Flexible packaging

Fresh pasta maker romances long shelf life

Romance Foods pasteurizes its cooked, packaged pastas using a combination microwave/convection oven to achieve 75-day refrigerated shelf life.

January 31, 2001

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Conveying & accumulation

'Cool' robot palletizes three-up

A robot at Schroeder Milk palletizes cases from three lines in up to three different configurations at a time using specialized tooling to handle cases, pallets or slipsheets. System replaces manual palletization.

January 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

New look for oyster packs

Induction-sealing is a key element in Minterbrook’s redesigned oyster package. Shelf life is extended, tamper evidence improved, and costs cut.

January 31, 2001

Cartoning

Building sales through versatility

Tokyo-based cosmetics giant Kosé installs two modular, quick-change bottling lines versatile enough to handle nearly 100 different bottle shapes and sizes.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Will motion controllers replace PLCs? (sidebar)

Methodology

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Will motion controllers replace PLCs?

As motion control technology becomes increasingly important in packaging machinery, many believe that it will annex the territory occupied by PLCs.

January 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Robson's assembles a honey of a line

Filling, capping and labeling jars of honey by hand was too slow at this Arizona honey maker, especially with new markets on the horizon. Automated machinery was the answer

January 31, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford sold on 'cell' concept (sidebar)

Changeover changes

January 31, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford sold on 'cell' concept (sidebar)

Initiating the ‘cell’ concept

January 31, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford sold on 'cell' concept

In-line marker assembly and packaging, featuring an eight-station automatic heat-sealing unit, helps manufacturer increase production, save labor costs and meet just-in-time needs.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

GretagMacbeth: Color guide

GretagMacbeth (New Windsor, NY) offers a free 25-page booklet containing articles on visual color evaluation and control with an array of products. Color Makes the Difference was designed to help in color-quality programs.

December 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Line monitoring software

Gebo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) has introduced a new licensing strategy for its Efficiency Improvement Tool (EIT) line monitoring software program.

December 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Inc2inc: Online marketplace

Inc2inc (Dallas, TX) has introduced the Inc2inc forecasting tool, designed to enable buyers to forecast production plans and grant trusted trading partners online access to those plans.

December 31, 2000