Coding, Printing & Labeling

Micro Flo: Labeling of agrichemicals

Each agrichemical bottle at Micro Flo receives a pressure-sensitive label from one of two side-by-side label applicators from Videojet Technologies. When a roll of labels runs out on one machine, the other applicator is employed so that no production time is lost.

February 28, 2003

Machinery: Page 859

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

DreamPak: Forming for unique packages of cheese, neutraceuticals, and snacks

Packaging material is fed from two unwind stands at floor level. Dancer bars help feed the material freely. Before any forming or filling can take place, the two webs must first travel to an overhead level.

February 28, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Romaco: Rotary tablet counter for capsule filling and counting

The RTC 200 rotary tablet counter from Romaco provides positive container handling for tablet or capsule filling and counting.

February 28, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Sato hires new sales manager

Sato America (Charlotte, NC) has appointed Andrew Wright as the new western regional sales manager.

February 28, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Leominster plant hosts open house

While the economy continues to struggle, there are indications that it hasn’t reached a complete standstill. That’s the impression Packaging World had after attending a March 19 open house at the expanded North American headquarters facility of DT Packaging Systems (www.dtindustries.com) in Leominster, MA.

February 28, 2003

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

Servo auger filler/bagger

The Phaser Bagger from EaglePack (Oakland, CA) will be shown at the 2003 SCAA coffee exposition in Boston, held April 25-28.

February 28, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Columbia/Okura opens training facility

Columbia/Okura (Vancouver, WA) has built a state-of-the-art facility designated specifically for testing, training, and palletizing demonstrations.

February 28, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The leading edge of package ID

Here is more of our interview with Kevin Ashton, executive director of the Auto-ID Center, a research project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

February 28, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

National Manufacturing Week: Notes from the field

Special Projects Editor Dave Newcorn spotted many interesting new technologies, including machine vision, at National Manufacturing Week in early March. Here are some of them.

February 28, 2003

Converting equipment

Hanson named Converter of the Year

: Christian Hanson, president and CEO of Douglas-Hanson (Hammond, WI), was selected as the 2003 CMM International Converter of the Year.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Interphex 2003: pharma shifts to Gen3 packaging

A technology shift is underway among pharmaceutical manufacturers and contract packagers.

February 28, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Case palletizer

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) introduces the 780 case palletizer, a low-speed, high-level infeed palletizer with a compact footprint, heavy-duty construction, and flexible layout options.

February 28, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

PET handling conveyor

A PET handling conveyor enables transportation of bottles by their base under stable conditions at speeds to 1ꯠ bpm. By handling bottles from the base, no turbulent air movement in the vicinity in the neck area can cause bottles to fall, even at conveyor speeds exceeding 100 meters/min.

February 28, 2003