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

Continuous motion vf/fs machine

PACK EXPO ; Rovema offered the VPL-400, its latest generation of continuous motion vf/f/s machines at Pack Expo 2004. Linear motor drive technology works on the principle of the magnetic train.

October 31, 2004

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Converting equipment

Supply chain for clear PP bottles

PACK EXPO : At K’2004 in Germany, Sidel showed its new crystal-clear clarified polypropylene (cPP) bottles made on Sidel’s injection stretch blow molding SBO Series 2+ equipment.

October 31, 2004

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Random case sealer

PACK EXPO : 3M showed the high-speed 3M-Matic fully automatic random case sealer 2000rf at Pack Expo International. The fast and efficient 3M-Matic case sealer 2000rf will seal a range of case sizes at speeds to 20 cases/min.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Round PP containers with printing options

PACK EXPO : Placon offered its HomeFresh™ round PP deli containers with printing options, the PastaPak®, a 2-piece APET container, and expanded cell phone accessory clamshells at Pack Expo International 2004.

October 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Servo-controlled food-grade wrapper

PACK EXPO : George Gordon Associates announced its AccuWrap™ FG-2000W seven-axis, servo-controlled, food-grade wrapper with wash-down capability for the most food-friendly wrapper in the industry at Pack Expo International 2004.

October 31, 2004

Controls & machine components

PC-based real-time monitoring software

PACK EXPO : Safeline demonstrated at Pack Expo International 2004 a new software/hardware combination designed to connect and monitor a network of metal detectors within a plant or connect a number of plants or lines within an organization.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Frontline report: RFID glass half full

A wave of research advances portends a bright future for radio-frequency identification technology, but RFID will take time to emerge, says Frontline keynote speaker.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Debunking the 9 biggest RFID myths

Greg Gilbert, director RFID solutions and strategy, Manhattan Associates, provides an honest look at the untold truths behind the promise of radio-frequency identification technology.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID tag and equipment shortage?

If Wal-Mart had insisted that all its top 100 suppliers ship all products into the Texas distribution centers with RFID tags on boxes and pallets, a shortage of RFID tags could ensue.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID reader benchmark study

Like to know exactly how RFID readers perform head-to-head under different conditions? This benchmark study tells you how four different models of radio-frequency identification tag readers performed.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beaver Street Fisheries tests RFID waters

Beaver Street Fisheries, Jacksonville, FL, has identified vendors involved in its self-imposed radio-frequency identification program for cases of frozen fish.

October 31, 2004

Flexibles

Clemson's packaging science program

During Packaging World’s visit to the Clemson, SC, campus earlier this year, Department of Packaging Science chair and professor Ronald Thomas addressed a wide range of questions about the university’s program. Those questions and his responses follow.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Interoperability on display

The OMAC Packaging Workgroup took advantage of Pack Expo International 2004 to demonstrate in action the interoperability that the OMAC Packaging Workgroup and its Connect-and-Pack™ vision is all about.

October 31, 2004