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

Coffee flex-pack takes a stand

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: After PackExpo, Fres-co’s (Telford, PA) Model GL-14 vf/f/s machine will be shipped to the Seattle, WA plant of Tully’s Coffee Corp.

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Closures

Peelable lid for Maxwell House

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Kraft Foods has substituted a peelable membrane closure for the conventional steel end on the top of some of its Maxwell House-brand ground coffees.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Liquid packaging pouches, machines

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Kapak (Minneapolis, MN) introduced the Smart SpoutPAK™ system for packaging of water, juice, energy drinks, and nutraceuticals.

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Sustainability

Sony uses corn-based resin for blisters

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Sony Pacific debuted a blister package for a portable radio that incorporates the corn-based resin NatureWorks™ PLA from Cargill Dow LLC (Minnetonka, MN).

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Controls & machine components

Affordable vision sensor

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Banner Engineering (Minneapolis, MN) introduced PresencePLUS Pro™, a new camera-based visual inspection sensor, priced at less than $2괌.

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Secondary Packaging

Paperboard overwrapper

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: The PMC OW 800 overwrapping machine from Paper Machinery Corp. (Milwaukee, WI) wraps paperboard, lenticular, or holographic materials around paperboard or plastic containers.

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Secondary Packaging

AS-i-Safe machine safety network

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Pearson Packaging (Spokane, WA) displayed its R235 case erector and bottom sealer equipped with AS-i-Safe technology from Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA).

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Auto-adjusting friction feeder

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: InLine Automation (Minneapolis, MN) claims its Vortex™ friction feeding systems are the first to eliminate the need to adjust for variations in thickness of the product or leaflet being fed.

October 31, 2002

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

Splicer for form/fill/seal

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Designed for use on a form/fill/seal machine, Series SP-1 Splicer from Butler Automatic, Inc. (Middleborough, MA) can be used to splice a new roll of film "on the fly" without stopping production.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

X-ray inspection

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Dylog U.S.A. (Winter Park, FL) offers X-ray inspection equipment. Its Dyxim Series detects contaminants inside a variety of containers.

October 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Case packer for stand-up pouches

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: The Pec Pack Line enables end users to case pack stand-up pouches efficiently. The line begins with an extended-range Econoform tray former from Econocorp (Randolph, MA).

October 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Side-seam carton gluer

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: A folder and gluer that produces straight-line cartons from flat blanks is available from Klöckner Bartelt (Sarasota, FL).

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Bag and pouch filler/sealer

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: 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.

October 31, 2002