Controls & Machine Components

New generation printer/applicator

Label-Aire offers the 3138-N printer applicator with advanced features such as automatic setup with multiple programmable label pages for easy changeovers, rate compensation for improved placement accuracy, and advanced user-configurable I/O connectivity.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling regulation updates

The European Union rules on biotech and food allergen labeling. In the United States, a trans fat label footnote and an FDA labeling law revision are addressed.

October 31, 2003

Tamper-evident machinery

Smart Packaging 2004 announced

Smart Packaging 2004 is being launched alongside Labelexpo Americas 2004, taking place next year on the 14-15 of September at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Small package checkweighers

Thompson Scale introduces two types of small-package checkweighers; drag chain for rigid containers, and belt conveyor for flexible and unstable products.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Intermediate checkweigher

Thompson Scale offers its 4693i Intermediate Checkweigher designed for institutional and packaged food manufacturing, specialty chemical, and corrosive or caustic product industries.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Heavy-duty checkweigher

Thompson Scale offers its Model 4693 Heavy-Duty Checkweigher with weight ranges from 10-300lb. Machine is designed for harsh, abusive, dirty environments such as those found in the cement, concrete, soil, bark, and carbon black products industries.

October 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Ergonomic vertical cartoner

SWF Companies’ Tisma Div.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Cooler infeed

The ICwedge cooler infeed system is a continuous-motion, low backpressure, single-file to mass-flow transfer system that utilizes the rotating motion of multiple wedges to form and transfer rows of containers into a mass-flow cooler.

October 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Power distribution box

Beckhoff offers its Power Distribution Box for its IP67 Fieldbus Box product. Box allows for distribution of power to several Fieldbus box I/O modules. Each Fieldbus box I/O module has 2 separate power connections located on the bottom of the module that ensure the sensitive intelligent electronics power is separated from the sensor power.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

SICK, Inc: Zero-pressure accumulation sensing

Sick’s off-the-shelf bundled ZoneControl™ is a complete solution that provides maximum usability for sensors for zero-pressure accumulation applications.

October 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

MeadWestvaco Packaging Resources Group: MeadWestvaco Packaging Resources Group: Paperboard brochure

MeadWestvaco’s Packaging Resources Group is offering converters, contract packagers, and pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging customers a new educational brochure.

October 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

O. Berk Company: Slim PET cylinders

O. Berk Co. introduces its line of Slim Cylinders in PET in 30-mL and 125-mL sizes, both with a 24-410 finish. Bottles will be available in clear, white, light amber, dark green, and cobalt blue.

October 31, 2003

Converting equipment

CAL-POLY RECEIVES PRINTING SYSTEM

A Xenith Extreme Workflow Raster Image Processor (RIP) system will allow graphic communication students at Cal-Poly to learn with current printing industry technology.

October 31, 2003