Associated Bag Co.: Shrink wrap system

Associated Bag’s (Milwaukee, WI) shrink wrap system features an impulse heat sealer with ready-temp sealing filament and a variable-temperature heat gun.

Associated Bag Co.

Oct 31st, 2000

Pw 18275 S Pw 1100 101

Sealer and gun are a suitable combination for low- to high-volume shrink wrapping applications.

Associated Bag Co.

Case Packer

See it at PACK EXPO East. Brenton, a product brand of ProMach, will showcase the Brenton M2000, an intermediate-speed case packer capable of forming and packing up to 35 wrap-around, regular slotted cases or trays/min.

Blueprint Automation Hires VP of Sales for Latin America

Blueprint Automation (BPA) hired Mario Pino as Vice President of Sales for Latin America.

SOMIC-FLEXX III

Somic America to Exhibit at PACK EXPO East

Somic America will be a first time exhibitor at PACK EXPO East. Peter Fox, VP of Sales views this as an untapped opportunity for end-of-line packaging buyers.

Bulk Bag Filler Fda

Bulk Bag Filler with FDA White Finish, Food Grade Contact Surfaces

Material Transfer offers the bulk bag filler featuring sanitary stainless steel product contact surfaces with continuous welds, ground smooth, for accelerated contact surface sanitization and inspection.

Ian McDermott, Group Operations Director

Bradman Lake Announces Promotions Within its Management Team

The Bradman Lake Group, packaging equipment manufacturer, promoted Ian McDermott to Group Operations Director and Patrick Dwyer to President of Bradman Lake Inc.

Industry award to honor packaging and processing professionals

Industry award to honor packaging and processing professionals

Beginning March 3, PMMI will accept nominations for the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame. Since 1971, this prestigious award has recognized some of the most distinguished contributors to industry. Learn more »

Accumulation Sweep By Multi Conveyor Low Res

Conveyor Accumulates Non-Rounds Using Pneumatic Sweeper Arm

Multi-Conveyor designed a stainless steel table-top and plastic belt conveyor system featuring pneumatic pusher sweep arm accumulation tables designed for non-round plastic bottles.

Cartoner

See it at interpack 2020. Theegarten-Pactec launches the BLM cartoner designed to keep pace with primary packaging machines, with speeds to 120 cartons/min.

Bunting Names New Rep for Western Canada

Bunting, a manufacturer of magnetic products, contracted Chris Heming to serve as its Master Rep for Western Canada.

Robotic Bag Packer Kawasaki Interior V1

Robotic Case Packing Solution

Midwest Engineered Systems introduces a robotic case packing solution designed for bagged products that have proven difficult to automate. Available in packing speeds up to 120 bags/min.

Flow Wrapper Retrofit for Cold Seal Paper

See it at interpack 2020. Syntegon Technology will showcase the paper-ON-form retrofit kit for horizontal flow wrapping machines to form cold-sealable barrier paper.

Flextrac Series System1

Plastic Chain Conveyors

QC Conveyors introduces the Flextrac Series of modular plastic chain conveyors designed for packaging, automation, and part handling applications. They can handle loads up to 850 lb with speeds up to 160 fpm.

Sebastian Clemens

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate Names Senior Area Manager North America

SACMI Packaging & Chocolate, a manufacturer of fully integrated primary and secondary packaging and distribution systems, appointed Sebastian Clemens Senior Area Manager North America.

PFlow Industries Appoints New President

Patrick Koppa was appointed President of PFlow Industries.

Model CEL5-SL uses a Fanuc M-10iD robot to pick a case from the magazine, square the sides, and run the bottom of the case along a taping system.

ESS: Case Packer Line Includes Bottom Load and Side Load Configurations

These configurations increase the scope of products and pack patterns that the CEL5 series can handle.

Sterling Anthony

Stretch Wrapping for Optimal Load Containment

Get loads together, then keep them together, with a systematic approach to stretch wrapping.

Orion S Carriage On Machine 1 3 20

Stretch Wrapper

Orion, a product brand of ProMach, introduces the S-Carriage pre-stretch system that delivers 260% pre-stretch and is adjustable for higher or lower pre-stretch as load requirements vary.

