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Syntegon Discharge Station Ensures Gentle Handling of Cookies and Crackers
Provides optimum process visibility, safe accessibility, and easy cleaning
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Palletizer
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New Stretch Wrapper for Closet Works Shuts the Door on Freight Damage
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Cremer Gummy Counting & Dispensing Machine Offers Speed and Accuracy
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Paper Pallet Wrapping Machine
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Volpak Announces Partnerships with Aranow and Cariba
Volpak’s partnership with Aranow will expan its Enflex portfolio in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. Its partnership with Cariba will strengthen their combined technological portfolios and packaging solutions.
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Precise Automation Required for Pick-and-Pack Machine
Using Mitsubishi Electric servo motors and intelligent drives enabled Hamrick Manufacturing to create a machine with a lower cost controller that reduced changeover times by nearly 98%.
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Error Detection Automation Simplified: Introducing the In-Sight 2800
See how easily the Cognex In-Sight 2800 can automate error detection. Powered by deep learning, it can solve a wide range of inspection applications quickly and easily — no programming experience required.
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Multi-Conveyor Builds Dual to Single Lane Hygienic Conveyors Using Chain Drift Parallel Transfer Design
Multi-Conveyor recently built a set of sanitary food-grade conveyors that combine dual lanes of cup-size containers to feed an existing metal detector. It includes a 2:1 combiner and unique "chain drift" parallel transfer designs.
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Kevin Mauger, NCC Automated Systems, Named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 Greater Philadelphia Award Finalist
According to Ernst & Young LLP, Mauger was selected by a panel of independent judges according to the following criteria—entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth, and impact—among other core contributions and attributes.
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Unpacking Machine
Polypack introduces the Unwrapper unpacking machine designed to remove shrink film from corrugated trays.
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Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste
Protect your personnel, product, and equipment. Engineered-to-application bulk bag dischargers from NBE, with enclosed dust recovery, keep material in the product stream and throughput at its peak.
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Tripack LLC to Open Manufacturing Facility in Florida
In response to the growing demand for decorated aluminum cans in the beverage industry, Tripack announces plans to open a third manufacturing facility in Lakeland, Fla., that will have over 30,000 sq ft and space for multiple packaging lines.
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Electric Stretch Wrapper
Signode’s Multi FleX1 features an electrically operated stretch frame and film handling system and is capable of wrapping more than 200 loads/hr. The smaller footprint maximizes production floor space and be placed closer to a facility’s perimeter.
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Morrison Container Handling Launches Preventative Maintenance Agreements
Morrison Container Handling Solutions is expanding its Support Built In® with the launch of Preventative Maintenance Agreements.
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Eco-friendly Invertor
The Green Invertor from Carleton Helical Technologies is made of recycled plastic. It rotationally positions containers 180 deg at speeds up to 2000 cpm, dependent on the container’s dimensions.
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Case Packer
Muller Technology launches an automated six-axis case packer for the high-volume production of lid and container packaging.
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Eriez® Celebrates 80 Years in Business
The Eriez story began in 1942 when founder O.F. Merwin installed a permanent magnet in a grain mill. Today, the company has a workforce of more than 900 individuals located throughout 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries on six continents.
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Case Sealer
With belt speeds up to 155 fpm, Signode’s LDX-RTB 4.0 semi-automatic random case sealer features patented technology that enables processing of void-filled and over-stuffed cases with a pneumatic top cartridge.
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Customized Conveyor System
Multi-Conveyor recently built a complex, yet small footprint, custom conveyor system that uses a servo transpositor retract and two stacked servo merges to transport bags of chicken from three baggers to two case packers, with X-ray scans in the process.
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Sanitary Conveyor
Dorner’s AquaGard LP conveyor is designed to fit in tight spaces, making it the ideal sanitary conveyor for dry or wipedown applications within the packaging, pharmaceutical, confectionery, bakery, and other packaged food industries.
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KHS Debuts Retrofits for Existing Packaging Machines
The new packaging line retrofits from KHS wrap beverage cans in paper instead of film and can be retrofitted to existing Innopack machines.
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Cartoning and Coding Line Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine Vials
Equipment for cartoning, serializing, and case packing vials was designed and delivered in just a few short months.
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Live at PACK EXPO East: Fit into Tight Spaces with Low Profile Sanitary Conveyor
A low-profile stainless steel frame with compact 1.25-in. diameter end-roller pulleys, enabling the conveyor to fit in tight spaces in and around other machinery, as well as safely operate in close proximity to employees.
Controls & automation
iCam-Based Linear Pick-and-Place Mechanism Maintains Control of Empty Cartons
Transferring empty cartons from a high-speed forming machine into a smart carton identification and loading system helps to maintain control of the lightweight boxes prior to use.
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Automation and Flexibility in EOL Equipment Needed for Expanding SKUs
As the trend of more variety, more sizes, more choices, and ultimately more SKUs increases, end of line machinery is keeping up by including more robots, cobots, and modularity.
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NCC to Showcase Automated Packaging Solutions at PACK EXPO East
NCC Automated Systems, along with its divisions, SideDrive Conveyor Co. and Nutra-Pack Systems, will be showcasing their combined experience in packaging systems integration and sanitary conveyors in Booth 1426.
