Filling/capping, dry

Video: Jim Beam Excited About its 30th Fowler Capping Machine – on Display at Pack Expo

Jim Beam’s Senior Corporate Engineer Robert Land introduces this video on the Fowler/Zalkin 10-head capper applying ROPP aluminum closures for the Pinnacle Vodka brand.

September 24, 2013

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Controls & Machine Components

Unitronics: New control platform

Unitronics’ UniStream all-in-one modular control platform combines dual CPUs (faster scan time, up to 2048 I/Os over 2MB of operand memory), a variety of HMI touch panels, and local and remote I/O installation.

September 24, 2013

Filling/capping, dry

Sanitary auger filler for high hygiene standards

The Spee-Dee Sanitary Auger meets hygiene standards of regulatory agencies that preside over sensitive powder packaging. Applications include infant formula, whey and dairy powders, and pharmaceutical powders. Filler interfaces with virtually any packaging system, including conveyor, hf/f/s, vf/f/s, and rotary equipment.

September 24, 2013

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Fully-automatic filling & closing system

This highly flexible system from Groninger can process jars, bottles and cosmeceuticals all on the same machine. With an output of 3,600 units per hour, the MFCS 201R can handle container heights from 30-100 mm and diameters from 10-100 mm.

September 23, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Multi-axis demo for pick-and-place, palletizing

B&R featured a live demo of a multi-axis ActuatorLine from Rollon. The unit demos a 5 actuator - 3 axis of motion infrared target practice game that is driven by B&R controls. Rollon X-Y-Z gantry is an out-of-the-box solution for pick and place, packaging, palletizing and depalletizing, delivering flexible, reliable, accurate linear motion controlled by B & R.

September 23, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Palletize at speeds of 2 secs/bag

New robotic system from Fanuc is capable of palletizing 30+ bags/min and is suitable for cases or bags. The unique benefit is that this palletizer breaks the two second barrier for bag-to-bag palletizing.

September 23, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Robotic cartoning with collating and nesting

Delkor's C1 Robotic Packer is a result of that company's cooperation with Tetra Pak. System can pivot alternating containers to nest them in a carton in order to minimize unused space and maximize pallet density.

September 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Video: Pro Mach Offers Complete End of Line Integrated System

Pro Mach’s End of Line Group provides single sourcing for complete, turnkey integrated systems optimized for each customer’s unique packaging needs. The integrated system includes components from five Pro Mach brands.

September 23, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Servo motor has field-replaceable encoders

The 1FK7 servo motor from Siemens is developed with field-replaceable encoders that make for quick and easy on-site service with no special tools or recalibration required. Modular design permits the swapping of incremental encoder with an absolute encoder right in the field, without sending the unit back to the factory. Also shown is Sinamics S120M that integrates motor and drive right in the same unit, ideal for vertical form/fill/seal machines, flow wrappers, rotary capping machines, filling machines, and other packaging equipment.

September 23, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ID Technology celebrates 20 years of labeling, coding, and marking excellence

ID Technology grew from a regional labeling equipment reseller to one of the world’s largest manufacturers and integrators of identification and tracking equipment, peripherals, products, and services. The company’s Model 250 label applicator is the best-selling system nationwide.

September 20, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Video: Orion introduces new AXIS six-sided stretch wrapping system

Orion’s new AXIS system applies film to all six sides of a pallet in multiple, user-defined patterns to deliver increased load reinforcement and maximum product protection and security. The new stretch wrapping system offers a high value alternative to steel or poly strapping.

September 20, 2013

Flexible packaging

Video: Matrix showcases the Inever multilane stickpack machine

The compact, modular, and robust Inever BY300 multilane stickpack machine is ideal for low-to-medium production of quality stickpack seals of dosing powders, granules, solids, liquids, and pastes with minimal investment required.

September 19, 2013

Material handling

UPS survey finds global healthcare executives driving supply chain transformation to reach new markets

Investments planned in areas such as technology amid growing concerns over product protection, global regulatory environment.

September 19, 2013