New Sidel glass filling line at Peroni.

Peroni Expands Glass Bottling

A growing domestic market and a trend towards premium beer in the UK and the US recently led Birra Peroni, part of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., to upgrade their glass bottling capacity.

Prorunner Mk10 (3) 001

Modular Pallet Lift

Qimarox introduces the Prorunner mk10 modular pallet lift for pallets up to 2000 kg. It can transport up to 60 pallets/hr.

IQ4 Metal Detection System

Metal Detection Systems

Loma Systems offers the IQ4 Metal Detection System designed to automatically select correct operating frequencies so changes in products or packaging that necessitate an alteration in frequency no longer require operator intervention.

More in Secondary/end-of-line

Combi Packaging Systems Welcomes New Employees

Combi Packaging Systems announced the appointment of Sue Lewis as Director of Customer Service, LaShonna Gojkov as Director of Marketing & Business Development, and Steve Ryan as Sales Manager, Mideast Region.

Ranpak Fill Pak Trident2

E-Commerce Packaging Solution

Ranpak announces the North American launch of the FillPak Trident, a packaging solution for medium and high volume shippers such as E-commerce hubs and fulfillment and distribution centers.

With new end-of-arm tooling designed by Caxton Mark, the Kawasaki palletizer is able to grab and stack boxes without crushing the fragile tomatoes inside.

Tomato Grower Automates Palletizer to Stack Higher, Faster

To maximize how much product could fit on a truck for shipment, Canadian tomato farm Cecelia Acres wanted to stack its pallets higher than its employees could comfortably handle. A Kawasaki CP180L robot integrated by Caxton Mark did that and more.

Horizontal Bucket Rotation Conveyor Multi Conveyor

Horizontal Bucket Conveyor Designed for Bakery Application

Multi-Conveyor recently built a dual strand, roller chain conveyor with bucket-style attachments to transport loaves of bread—ultimately ending up at a robotic pick zone.

To operate, the forklift driver centers the pallet load in the wrapping ring and presses the start button on the optional wireless remote control from inside the cab.

Metal Finisher Saves Labor, Eliminates Product Damage

Oregon Powder Coating proactively boosts worker safety and product integrity with an orbital stretch wrapper.

F4 robots take the plastic blisters from the product belt and immediately group them in the correct position on the Transmodul.

Challenging Cheese Products Packed Efficiently with New Robotic Cartoner

Inconsistently sized blisters of sliced cheese present a challenge when it comes to placing the same number of packs in a carton. New robotic system provides the solution.

Z.ZAG palletizer

EndFlex: Palletizer

EndFlex’s Z.ZAG palletizer automatically uses vacuum generators to pick up cases one at a time and place them on a pallet from above. Its suction capacity is capable of lifting 40-lb boxes at speeds up to 360 boxes/hr.

A-B-C Packaging: Partition opener/inserter

A-B-C Packaging offers the Model 70 partition opener/inserter with a dual servo powered partition handling device and no-tools changeover.

EndFlex's Kartnr

Paxiom Group Debuts Host of Primary, Secondary Packaging Equipment

With a stable of brands occupying a common patch at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, the Paxiom Group demonstrated its ability to cover the spectrum in the front of the packaging line.

Plant-based film-ready shrink, case packing equipment

Plant-Based-Film-Ready Shrink, Case Packing Equipment

Plant-based Truly Green Film from Polypack is derived 100% from sugar cane, and attendant machines can run it without a hitch. Applications include retail and distribution packs.

Large-format bagger, case/tray packer, and robotic palletizer are integrated to deliver retail and e-com packaging in one line.

Integrated ‘Bag-in-a-Box’ Line for Omnichannel Packaging

Large-format bagger, case/tray packer, and robotic palletizer are integrated to deliver retail and e-com packaging in one line.

The KST 55-712 is a single-zone system with five rows of steam distribution tubes on both sides of each zone.

Shrink Tunnel Integrates Compact Steam Boiler

Inclusion of a compact steam boiler in new shrink-sleeve steam tunnel eliminates the need to install a costly remote boiler.