Machinery: Page 832

Flexible packaging

Club store packaging and beyond

Written by Jim Peters and published by Packaging Strategies, a recent report analyzes key tactics used by high-volume retailers. Here is the Executive Summary.

December 31, 2003

Converting equipment

Combining x-ray technology and machine vision

Inspection equipment manufacturer combines x-ray technology and machine vision into one system.

December 31, 2003

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

Bagger's better control is set into motion

Kliklok-Woodman improves the reliability and speed of its Cyclone vertical form/fill/seal machine with new motion control.

December 31, 2003

Tamper-evident machinery

Packaging pirates avast

FDA is strongly encouraging drug manufacturers to confront counterfeiters, and to bring new technology to the agency’s attention.

December 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

PDC International Corp.: Productivity data tracker

Watchman™ Productivity Data Tracker helps maintain, optimize, and improve all manufacturing operations. Mounts on any type of equipment or machinery.

November 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

lpha gear drives, Inc: Programmable actuators

alpha gear drives expands its Ternary® programmable actuators to include Profibus and DeviceNet versions of the standard 46-mm frame size, plus a more compact 32-mm frame size.

November 30, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Edna Valley Vineyard: Accumulation table for wine bottling line

Edna Valley Vineyard’s first-of-its-kind accumulation table from Garvey packs a lot of benefits in a small space. Positioned between a capsule applicator and capsule spinner, the 5’x6’ oval table boosts bottling efficiency by 20%. It provides five minutes’ accumulation at rates of 120 bottles/min.

November 30, 2003

Closures

Krones introduces first capper with integral servo motor/drives

At the recent BRAU Beviale show in Nürnberg, Germany, beverage processing powerhouse Krones displayed the world’s first packaging machine to employ new integral servo motor/drive technology from ELAU.

November 30, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Inserter

Exact Packaging introduces its 3-dimensional inserter for toys, sauces, and other promotional pieces. Inserter uses a continuous bandolier format to handle 200 pieces/min.

November 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

How to sell a packaging machine to Unilever (or any other large CPG company)

How can a packaging machine builder sell to Unilever Home and Personal Care North America when the consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer is making its short list of preferred suppliers even shorter?

November 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell introduces

Rockwell Automation’s Power Programming is a new application development tool that is said to permit packaging machine builders to easily build efficiencies into their design process.

November 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Defining skill standards for packaging technicians

Packaging machine users and builders need technical people with a mix of both mechanical and software skills. Trouble is, no one to date has defined what that skill set should be.

November 30, 2003