Cartons and boxes

Stronger, smarter produce tray & erector

International Paper displays open-top produce trays with a partial lid that includes special features for greater strength and ergonomics; and also shows us a compact tray erector to automate tray use.

October 29, 2012

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

CIJ printers provide 12,000-hr uptime

Videojet's 1550 and 1560 continuous ink-jet printers, based on the company's 1000 series, offer 12,000 hours of continuous uptime before scheduled preventative maintenance. Features include good print quality, a simple user interface, and code assurance technology.

October 29, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Integrated end-of-line system for the medical and pharmaceutical industries

A new integrated end-of-line packaging system, which includes solutions from five Pro Mach brands, increases line efficiency and reduces overall risk. This complete end-of-line system for the medical and pharmaceutical industry is on display at Booth # N-4013 at Pack Expo.

October 29, 2012

Filling/capping, dry

Rotary capping machines for roll-on aluminum closures – 120 to 1200 BPM

This Fowler/Zalkin rotary capping machine equipped for the application of roll-on aluminum closures features 8 capping heads and is suitable for speeds up to 320 BPM. Fowler/Zalkin rotary machines are available in sizes ranging from 3 to 36 heads, yielding operating speeds from 120 to 1200 BPM. Booth # N-3906

October 29, 2012

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Two bagging machines consolidated into a single small footprint unit

The Matrix X Machine is a bagger designed for coffee, baking, snack food, prepared food, confectionary, and other packagers that need to boost production but have limited floor space. The X machine is rated at up to 250 bags-per-minute. Booth # S-853

October 29, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Roberts PolyPro Develops Two Machines in One – an Innovative Handle Applicator for Multi Packs and Single Bottles

For packaging lines producing both multi packs for club stores and single bottles for convenience outlets, the new Roberts PolyPro solution delivers maximum return on investment and a competitive edge. (Roberts PolyPro Pack Expo 2012 Booth #3916)

October 29, 2012

Conveying & accumulation

Sanitary food packaging conveyors with integrated vision and robotic re-orientation

Eaglestone Equipment shows-off sanitary food packaging conveyors with integrated vision and robotic pick-and-place re-orientation of products on the conveyor.

October 28, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

New 6-axis high-speed robots

Denso Robots demonstrates solutions including new, precision 6-axis assembly robots in a conveyor tracking application, now with greater speed and precision.

October 28, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Rainbow packing made easy by dual robots

Hartness International demonstrates a two-robot system that automatically decases bottles and arranges them neatly in lanes for rainbow pac

October 28, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

High-speed in-line capper for large containers reaches 120/min

Debuting at Pack Expo, the Magna Capper is an automatic inline capping machine designed specifically for large containers. Brand new MagnaCapper caps up to 120 mm with versatile sizes, and can handle very high speeds 100 bottles per minute.

October 28, 2012

Filling/capping, dry

Sausage production/packaging line with tray denesting and product conveying

Reiser's John McIsaac and Mark Ewing of JLS describe the Heron tray loading system at Pack Expo, showing a tray denester, tray conveyor, product conveyor, product inspection, and ABB FlexPicker end-of-arm tooling with vacuum on board.

October 28, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Cost-effective case packer does 25 cpm

The Invex case/tray packer uses Rockwell components for servo-automated efficiency, creating wraparound, four-corner case squaring for mid-range applications up to 25 cpm.

October 28, 2012

Labels

Plasma bag label provides 100% adhesion on frozen blood plasma bags

Avery Dennison’s global pharmaceutical business development manager Gary Deans shows how self-adhesive labels can be applied to challenging frozen surfaces, such as blood plasma bags.

October 28, 2012