Secondary Packaging

Lantech Inc: Pallet wrap sensor

The intelli-sensor™ from Lantech (Louisville, KY)—now standard on the company’s stretch wrappers, retrofittable to existing machines—can detect the characteristics of a pallet load regardless of material, color, shape, texture, distance or surface glare.

May 31, 2000

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Ilapak, Inc: Vf/f/s system

Ilapak’s (Newtown, PA) Vegatronic® 1000 vf/f/s system operates at speeds to 99 bags/min, making it suitable for use in medium-sized and small plants.

May 31, 2000

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

Flex America Inc: Flex America Inc: Labeler for vf/f/s machines

Designed for integration with Ishida Apex vf/f/s equipment, the Flex-Pac labeler from EPI (New Freedom, PA) applies p-s labels—including coupon, multi-ply and reclosable styles—to fronts or backs of packages.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Nordson Corporation: Hot melt handguns

Automatic hot melt adhesive dispensing handguns in Nordson’s (Duluth, GA) Select Series™ offer a choice of 1-, 2- or 4-module standard and 2- or 4-module low-profile configurations with spring- or air-closing technology.

May 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Washdown motor

The Paint Free Inverter Drive® Motor is the latest addition to Baldor’s (Fort Smith, AR) family of washdown duty motors. Offering ?

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Kaufman Container Company: Sprayer oval

A new 24-oz PET sprayer oval from Kaufman Container (Cleveland, OH) has a 28-410 finish. Its sloped neck and teardrop effect show off a large label panel.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Formost Fuji Corporation: Combination bagger

Operating at speeds to 75 bags/min, Formost’s (Woodinville, WA) combination bagger uses specially designed paddles and a smooth, hand-like motion to move sliced bread into bags.

May 31, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Klockner Medipak: Robotic blister packager

Klöckner Medipak (Clearwater, FL) distributes the Fleximation Trialpack unit-dose blister packaging system with a robotic filling mechanism. The robot fills at speeds to 54 blisters/min using an integrated vision system and vacuum grippers.

May 31, 2000

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Omega Design Corp.: Bottle unscrambler

The Bauman ACO bottle unscrambler from Omega Design (Exton, PA) requires no tools for container changeover. Handling 500-mL to 5-L bottles at speeds from 150 to 600/min, automatic changeover is directed through a PLC.

May 31, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

International agreements

Elopak (New Hudson, MI) has announced a joint venture with iplas (Cologne, Germany) and alfill (Hamburg, Germany) to complete and commercialize a plasma barrier coating system for plastic bottles.

May 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Congressional report also touts biotech products

Agricultural biotech also got a strong thumbs-up in a report issued by the House Subcommittee on Basic Research. In a letter accompanying the report, subcommittee chairman Rep.

May 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

GMA testifies on biotech labeling

GMA’s director of international trade and environmental affairs told a California Senate committee that proposals to require labeling of biotech products, such as those pending in Congress and in the California legislature, mistakenly raise questions about food safety and contribute to global trade tensions.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

CSPI wants limit on supplement claims

Allowing labels of untested dietary supplements to contain the same claims as labels of nonprescription drugs that have been tested and found safe and effective is “crazy,” says CSPI.

May 31, 2000