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Controls & Machine Components

Control components

The revised 1999 Products and Services Directory (Bulletin DPS99), available from Parker Hannifin (Cleveland, OH), lists thousands of Parker products that are organized by the various Parker units.

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Controls & Machine Components

Training program

Metsys Engineering (Eden Prairie, MN) now offers a training program specifically for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The "Train-The-Service-Technician" program provides service technicians with the skills needed to prepare and present technical machine information to their audience.

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Tamper-evident machinery

Induction sealing control system

The Assists 2000 is a new, PLC-based induction sealing control system from Enercon Industries (Menomonee Falls, WI). The system's capabilities provide four operating and control modes, hold five preset product menus (including set power level, coil height, eject delay, eject time and stalled bottle delay), provide a critical fault monitor and a series of help menus.

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Closures

Insight Control Systems Intl., Inc: Closure inspection system

The Insight 100 from Insight Control Systems (Safety Harbor, FL) is a turnkey, high-speed, product side inspection system designed for the closure industry.

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

Ilapak, Inc: Vertical f/f/s machine

The Vegatronic 400XL from Ilapak (Newton, PA) is an improved version of its standard vf/f/s machine. To facilitate settling of product in the bag, 5" have been added between the jaws and the forming tube.

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Controls & Machine Components

PBI-Dansensor Americ: MAP gas analyzer

PBI-Dansensor (Ringsted, Denmark) will introduce a state-of-the-art total gas control unit (TGC) for modified atmosphere packaging. With high accuracy, the TGC analyzes the O2 or O2/CO2 content, on-line and non-destructively.

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Controls & Machine Components

PIAB USA Inc: Vacuum pumps

The new L-series pneumatically driven vacuum pumps from PIAB (Rockland, MA) provide 30% to 70% more vacuum flow than other models, says the manufacturer.

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Secondary Packaging

Robotic palletizer

Soco System (Waukesha, WI) presents a new generation of high-performance IPC robotic palletizers, equipped with modern IPC control. Four-color touchscreen permits easy operation and simple in-plant programming.

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Controls & Machine Components

The Food Institute: Food safety newsletter

The Food Institute (Fair Lawn, NJ) has launched Food Safety Issues, an eight-page newsletter authored by experts in the regulatory arena. It's available to all Food Institute members each month.

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Secondary Packaging

Kisters Kayat, Inc: Layer multipacker

Kisters (Erlanger, KY) will present its layer pattern packing system called PackRouter. Capable of arranging multipacks in layers, the system is said to eliminate the need for additional transit packing.

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Controls & Machine Components

Stretch blow molder

The Blowform stretch blow molding machine for PET containers from Sasib (DePere, WI) is said to offer reduced initial costs and maintenance due to the simplicity of its in-line linear technology.

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

Bosch Packaging Technology: Form/fill/seal machine

With its SVE 2510 A model, Robert Bosch (Bridgman, MI) has engineered an easy-to-operate f/f/s machine based on servo engineering and control electronics.

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