Controls & Machine Components

LINPAC: Product catalog

Linpac Materials Handling (Georgetown, KY) offers a full line product catalog describing Ropak™ brand reusable container systems. The 20-page, full-color catalog highlights 3230, 4048, 4548, Extended Length, Fixed Wall and Hopper Bottom containers with photos, size specifications, dimensions and weight capacities.

February 28, 2001

Machinery: Page 930

Controls & Machine Components

Service Industries: Replacement slats for bottle fillers

Service Industries (Rolling Meadows, IL) introduces replacement slats for bottle filling machines. These inexpensive change parts are compatible with existing equipment from most slat-style filler manufacturers.

February 28, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

RxPak: Bottles being oriented

The Kalish bottle unscrambler is fed from a floor-level hopper on this prescription drug repackaging line. It unscrambles and orients bottles before placing them on a conveyor leading to an air rinse unit.

February 28, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

RxPak: Semi-automatic case erector

On this prescription drug repackaging line, shrink-bundled containers are conveyed down a roller conveyor to a semi-automatic top-and-bottom taper from Belcor (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada).

February 28, 2001

Converting equipment

A clear 'Hero'

When Dutch drink manufacturer Hero Nederland BV launched its FruitOntbijt breakfast drink in April '00, it sought a transparent, cost-effective container to compliment its new beverage. Hero found its solution in Millad 3988, a clarifier from Milliken Chemical (Spartanburg, SC).

February 28, 2001

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

OMAC: Standardize packaging machine 'states'

Should packagers define an industry standard for the various states of a packaging machine? That and other weighty questions were debated at the most recent OMAC meeting in late February in Orlando, FL.

February 28, 2001

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

Film brochure

Dow Chemical (Midland, MI) has released a brochure describing Covelle™ HF Weldable Polyolefin Films. It describes the materials that can be used for liquid packaging and form/fill/seal applications.

February 28, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

API : Motion solutions

API Motion’s (Amherst, NY) new brochure describes complete motion solutions for high-speed servo and stepper labeling equipment. Products include Centennial drive controls, Turbo servo motor, hysteresis clutch and industrial encoder.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Zero - Max: Sizing and selection software

Zero-Max (Plymouth, MN) offers sizing and selection software for its CD couplings. Provides recommendations based on a given set of operating application requirements supplied by the user.

February 28, 2001

Filling/capping, dry

Industrial Dynamics/filtec: Can and bottle sensor

Industrial Dynamics’ (Torrance, CA) FS-80IP proximity dud detector finds bottles or cans with low vacuum or pressure as they run on filling/capping lines.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Moog Inc: Digital servo drive

The L180 Series digital servo drive from Moog (East Aurora, NY) operates brushless AC servo motors for packaging, plastics, materials handling and robotics applications.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Cincinnati Interface: Communications interface

Panel interface connectors (PICs) from Cincinnati Interface (Cincinnati, OH) consist of power outlet and one or more data ports. PICs mount to the outside of the packaging machine or controls cabinet.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing: PC motion/logic control

MMC (Machine & Motion Control) for PC from Giddings & Lewis (Fond du Lac, WI) claims to combine PC and motion control for a “plug and play” experience.

February 28, 2001