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Sustainable Packaging

Center for Sustainable Packaging created at RIT

New education and research center, established with $2.2 million in gifts, will be dedicated to the development and use of sustainable packaging.

September 18, 2012

Thermoform/fill/seal

An up-close and in-depth look at thermoformers for all foods, nonfoods

Cheeses, fresh and cooked meats, medical products, personal care... you name it, and Harpak-Ulma has a thermoformer to handle it.

September 18, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Reiner mobile inkjet printers: You CAN take them with you!

Take it out of the case, and you're good to go...literally. The Reiner speed-i-Marker 940 easily handles text, logos and barcodes, even automatic numbering, time and date. Quick-drying ink prints safely and cleanly, even on nonporous surfaces. You won't believe how fast and easy this printer is until you watch this short video.

September 18, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Does PackML Hinder the OEM’s Ability to Differentiate?

In a recent discussion on PMMI’s LinkedIn Group, James Laverdiere of KleenLine Corp. opined that it was time for broad industry adoption of PackML, describing it as “a standardized language that delivers great improvements for packaging operations.” Here are the two comments that were posted:

September 16, 2012

Cartons and boxes

Individual packaging for fish-shaped fish oil supplements

Colorful boxes carry four blister sheets, each with nine individually wrapped fish-shaped jellies that provide convenience.

September 14, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Desiccant pouch placement made incredibly simple

Dispensing desiccant, oxygen absorbers or other pouches has never been so easy and productive for line operators. With one touch of a color display screen, the AZCO VIP-100 threads and cuts material, adjusts discharge height and your packaging line is off to the races.

September 14, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Reduce damaged shipments with slip sheets

This short video will make you a believer in AZCO Corp's Slip Sheet Inserter and the company's anti-slip paper. Just watch what the forklift does about a minute into this video...

September 14, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Do it yourself, reduce cost for padded trays

Azco Corp. asks: Why spend more to insert pads into trays, such as these absorbent food-grade pads, when you can do it yourself for less? The unit cuts roll-fed padding to length and dispenses them to trays traveling down a conveyor. This video uses a side-mounted unit to give you a better view; overhead installation is typical.

September 14, 2012

Contract Packaging

Orthopedic co-packer expands in Memphis

Millstone Medical Outsourcing expands Memphis operations to broaden services, capacity.

September 14, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Atlantic Zeiser GmbH: Software for track and trace/anti-counterfeiting

The new scalable Personalization Management Platform (PMP) Software Architecture from Atlantic Zeiser controls all levels of production and logistics processes in the pharmaceutical industry, addressing the issues of track and trace and anti-counterfeiting.

September 13, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: Engine control modules for rapid prototyping

National Instruments’ six Drivven C Series engine control modules provide rugged, modular engine-specific I/O for interfacing directly with internal combustion engine subsystems and actuators, giving power train control system developers the ability to rapidly prototype their engine sensor and actuator interfaces using the NI LabVIEW FPGA Module.

September 13, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: AC motors

Oriental Motor’s line of AC Motors and Geared AC Motors provide constant speed and cost-effective solutions for speed control, torque control, positioning, and linear motion applications.

September 13, 2012