Cartoning

Sanford counts on oriented bulk filling

Automatic system that replaces manual methods conveys and counts markers for oriented loading into bulk bins. As part of the same integrated system, markers can be cartoned and cased.

June 30, 2001

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Secondary Packaging

Desiccant caps are 'dried and true'

An in-cap desiccant protects sensitive test strips from LXN Corp. used by diabetics, and the vial provides a UV light barrier. This cost-effective method is transparent to consumers.

June 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Two-line strategy copes with growth

Two new lines at U.K. contract packager Axxis Intl. both rely on puck systems to handle personal care products. One line is tailored for long runs, the other for quick-change versatility. See in-plant video

June 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Microscan Systems: Bar code scanner literature

Microscan (Renton, WA) has published a brochure on its line of fixed mount, hands-free bar code readers. The MS-880 is an adaptable, multipurpose scanner designed for industrial automation.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Pentalift Equipment: Bin tilter

Pentalift Equipment (Buffalo, NY) offers the Bin Tilter, a machine that can provide a 120?

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Digital motor controls

Digital Soft Start controls from Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) feature “auto setup” function for many applications and have the capability to adjust the output voltage to the motor to allow it to run more efficiently and save energy.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Magnetic length measuring

Siko’s (Dexter, MI) magnetic length measuring system, model MLA, provides position feedback for industrial applications. Communicates to all types of control systems.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Nordson Corporation: Replacement parts

The Trade Plus™ program from Nordson (Duluth, GA) provides customers with a way to replace worn components with new parts at discounts. No need to rebuild or repair the parts in-house.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

B2BPkg.com Inc: Packaging e-marketplace

B2BPkg.com (Naugatuck, CN) online marketplace will connect buyers with vendors, offering an aggregated catalog of vendors, real-time product availability, price quotes, sampling capability, and real-time order shipping status.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Quark, Inc: Visualization software

Quark (Denver, CO) has released QuarkWrapture, a 3-D visualization software that accelerates the concept-to-market process for consumer product, graphic design, and packaging professionals.

May 31, 2001

Flexibles

Gravure winners solve problems

During the technical meeting of the Packaging & Label Gravure Assn., 11 entries were cited in the group's first packaging competition. The Best of Show and a winner in the flexible packaging category was the Kirkland Four Cheese Ravioli pouch by Nordenia USA (Jackson, MO) for Costco.

May 31, 2001

Closures

Bomba drink, bomb-like bottle

Bomba Energy drinks hit the United States in a grenade-shaped 8.4-oz glass bottle topped with a steel cap and ring closure. When the ring is pulled, the cap lifts open. The exclusive importer, Energy Beverage Company of Long Island City, NY, launched the Bomba Energia Getränkevertriebs GmbH product in this country in May.

May 31, 2001

Closures

Love Bus Brew tours the West

South Beach Beverage Company, Norwalk, CT, is rolling out the new SoBe Love Bus Brew June 1 to the West Coast. The chocolate drink comes in a lizard-embossed 16-oz glass bottle, decorated with a colorful 2-mil polypropylene label and a 50-micron polyvinyl chloride neck sleeve.

May 31, 2001