Closures

Enclosures for washdown environments

Hoffman (Anoka, MN) introduces Watershed™ enclosures, a line of stainless steel freestanding and wall-mount enclosures designed to help prevent accumulation of contaminants by eliminating areas where water can pool.

September 30, 2002

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Controls & machine components

High-power vision system

PPT Vision (Eden Prairie, MN) has announced Impact™, a new high-speed machine vision micro-system that is said to be competitively priced with vision sensors but has the power and flexibility of large expensive vision systems.

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Plug-and-Pack3; machinery meeting at Pack Expo

Learn about advances made in Plug-and-Pack™ machinery. Such equipment uses standard operator interface screens, machine states, programming languages, and networks. The benefit: fast, flexible changeover and the ability to be plugged into a packaging line anywhere in the world.

September 30, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister card packaging board

New Everest® Seal-Pak from International Paper (Memphis, TN) is a patented, extrusion-coated paperboard designed specifically for fold-over heat-seal blister card applications.

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Vf/f/s pouch system donated to Clemson

Clemson University students are receiving first-hand experience with pouch packaging thanks to the donation of a Model 2050 vertical form/fill/seal system from Cryovac (Duncan, SC), a subsidiary of Sealed Air Corp.

September 30, 2002

Converting equipment

MBO buys label sites

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Avery Dennison has sold three labelling converting plants to Sentega Holding, a company set up by a group of former Avery Dennison executives.

September 30, 2002

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Open and global control architecture for packaging technology of the future

Increasing packaging machine flexibility and performance through the use of servo technology, PC-based control and open and global control architectures. A white paper from Bosch Packaging.

September 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Baldor Electric Company: Digital DC controllers

Baldor Electric’s (Fort Smith, AR) new Series 29 one-way digital DC SCR motor controls are from 5 hp through 300 hp, 198-550 VAC, 3-phase 50/60 hz.

September 30, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh start for blister packs

Meanwhile, S.C. Johnson introduced air freshener Glade Press’n Fresh in a new blister package that hit retail shelves nationwide in March.

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Italian symposium envisions the future of packaging machinery

“The world is changing; therefore, packaging and machinery need to change with it.”

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

On-demand label printer

The HP (Woburn, MA) Indigo Press ws4000 is a 7-color label press designed to cost-effectively produce short and medium runs of high-quality labels on-demand at higher speeds than previous models.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Low-temp shrink film

Syfan USA (Cooper City, FL) has introduced Sytec® MVP, a cross-linked polyolefin shrink film engineered to shrink quickly and gently at low temperatures.

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: E-mail capability

PacDrive™ integrated machine controller from Elau (Chicago, IL) now includes an e-mail function with software version V12. Subject, message, direct recipient, Cc, and Bcc can be used.

September 30, 2002