Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cottage cheese launch in single-servings

Friendship Dairies of Friendship, NY, has launched Fit to Go, a brand new line of single-serve cottage cheese offerings in their most popular varieties.

September 22, 2011

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 992

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Fill'er up! Aseptic fillers meet ESL needs! But that's not all we do when it comes to filling!

Aseptic processing involves the packaging of a sterile product in a manner that ensures its sterility. Found primarily in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, aseptic processing is used on a regular basis to ensure purity and extend shelf life (ESL). Aseptic filling traditionally produces a package that can be stored and shipped at ambient temperatures.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Pharmaceutical application: Dosing cup placement

A U.S. pharmaceutical company needed a system to feed, orient and place three (3) different dosage cups onto corresponding liquid filled medicine bottles at output rates ranging from 85 to 160 bottles per minute, depending on size of bottle. The CMA turret is designed with individual vacuum heads that lift each cup up and gently place it over the capped/filled liquid bottle.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Scoring high rates for pharmaceutical tablet feed systems

A major pharmaceutical company needed to feed and orient bi-color tablets at high rates of speed. Shibuya Hoppmann built two different systems - one using a single feeder system with rates of 1,250 ppm, and a second combining two hi-speed feed systems (with rotary accumulation table), resulting in rates of 2,500 ppm. Both systems used a 2-color sensor to orient bi-colored parts.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Energetic feed system for small energy drink bottles

Shibuya Hoppmann's custom designed Bottle Feed System uses unique urethane scallops to singulate and orient empty 2 ounce energy drink bottles. The system then ionizes and flips them 180˚ and takes them downstream to filling operations at an output rate of 525 bottles per minute.

September 21, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Hands off! Robotic pick-n-place packaging technology

Shibuya Hoppmann's robotic packaging lines sort and package products using computer processing of product shapes and positions acquired through vision cameras. Here our automated unscrambler sorts eyedroppers at high speed using a robot – technology manufactured to handle a variety of products in the pharmaceutical, household, personal care, and food industries.

September 21, 2011

Containers

Spirits cooler gets a new label

Brutal Fruit, a South African Breweries brand and one of South Africa’s favorite alcohol-based coolers, has relaunched with a brand new look.

September 20, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging error leads to oral contraceptives recall

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals issues nationwide retail recall of multiple lots of the products due to packaging defects that could leave women without adequate contraception.

September 20, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

How to cut water usage in a beverage plant

Beverage operations can greatly reduce the amount of water they require "running dry," which means no external lubricant of any type is applied to the surface of the transportation conveyors.

September 20, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Disconnect and fuse terminal blocks

Wago’s 2006 Series Disconnect and Fuse Terminal Blocks consists of push-in termination for ferruled or solid conductors, including WAGO-exclusive pivoting disconnect and blade-style fuse models.

September 19, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Thomson: Web-based sizing and selection tool for linear motion applications

Thomson’s Linear MOTIONEERING®: Ball and Lead Screws is a web-based sizing and selection tool that simplifies machine design by quickly identifying the best ball and lead screw options for the linear motion requirementsfrom the company’s range of inch and metric screws.

September 19, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Coreless DC motors

Portescap’s Athlonix™ series of coreless DC motors satisfies demanding intrinsic safety application requirements with proprietary REE (Reduced Electro Erosion) technology.

September 19, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

IDEC Corporation: Switches for hygienic applications

IDEC’s low-profile 22mm CW switches project only 2.5mm when mounted on a panel and the 3-across contact block design protrudes 39.9 mm behind the panel.

September 19, 2011