Labels

Cardboard sleeve for dairy cup enhances sustainability

An Austrian company that has just opened a U.S. plant in Pittston, PA, Greiner brings to the market plastic cups, primarily for dairy, with multiple decorating options. It's unique K3 label adds a cardboard sleeve to the cup, for plastic lightweighting, recyclability, and enhanced marketing opportunities.

November 9, 2016

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Separate in-line ink jet printers code cases under one controller

Markem-Imaje demonstrates a 1200-series thermal ink jet printer with high-capacity bulk ink, a 5800 hot melt printer and a new 4500 large character valve jet coder.

November 9, 2016

Secondary Packaging

A pouch case loader offers easy collating for retail-ready cases

The Douglas Trivex SL robotic case loader collates and aligns pouches upright, with one or two product facings, at up to 150 packages per minute.

November 9, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Robotic cartoning

Rotary cartoner from ADCO features a collaborative robot from Universal Robots. Especially suitable for repetitive-motion picking and placing applications.

November 9, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Vertical lift

Vertical reciprocating lift from Intelligrated is used to merge or divert multiple product lines in a space-saving and compact footprint.

November 9, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Safety first in conveying

Shuttleworth, powered by ProMach, demonstrated a conveying system that was long on safety features and also included a Soft Robotics end-of-arm gripper.

November 9, 2016

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

Vf/f/s with sanitation-driven design

Model 2015 vf/f/s machine from Pacmac features open-architecture design that makes cleaning easier than ever, and it produces a number of bag styles.

November 9, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-speed marking & coding

Videojet's Model 7610 fiber laser marking system is a 100-watt marking and coding solution that is especially suitable for high-speed operations in a variety of applications.

November 9, 2016

Containers

An intelligent bottle system monitoring dosing for effective drug compliance

Amcor Rigid Plastics and Confrérie Clinique Collaborate on unique electronic pill dispenser that promotes compliance.

November 9, 2016

Flexibles

‘Boneless’ shrink bags protect meat products while showing them off

Coveris launches Nextrus Boneless Shrink Bags with heightened levels of puncture-resistance, clarity, and sustainable properties.

November 9, 2016

Operational Excellence

Serialization from a personal perspective

With the U.S. serialization deadline about a year away, compliance is crucial, especially for patients whose lives may depend on the very medications requiring serialized codes.

November 8, 2016

Operational Excellence

A Personal Perspective on Serialization

With the U.S. serialization deadline only a year away, compliance is crucial, especially for patients whose lives may depend on the very medications requiring serialized codes.

November 8, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Lenze targets commission-time reduction

Alongside an attention-grabbing ball-toss demo, Lenze focused on reduced commission time via demonstrations packed into short timeframes of three, five, and seven minutes.

November 8, 2016