Controls & Machine Components

Hitachi America, Ltd.: Micro variable-speed drives

Hitachi L200 series micro variable-speed drives are equipped with side-by-side mounting capability, built-in timing logic and analog input math (PLC) functions, DIP-switch hand-off-radio, and RS485 Modbus RTU communication interface.

April 30, 2005

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Old Orchard Brands: Filling/capping for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

A 42-nozzle liquid filler from Fogg Filler is integrated with a 14-head rotary capper, also from Fogg.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Old Orchard Brands: High-speed labeler for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

A short distance from the cooler discharge sits this high-speed, Krones 15-station Canmatic labeler, which applies full-wrap cut labels to the 64-oz bottles.

April 30, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Old Orchard Brands: Accumulating and lane dividing for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit j

A space-saving vertical accumulation system from I&H is followed by a Krones Òroof-topÓ lane divider.

April 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Old Orchard Brands: Case erecting/case diverting/drop packing for high-output, hot-fill PET line

Three Wexxar case erectors are deployed to set up the bliss-style cases, which are automatically split into two lanes to feed two drop packers from Hamrick.

April 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Old Orchard Brands: Case taping for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

If one of the two Wexxar case tapers goes down or runs out of tape, cases are automatically channeled through the one that\'s running.

April 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Old Orchard Brands: Stretch wrapping for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

Pallet wrapping is done out in the warehouse on an Orion stretch wrapper.

April 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Old Orchard Brands: Tray packer for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

Near the PET line, Old Orchard runs a frozen juice concentrate line, where this tray packer/wrapper from Brenton Engineering was recently installed.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Optimize line efficiencies through real-time info

Ongoing trends in the Consumer Packaged Goods sector—including things like packaging that’s customized according to demographic, rapidly growing numbers of SKUs, abbreviated product life cycles, and the inclusion of RFID tags on cases—have made packaging flexibility an absolute priority for CPG companies and their contract packagers.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Controller-independent packaging machinery?

“As we aim at capturing more international business, we know we have to offer either Rockwell or Siemens controllers.”

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Largest ever Make2Pack working session

Hard on the heels of interpack in Dusseldorf, Germany, 21 members of the Make2Pack group held a European working meeting on 28-29 April, at member company ELAU’s headquarters in Marktheidenfeld, outside Frankfurt am Main.

April 30, 2005

Labeling

Simulate a machine before you build it

A brief detour at the recent interpack show in Dusseldorf, Germany, led me to the Virtual Packaging Engineering Forum, presented by MSC.Software Corp., a global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services.

April 30, 2005

Contract Packaging

Packaging Services Expo's successful start

The inaugural Packaging Services Expo (PSE) that took place in Chicago in May was attended by more than 1군 visitors.

April 30, 2005