Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Pneumatic mini slides

The ZSC pneumatic slides from Bosch Rexroth are specially designed for vertical applications, using a ball rail system between twin piston rods. The company says the design allows for a lower profile and weighs less than conventional double-rod slide units.

October 31, 2004

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1498

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

Flexibles

Pentaform high-yield PETG films

PACK EXPO : Klöckner Pentaplast offered its Pentaform® E778/85 5C/8900 high-yield PETG film for general-purpose thermoform packaging at Pack Expo International 2004.

October 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Meridian cartoner

PACK EXPO : R.A. Jones offered its Meridian™ cartoner at Pack Expo International 2004. Cartoner is a flexible, cost effective mid-range packaging solution with a range of product handling and transfer capabilities, company says.

October 31, 2004

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

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