Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing: High-speed servo motors

Two new lines of Centurion™ servo motors from Giddings & Lewis (Fond du Lac, WI) feature high speed and fast acceleration. The low- and medium-rotor inertia XSM servo motors are ideal for demanding indexing applications, including wrapping and cartoning.

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Continuous torque capability from 4 to 900 in-lb. DSA Series servo amplifiers in positioning/index mode handle up to 64 predetermined index moves, provide jog index capability, and permit stop/pause indexing and homing; optional SERCOS interface available.

Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing

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Intralox Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Intralox celebrates 50 years of bringing conveyance solutions to food processors, manufacturers, and e-commerce companies with a year-long anniversary celebration.

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Checkweigher

Hardy Process Solutions’ Hardy Caseweigher series is a fully automated checkweigher scale systems designed to continuously weigh larger items while in-motion.

Digitally printed cases play a key role in Ninkasi Brewing’s seasonal beer strategy.

Craft Brew—Using Digital Printing to Build Brand Loyalty and Drive Sales

Seasonal flavors in craft brewing are a key strategy for building brand loyalty and driving sales.

Cama Group Joins Smart Packaging Hub

A new Smart Packaging Hub will help visitors discover answers to their most pressing innovation and digitalization questions—across the entire packaging value chain.

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Maxco Expands Production with BW Papersystems Triple-wall Corrugator

BW Papersystems announced that Maxco Supply Inc., a manufacturer of corrugated packaging for the agricultural market, installed a 98-in. (2.5 meter), triple-wall corrugator in the company’s newly built facility in Fowler, Calif.

Recycle Ready Pouches: How to be Sustainable and Efficient

Recycle Ready Pouches: How to be Sustainable and Efficient

The Ares 400-SUP runs recycle ready PE, laminated films and bio-films with ease and low scrap rates. It's compact, efficient, easy-to-operate and quick changeover design is perfect for recycle ready pouches.

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Multi-Conveyor Designs Conveyors with Sideflexing Chains

Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of stainless steel plastic chain conveyors, in stages, to transport both full and empty cases of food product through nearly 50 ft curves and incline of conveyance.

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Brenton and Orion Ramp up Production to Support Operation Warp Speed

Brenton and Orion responded to its customers’ needs by expediting the design and building of end-of-line packaging and stretch-wrapping systems as part of Operation Warp Speed.

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Energy Efficient Adhesive Melter

Robatech’s Vision adhesive metler is designed to melt thermoplastic hot-melt adhesives. It maintains a constant adhesive viscosity and conveys hotmelt at a consistent pressure to the application head.

TAB Wrapper Tornado Box Wrapper from TAB Industries.

Stretch Wrapper for e-Commerce Packaging

TAB Industries’ TAB Wrapper Tornado Box Wrapper automatically secures small, loose, and low profile parts and products to cardboard backing to create a organized, unitized package that can ship without dunnage or containers.

Bruggsmiðjan Kaldi Brewery of Iceland opted for this versatile, reliable cartoner when it installed a new can line. Go to pwgo.to/6017 for a video of the cartoner in action.

Craft Brew—Filling, Cartoning Beer in Iceland

When Bruggsmiðjan Kaldi Brewery was launched in 2006 in the small town of Árskógssandur in the north of Iceland, glass bottles were of course the format.

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.

Both standard wraparound cases and a retail-ready format are handled by the case packer.

Hartz Mountain liquid filling line upgrade features unscrambling through case packing

From unscrambling straight through to case packing, this versatile new line features filling and capping out of Italy and a small-footprint case packer from Germany for a variety of pet shampoo SKUs.

V Mek Abacus+ Counting System

Counting System Achieves High Speeds

Is suitable for a variety of products

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Vacuum Lifters

TAWI vacuum lifters are designed for use in manufacturing and mechanical processing, warehouses, and distribution terminals and can handle heavy boxes, pails, bags, drums, rolls, and more, weighing up to 600 lb.

Dorner Acquired by Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dorner Mfg. Corp. from global private markets firm EQT.

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Predictive Maintenance Pain Points in Packaging Machinery

There are specific packaging machinery needs related to predictive maintenance, and a new PMMI Business Intelligence report researched what is most prominent.

Traysealers offer food processors enhanced food safety and improved shelf life in an aesthetically appealing packaging display

Precipak Announces Sealpac Representation in U.S.

Innovative traysealers extends line of solutions for food processing industry.

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Mobile Lifters

TAWI Lifting Trolleys allow the user to easily lift heavy rolls, drums, and crates weighing up to 550 lb and transport them. They are ideal for production lines or for simply lifting without being confined to just one workstation.

Syntegon’s newest cartoner, Sigpack TTMD, combines core components of the TTM platform with one or more seamlessly integrated Delta robot cells – this allows flexible packaging of different products.

Syntegon: Cartoner with Integrated Delta Robots

Sigpack TTMD—designed for flexibility in product feeding—features flexible product presentation thanks to flat or on-edge carton loading as well as patented tool-less format changeover for vertical restart.

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Schubert North America Offers Virtual Web-Seminar Series in 2021

As Covid-19 continues to cause the cancellation of in-person events, Schubert will bring its innovations to its customers virtually during live web-seminars.

Wrap-around Case Packer

Sidel launches the Cermex WB47 case packer designed to handle wrap-around blanks as well as RSC and HSC cases.

Columbia/Okura Celebrates 25th Anniversary

February 2021 marks a milestone 25th Anniversary for Columbia/Okura a manufacturer of end-of-line automated palletizing and material handling solutions.

Material Transfer

Bulk Bag Discharging System

The Material Master bulk bag discharging system from Material Transfer features a scale system and crusher that provides for an efficient, controlled discharge of materials through a loss-in-weight operation into customer’s existing process.

Lantech Wins 3M 2020 Supplier of the Year Award

Lantech won the 2020 3M Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of the company’s contribution to improving 3M’s competitiveness.

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Multi-Conveyor Integrates Omnidirectional Roller-Top Belting Technology Into Its Conveyor Systems

Multi-Conveyor integrates System Plast’s ModSort technology into several of its conveyor systems.

Dorner Flex Move Helix

Build-to-Order Inclines/Declines Available on FlexMove® Helix Conveyors

Sig Vcs Tandem System

Automatic Bundler System

Signode introduces the SIG-VCS TANDEM automatic bundler system for the corrugated industry.

Columbia Machine Palletizer Division Announces Strategic Relationship with Integra Systems Brazil

Columbia Machine Inc. Palletizer Division and Integra Systems executed a license agreement that will allow Integra Systems to produce Columbia Palletizers and Load Transfer Solutions in Brazil.

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Adhesive Melter

Valco Melton’s EcoStitch adhesive melter series features Ethernet IP integration, digital pressure control, adhesive usage data available on screen, and full OEM integration with all digital based data.

ProMach Acquires Serpa Packaging Solutions

The acquisition of Serpa Packaging Solutions expands ProMach’s secondary packaging solutions for pharmaceutical applications and enhances its turnkey line integration capabilities.

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Paper Cup, Container Forming Machine

Paper Machinery Corp. introduces the PMC 2001S servo-driven paper cup and container forming machine. It can produce a variety of cups and container sizes and shapes at speeds up to 240/min.