Bradman Lake: Vision-guided robot

Bradman Lake’s VGR2000 vision-guided robot allows product to be picked in single piece or a collation and loaded into either the infeed of the flow wrapping machine, a cartoning line or a case packer.

Bradman Lake Inc.

Mar 16th, 2017

Vision-guided robot

Vision-guided robot

The smart cameras and delta robots directly interface with the Rockwell Automation programmable controller using pre-loaded customized add-on instructions. No black boxes! The VGR2000 can be supplied without the overhead robots, with its ergonomic design suiting manual pick and place, and can be easily retrofitted should the need arise.

Bradman Lake Inc.

Bradman Lake® SL903 End Load Cartoner

Bradman Lake® SL903 End Load Cartoner

Cookies Horizontal Flow Wrapping System - Packaging Machinery

Cookies Horizontal Flow Wrapping System - Packaging Machinery

Automatic Distribution System (ADS)

Automatic Distribution System (ADS)

Cap Applicator for CRP Cannabis Beverage Containers

PakTech offers the PakLock Applicators PLA40 and PLA100 capping applicators designed specifically for its PakLock containers. The PLA40 can apply 40 cans/min and the PLA100 applies 100 cans/min.

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Engage Technologies Named Top Workplace in Minnesota

Engage Technologies Corp. was named one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune.

Thanks to a 100% inline seal inspection process, leak-free packages ensure product quality and leave no unwanted residue on machinery.

Inline Seal Inspection Maintains Quality of Retort Pouches

Investing in a state-of-the-art production facility, the Brazilian pet food manufacturer also opted to move to 100% inline seal inspection for its flexible pouches, eliminating concerns about poorly sealed product getting to the customer.

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Vf/f/s Machine

V-Shapes’ AlphaFlex automatic, multi-lane vf/f/s machine features synchronized digital printing, powered by Memjet DuraFlex and ColorGATE Packaging Productionserver, on both sides of single-dose sachets.

Wood chips aren't exactly a free-flowing product, and caused frequent jams in legacy equipment. The new stand-up pouch baggers handles the chips well.

Bagger, Combination Weigher Improve BBQ Wood Chip Production by 118%

With labor being tight and unreliable, improved automation was the answer for this popular BBQ wood chip brand. But it took a special combination of bagger and weigher to withstand the hot Texas heat, and stand up to a less-than-free-flowing product.

Unique FlipGuard™ dispensing closure delivers branding and safety

Unique FlipGuard™ dispensing closure delivers branding and safety

Consumers want secure, convenient and smooth dispensing for sauces, dressings and condiments. Berry's new FlipGuard flip-top dispenser's unique design includes a tamper-evident strip and more.

Cannabis Pre-roll Machine

Canapa offers the 8-channel JuanaRoll pre-roll machine designed to produce up to 4,000 joints/hr per and accurately weigh, fill, compact, tamp, twist, and trim pre-rolls at the industry's highest speeds.

Octopi installed one of the first Innofill Can C models, designed by KHS for smaller beverage companies, with an integrated filler and seamer.

Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation

Wisconsin-based beverage packer Octopi positions itself to address a rapidly changing beverage market, as well as a shift from bottles to cans, with two canning lines, the newest of which will produce up to 1,200 cans/min in seven sizes.

Capsule Filling Machine

Syntegon Technology launches the GKF 60 capsule filling machine featuring a piezo station that fills small quantities starting at 0.1 milligram filling weight. Also available: dosing modules for dry powder inhalation (DPI), pellets, tablets, or liquids.

Both milk and juice are packaged on the new aseptic systems at BON Agroindustrial.

Aseptic capacity added at BON Agroindustrial

BON Agroindustrial, a leading producer of fresh milk, juice, and jams in the Dominican Republic, recently installed two new aseptic packaging lines for milk and fruit juice.

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Heat and Control Founder, Andy Caridis, Celebrates 100th Birthday

The Heat and Control family celebrated a special milestone on June 1, 2021, with the 100th birthday of its founder, Andrew (Andy) Caridis.

Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots

Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots

Looking for automation solutions for packaging and palletizing? This is your destination for all things cobot. Whether it’s webinars, video case studies or product information, you’ll find it all in this one spot.

Volpak Develops a New Version of its SC+ Hf/f/s Machine

The latest version of Volpak’s flagship SC+ hf/f/s continuous movement machine is specifically designed for preformed pouches and features a high level of automation, ensuring the production of the best quality packaging.

