Collating/flow wrapping

Unusual pick-and-place system from Cavanna uses six delta style robots that each pick 80 products/min and place them in a collating ring so that a stack of three products can be released efficiently into an integrated flow wrapper at high speeds.

Pat Reynolds
May 23rd, 2014
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Cavanna Packaging USA Inc.
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Cannabis Operation Ascends Steep Packaging Learning Curve
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ProMach Acquires KHS Bartelt
The acquisition includes the assets of Bartelt, Scandia, and Kayat from KHS USA which will expand ProMach’s portfolio of solutions in pouch packaging, cartoning, and shrink packaging in North America.
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Food Product Counting Equipment
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Shemesh Automation Purchases U.S. Facility
Shemesh Automation responded to the growth in its U.S. customer-base with the purchase of a new facility in Green Bay, Wis. It will serve as headquarters for its new subsidiary, Shemesh USA Inc.
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X-ray Inspection System
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Spartan Parts Filling Valve Conversion from Vacuum to Gravity
Spartan Parts, a subsidiary of Fogg Filler Co., designed a vacuum filler valve to retrofit to a vacuum filler allowing the user to simply turn the vacuum off and increase quality of life.
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This co-packer known for tomato-based sauces in glass containers expanded its formats and capacity with the addition of Tetra Recart cartoning system.
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Automated Cap Chute Changeover
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BellatRx’s Constellation Monobloc is a new servo-driven fill-weigh-cap system for unstable pharmaceutical microtubes, vials, and cartridges.
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MULTIVAC used PACK EXPO Connects to feature its new RX 4.0 next-generation thermoform packaging machines.
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At PACK EXPO Connects, Syntegon showcased its latest intelligent and efficient technologies, including advanced customer services and a variety of digital solutions.
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