Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printers picked for reliability

Family-owned fresh produce business S&A Group in the U.K. is using Zodiac thermal-transfer overprinters to help reduce packaging costs and increase coding efficiency across its two production sites in Herefordshire and Kent.

October 16, 2015

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Adhesive application

Automated tank-free hot melt adhesive delivery system

Brewery significantly improves packaging efficiencies by upgrading carton and case sealing operations.

October 16, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Tsubaki: Longer-life roller chain

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, LLC offers Titan Series Chain, an addition to its already extensive line-up which incorporates the best features of company’s standard ANSI chain coupled with special coated pins and pin links, black oxide roller link plates, G7 solid bushings, and ring-coined connecting links.

October 16, 2015

Cartons and boxes

PaperWorks appoints Brandon Clairmont as Senior V.P.

As Vice President of Packaging Sales, Clairmont will apply two decades of food manufacturing expertise.

October 16, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Three better-faster systems for bag feeding, to labeling/printing and card tip-on

See close-up video footage highlighting the operation of three systems from Kirk-Rudy: bag feeding, labeling and inkjet printing

October 15, 2015

Adhesives/tape

New hot-melt adhesive system solves glue, nozzle maintenance problems

Get a quick to-the-point tutorial on Jowat-TopTherm hot-melt adhesives for case and carton sealing to see how they overcome problems with clogged nozzles and glue-pot maintenance.

October 15, 2015

Labels

Label inspection combines technologies for end-to-end accuracy, package quality

Watch to learn how four independent cameras, LED illumination, real-time controls, bar-code reader and RFID technologies come together in this label inspection system for round and square containers, from FT System.

October 15, 2015

Filling/capping, dry

Capper for spirits bottling easy handles roll-on, screw-on and press-on closures.

Find out about the new features Arol designed into its high-speed, six-head spirits capping machine and how lightweighting, PLC controls and software and more can reduce maintenance, speed changeover and enhance flexibility.

October 15, 2015

Flexible packaging

Learn about flavor-preserving, cost-effective replacements to rigid packaging

With a full line of vf/f/s equipment and innovative packaging designs, such as the new Fres Bag, Fres-co provides cost-effective, shelf stable, environmentally friendly options to rigid packaging. Fres Bag, which features a one-way degassing valve, is being used successfully in coffee packaging to preserve fresh-roasted flavor and extend shelf life.

October 15, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Medical device firm wins with barcode labeling software

CFR enterprise barcode labeling software helps QTS reduce risk, increase efficiency, and become compliant with UDI and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulations.

October 14, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Designing sustainability into OTC pharma packaging

Kara Errickson, Industrial Designer, discusses package design issues for Hyland’s 4 Kids Bumps ’n Bruises® with Arnica, an ointment stick to provide natural relief of pain, swelling, bruising, and soreness for children.

October 14, 2015

Sustainability

Arrowhead bottles to contain up to 50% rPET by 2016

Nestlé Water’s Arrowhead brand announces it will increase its use of rPET by 38% in its spring water bottles, eliminating 20,000 tons of CO2 from production annually.

October 14, 2015

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Modular shrink bundler

From Tekkra comes the Triad shrink bundler, an entry-level machine whose three modular infeeds make it unique among its peers.The modules roll up to the machine and bolt on quickly, and the machine's PLC recognizes which module is on and which activation points need to be turned on.

October 13, 2015