Coding, Printing & Labeling

Congress 'irradiates' labeling requirement

Companies can now use ‘pasteurized’ term on labels of food products that have been treated with radiation to kill bacteria.

December 31, 2002

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1570

Conveying & accumulation

The "still water" filler

Blow-molder/labeller/filler bloc for handling non-returnable PET bottles.

December 31, 2002

Controls & machine components

Machine vision

The Genius vision system is a combination of electric eye and microprocessor technology which allows a machine to see an object, make certain decisions about the that object, and implement an action based on those decisions – all in a fraction of a second.

December 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling flexibility

The Topmodul labeler combines multiple labeling technologies on a single machine, including p-s, cold-glue, and roll-fed. Working off its plug-and-label principle, packagers can use interchangeably Krones’ new APS2 p-s application head or the cold-glue aggregate or a hot-melt station for wrap-around labels.

December 31, 2002

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.

December 31, 2002

Flow wrapping

Horizontal flow wrapper

The Falcon horizontal flow wrapper is available in a single-pack pillow or product-on-edge version and has a product-wrapping capacity of speeds in excess of 150 ppm.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Cold-temperature tape

HP232 cold-temperature hot-melt carton sealing tape has a specially-formulated hot-melt adhesive that can withstand application temperatures as low as 20 deg F and service temperatures as low as –30 deg F.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Freezer robot palletizer

Motoman SP-100F has internal wiring and heating elements that keeps frost and freezer burn away without the use of a protective robot jacket. Temperature tolerance is –30 deg C, making it ideal for frozen products such as food, ice cream, pizza, meat, poultry, and seafood.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Deep-freeze palletizing robot

The KR 180 PA Arctic palletizing robot is capable of palletizing loads of up to 397 lbs in temperatures of –22 deg F (-30 deg C) without a protective suit or heaters.

December 31, 2002

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.

December 31, 2002

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.

December 31, 2002

Cartoning

High-speed tube filler

See video clip of this machine

December 31, 2002

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

Splicer for form/fill/seal

Designed for use on a form/fill/seal machine, Series SP-1 Splicer can be used to splice a new roll of film "on the fly" without stopping production. Excess film buffered on a series of dancer rollers keeps the f/f/s machine going until the splice is complete.

December 31, 2002