector in India is expected to grow by 20% each year in the next 10 years.

October 5, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Joint Venture Supports Clemson's Rfid Efforts

Printpack, Inc. (www.printpack.com) and MSA Systems, Inc. (www.msasys.com) announced a joint venture to install RFID reading and measurement equipment in a new lab at Clemson University's Packaging Science Department.

October 5, 2006