Controls & Machine Components

Copley Controls Corp.: Servo Amplifier

Copley Controls has introduced Model 800-1514 dual-axis servo amplifier for current (torque) control of brushless servo motors in packaging automation.

July 31, 2006

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

Flexible Jug

General Packaging Equipment offers its Flexible Jug™, a reclosable jug produced from roll stock on vf/f/s equipment. The company says it offers considerable savings in material costs for products sold in bulk from 2 lb to 25 lb.

July 31, 2006

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotics boost fish pack efficiencies

European seafood processor upgrades and diversifies packaging line operations to keep pace with growing product demand.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

What's not to like about robotics?

Labor savings, high throughput, repeatability, and flexibility are driving adoption of robots. ‘Creating value’ is a key consideration, too.

July 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Laser coders efficiently hit their targets

A trio of laser coders give contract packager Reed-Lane Inc. the flexibility it needs to print on multiple substrates for its pharmaceutical customers.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

Polymer advances 'resin-ate' with packaging

Consumer- and technology-driven packaging trends come together at the National Plastics Exposition.

July 31, 2006

Closures

Capsules winning out over cork?

As problems with ‘cork taint’ continue to plague the wine industry, Kendall-Jackson is expanding its use of ROPP aluminum capsules.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

New casing equipment serves 7 bagging lines

Goya Foods installs automatic case erecting/packing/sealing systems, reduces labor costs and line slow-downs.

July 31, 2006

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

Achieving options and operations advantages

Dutch meat processor improves packaging efficiency and flexibility to meet growing, changing product demands.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

'Bottle Can' Takes To Steel

Initially developed in Japan and made out of PET-coated aluminum, the ‘bottle can’ now comes to the U.S. in a two-piece steel format made in a shiny new plant.

July 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Robots a perfect fit for packaged solution

Robots handle primary and secondary packaging on a customized turnkey line that collates, cases, labels, and palletizes industrial filters.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

2010: A packaging odyssey

Pharmaceutical maker Apotex works in concert with systems integrator to assure its packaging operations will meet customer demands at least through the year 2010.

July 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

U.K.-U.S. RFID Rx pilot

RFID analysts IDTechEx (www.idtechex.com), supported by GS1 UK, a provider of the EPCglobal network in the United Kingdom, has published RFID in Action 2006, a special report that covers global RFID implementations.

July 31, 2006