Secondary Packaging

E-commerce seminar analysis

Packagers, material suppliers and other firms addressed ‘Packaging for e-commerce direct-to-consumers’ at a June conference. Here’s an analysis from one of the conference's panel moderators.

June 30, 2000

Machinery: Page 962

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Hologram enhances Schick FxDiamond™ shaver

When the Schick/Wilkinson Sword Div. released the Schick FxDiamond™, a shaver with a diamond coating on the blades, it turned to Fisher Design (Cincinnati, OH) to create a package that’s as distinctive and “dazzling” as the product.

June 30, 2000

Sustainability

Keeping up with the competition

Icco Cheese Co. of Orangeburg, NY, makes grated cheese for sale under its Old World brand, and it also packs the Ronzoni and San Georgio brands for New World Pasta of Harrisburg, PA.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Serac Inc: Customer services

Serac (Carol Stream, IL) details its 7-point approach to service and support of its filling machines and systems in a new 8-page brochure. Full-color brochure includes information on consulting, start-up, training, diagnostics, technical support, contract preventive maintenance and packaging line evaluations.

June 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Kalish, a member of DT Industries Packaging Group: Palletizer

Recommended for pharmaceutical applications, Kalish’s (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) stainless steel Pallit palletizer accepts cases from any side, using vacuum plates that can be changed without tools in 1 min.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

KISS Packaging Systems a div. of the Frain Group: Positive displacement filler

The automatic positive displacement filler from KISS (Addison, IL) fills 1-oz to 1-gal glass or plastic bottles with lotions, creams, oils, gels and other viscous liquids.

June 30, 2000

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

All-Fill Inc: Volumetric filler

Model 305 single-head piston filler from All-Fill (Exton, PA) handles liquids, creams, pastes and other viscous products in fills from 50 mL to 2 ½ L.

June 30, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Quadrel Labeling Systems: Semi-automatic labeler

Using a product fixture to hold the container, the Model TL2 labeler from Quadrel Labeling Systems (Mentor, OH) can tamp up to 25 labels/min with ±1/32” accuracy, says maker.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Samuel Strapping Systems: Friction-weld strap tool

The PCF-19E pneumatic friction-weld tool from Samuel Strapping (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) is a lightweight, high-tension, rugged device that offers fingertip control in the application of heavy-duty polyester strapping.

June 30, 2000

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Oden Corporation: High-performance fillers

New Servo/Fill™ volumetric liquid filler from Oden (Buffalo, NY) combines performance with low cost. Features easy changeover with 50 stored set-ups.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Crown Cork & Seal Co., inc.: Improved can end

SuperEnd™ beverage can end from Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA) is said to provide a stronger end and seam than traditional can ends, while using significantly less metal.

June 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Graphic Packaging Intl.: Tray sleever

The continuous-motion tray sleever from Minnesota Automation (Crosby, MN) receives individually overwrap-ped trays at random and sleeves them at speeds to 160 cycles/min.

June 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Ermanco, Inc: Low-profile conveyor

Ermanco’s (Spring Lake, MI) low-profile Powerol® conveyor uses a tri-directional switch to move any piece straight ahead, to the left or to the right on command at speeds to 20 products/min.

June 30, 2000