Controls & Machine Components

Tolomatic ERD product family

Stainless-steel ERD electric cylinders are ideal for food and beverage and other wash down environments, where corrosion resistance, compact size and flexible motor sizing are important.

February 8, 2013

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Controls & Machine Components

IQ Motion System with MRJ4 Servos from Mitsubishi Electric

Feature vibration suppression and auto tuning—fiber optic motion bus makes it easy to program high-speed synchronous applications with a graphical user interface.

February 8, 2013

Plastics/resins

PET bottle with rigid liner shows promise for multiple applications

New package for the dispensing and delivery of sensitive chemicals offers shatter-resistance, a light weight, and full product evacuation; technology is available for license.

February 7, 2013

Contract packaging

Packaging innovation explored at TPC

The first full day of presentations at The Packaging Conference includes details on the Absolut Unique vodka project, digital package printing, and PET recycling initiatives.

February 7, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Feature-packed, cost-saving robotic palletizers

Schneider Packaging Equipment's broad range of robotic palletizing solutions, from full-scale, centralized multi-line systems to simple, portable and affordable articulated arm units. This video will acquaint you with these feature-packed yet cost- and space-saving units... and how they're part of a full complement of fully integrated end-of-line solutions.

February 6, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Case packers and carton loaders for any application

Got a need for end-of-line packaging need? Schneider Packaging Equipment offers conventional and robotic case packing and carton loading solution that just might fit the bill. This video will give you a solid overview on the company's latest horizontal, vertical bottom- and top-load, wraparound, tray and vision-guided solutions for applications across many industry segments.

February 6, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Streamlined shrink wrapping of breakfast sandwiches

Tennessee country pork sausage processor’s redesigned, upgraded system doubles throughput, maximizes line uptime, and provides long-term ROI.

February 6, 2013

Closures

Child-resistant cap may malfunction, so Novartis issues recall

Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Triaminic® Syrups and Theraflu Warming Relief® Syrups that were manufactured in the United States prior to December 31, 2011.

February 3, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Molded-pulp bottle is perfect for protein powder line

Natural health products brand Bodylogix follows in the footsteps of Seventh Generation when it launches an eco-friendly, convention-busting bottle for its protein powders.

February 1, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Waste reduction is central to Unilever’s sustainability strategy

Unilever senior packaging manager, R&D, Michael Hughes, shares how the company is evaluating and designing its packaging to meet the goals of The Sustainable Living Plan.

February 1, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Medical device pack earns WorldStar Award

When patients are hemorrhaging, seconds count. A thermoformed medical device package that helps physicians cut time needed to deliver life-saving procedures wins a 2013 WorldStar Award.

February 1, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Compliance-prompting pharma packs: More sustainable?

Regardless of packaging materials used, is compliance-prompting packaging inherently more sustainable, given its positive impacts on human health, the economy, and the environment?

February 1, 2013

Controls & machine components

New controls package includes Intel’s latest processor

When data from as many as 32 machine vision inspection stations can all flow directly into a single controller, users get much clearer analytics.

February 1, 2013