Materials: Page 536

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Medical label design and production

PRISYM ID Inc.’s Medica software is developed to meet the FDA’s current requirements, in particular, 21 CFR Part 11 rules regarding electronic records and signatures.

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Closures

Consumer packaging insights help Preen stay on top

If you’re No. 1 in your product category and want to stay there, consumers will give you clues on how to stay on top if you ask the right questions.

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Flexibles

High-Clarity Film

ITW Richmond Technology offers Compos-a-vac® 40 (CAV-40), a new 3.2-mil film laminate that combines high clarity with a moisture barrier for clean, transparent moisture-barrier protection of sensitive products during transport and/or storage.

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Containers

Sensor Products Inc: Material Surface Mapping

Tactilus® surface pressure mapping technology from Sensor Products aids in research and development and quality control for evaluation of where and how a tube fatigues, as well as when labels or appliqués delaminate.

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Controls & Machine Components

Thompson Scale: Filler Upgrades

Thompson Scale now offers the 4693 Filler Upgrade, available for a variety of filling and packaging equipment, including machinery that loads product into bags, boxes, tubs, totes, drums, or bulk bags.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

P.E. USA, Inc: Roll-Fed Labeling

From P.E. USA comes the Rollmatic labeling system, designed for roll-feeding labels onto full or empty cylindrical and shaped bottles. Running at speeds from 100-1ꯠ bpm, features include automatic label self-alignment, servo motor control for film cutting length, rotary blade on the cutting drum, and gripperless label transfer using a vacuum cylinder.

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Flexible packaging

Filling/Capping Beverage Pouch System

PPi Technologies Global offers its PSG YUE UltraClean filling and capping beverage pouch system. Machine evacuates the pouch using nitrogen, fills the pouch, washes the spout thread, places the spout cap, and tightens the cap to the desired torque.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Clamshell Sealer

The Model PHS3-1418 entry-level, plastic-to-plastic clamshell and blister sealing machine is now available from Starview Machines. This model has a seal area of 14”x18” and includes several features new to the company’s product offering, such as a rotary table with very clean design and elimination of potential pinch points.

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

Flexible Jug

General Packaging Equipment offers its Flexible Jug™, a reclosable jug produced from roll stock on vf/f/s equipment. The company says it offers considerable savings in material costs for products sold in bulk from 2 lb to 25 lb.

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Flexibles

Environmental stewardship

Scotts uses packaging to instruct on applying fertilizer responsibly.

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Sustainability

What's not to like about robotics?

Labor savings, high throughput, repeatability, and flexibility are driving adoption of robots. ‘Creating value’ is a key consideration, too.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Laser coders efficiently hit their targets

A trio of laser coders give contract packager Reed-Lane Inc. the flexibility it needs to print on multiple substrates for its pharmaceutical customers.

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