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ARPAC LLC: Tray packer for PET bottles

Operating at speeds to 350 bottles/min, Arpac’s (Schiller Park, IL) Tray Star 25® intermittent-motion tray packer loads ½-L, 1-L and 1 ½-L PET bottles into corrugated trays in either a 4- or 6-across pattern.

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The machine also tray packs cans, pouches, bags, glass jars, bundles and folding cartons, requiring no tools for 30-min changeover.

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