Flexibles

Seafood stands tall for Pathmark

Packaging for private-label frozen seafood responds to consumer need for convenience and appeal.

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Conveying & accumulation

Inkjet controller

I-Mark™ is available as either a raw controller board, with or without enclosure, or as a complete standalone system with Windows CE touch-screen interface, keyboard, enclosure, and other options.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Hi-res ink-jet printer

PZ Pilot high-resolution ink-jet system is available as either an oil-based system for printing on porous surfaces such as corrugated cases, or as a solvent-based system for printing on non-porous products such as plastics, PET bottles, metals, blister packs, and coated corrugated.

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Flexible packaging

Pouch f/f/s

The FVU 16/60 D pouch f/f/s machine provides outputs of up to 1귔 4-side sealed sachet pouches/min. With a standard format width of 690 mm (27”), the FVU includes an Allen-Bradley PLC control system for user-friendly operation.

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Cartoning

High-speed tube filler

See video clip of this machine

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Flexible packaging

Stand-up pouches at 500/min

See video clip of this machine

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Flexible packaging

High-speed case/tray packer

See video clip of this machine

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Flexible packaging

Bag and pouch filler/sealer

The Bartelt® intermittent-motion fill-and-seal machine transfers premade bags or pouches from a magazine feeder; places them within leading and trailing clamps; then opens, fills, and seals them.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Plastic-to-plastic sealing

Model 8SRP1216 eight-station plastic-to-plastic sealing machine has a new hot/cold sealing process—conventional heat plate followed by a water-cooled press—that allows high-volume production of blisters and clamshells.

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Flexibles

Multiwall bags

Dairy, food, and pharmaceutical packagers can keep products contamination-free and seal in product freshness with new SteraSeal™ multiwall bags.

December 31, 2002

Cartoning

All-servo blister machine

Model B300 all-servo blister machine runs at speeds to 300 blister packs/min and has an integrated stacker and cartoner. Features rotary sealing, slitting, and die-cutting, which is said to significantly reduce tooling cost and delivery time compared to systems that are not rotary in nature.

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Flexibles

Flexible case packaging system

The FP500 flexible pouch case packaging system from Wepackit (Orangeville, Ontario, Canada) applies straightforward and easily managed technology to achieve dependability in any rigorous production environment.

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Closures

Golden State Vintners: Wine bottle inspection

Emerging from the filler enclosure, wine bottles are conveyed through a Heuft (Downers Grove, IL) detection unit that uses a combination of photocells and high-frequency signals to check for cork presence, cork breakage, and improper fill height.

November 30, 2002