Shown here is the rotary filler/capper running on one of the five packaging lines that E66 now has running smoothly in its Oklahoma facility.

From Empty Warehouse to Sanitizer Bottling in Three Months

This new hand sanitizer packaging plant uses a unique automation architecture featuring edge computing to run at the pace of modern business.

Viking Masek, IAS Inc. Form Strategic Partnership to Expand Packaging Automation Offerings

Viking Masek Packaging Technologies, a manufacturer of packaging machine systems entered into a strategic partnership with IAS Inc., an integrator of robotics, machine vision, and control systems.

E-PAK Machinery Celebrates 20th Anniversary

E-PAK Machinery celebrates 20 years of manufacturing innovative and versatile liquid packaging solutions to a variety of industries.

Spee-Dee Packaging Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, a second-generation, family-owned company, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Medium Payload Robot

Kawasaki introduces the RS013N medium payload robot featuring a 13 kg payload capacity, a smaller footprint, a new arm structure, drive system, and lighter main unit.

Tabletop Industrial Robot

FANUC America adds the LR Mate 200iD/14L tabletop industrial robot to its LR Mate robot series. It can process or handle parts weighing up to 14kg in the e-commerce and warehousing, food and beverage, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries.

Multivac, Inc. Opens State-of-the-Art Logistics Center

Multivac, Inc. opened a $11.2 million state-of-the-art logistics center in Kansas City, Mo., the U.S. headquarters of Multivac Group. The 33,000 sq ft addition houses 7,000 individual spare part SKU's.

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Morrison Container Handling Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Morrison Container Handling Solutions celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 1. Since 1971, the company has prided itself on providing the best solutions in container handling.

Wipotec Hc A V Checkweigher With Dual Camera Inspection

Checkweigher with Dual Camera Inspection

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #LS-6161! WIPOTEC-OCS will introduce to the North American market the HC-A-V checkweigher designed for a variety of consumer packaged goods, including food and beverage items.

CW3 RUN-WET Combination System

Checkweighers, Metal Detector for Harsh Washdown

Loma Systems launches the CW3 RUN-WET Combo system that is a combination of a checkweigher and metal detector and the CW3 RUN-WET is a standalone checkweigher system.

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Valve Wear Bands

Fogg's new valve wear bands incorporate anti-galling features designed to increase the stability and longevity of valves. They are strategically placed to ensure there is no metal-on-metal contact creating physical wear.

The liquid filling system capably handles a wide range of product viscosities.

Spicing up the Packaging of Sauces Having Varied Viscosities

When demand outstrips food packaging capacity, new equipment is the best solution. But when product viscosities vary and flavors are superb, not just any machinery will do.

Hershey Brazil has capitalized on digital printing of flexible film as a way of celebrating female talent during International Women’s Day.

Hershey Celebrates International Women's Day with Digital Print Campaign

At Hershey Brazil, the #HerSheGallery transforms a chocolate bar wrapper into a celebration of women, as Hershey once again uses a digital print campaign to mark International Women's Day.

Marchesini Group Presents EXTRA, New Digital Platform for Clients to View Streamed Events and Visit the company Remotely

Further details on the new EXTRA platform will be revealed during an exclusive live show on April 29, 2021.

Eagle Pack 720 Pro

X-ray Inspection System

Eagle Product’s Eagle Pack 720 PRO with material discrimination x-ray technology detects and rejects a range of contaminants, including glass shards, metal fragments, and some rubber and plastic compounds in plastic containers, cartons/boxes, and pouches.

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Joseph Allen Hall Jr., ESS Technologies, Passes Away

Joseph Allen Hall Jr. passed away on April 7, 2021, after his fight with cancer. He worked for ESS Technologies almost since it’s inception, joining the company in 1998 when the company moved its headquarters from New Jersey to Blacksburg, Va.

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Liquibox Upgrades Safety, Efficiency Features on Its Rotary Bag-in-Box Fller

Liquibox upgraded the safety and efficiency features of its Liquibox Orbiter six-head rotary bag-in-box filler.

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Fogg Filler Offers Cost-Saving Sanitizing Technology

Fogg Filler's closed-looped Ultrazone O4®sanitizing solution can perform at a 3 - 6+ log reduction, resulting in a near-aseptic rinse for bottles.

This x-ray inspection system now helps ensure that no foreign bodies make their way into the final packaged product.

QC Boost Through X-ray Inspection

This high-quality pet product company cares deeply about what’s in the packages it ships, so management made x-ray inspection part of a recent plant expansion.