Conveying & accumulation

Dow upgrades straw application operations

Midland, MI-based Dow Chemical Company is using an EZ-Seal® 300 SL heat shrink-sleeve applicator from Axon (www.axoncorp.com) to improve tamper-evidence and straw application for its line of Great Stuff insulating foam sealant products.

November 5, 2006

Filling, Capping & Closing: Page 38

Filling/capping, dry

Learn latest packaging automation trends at PACK EXPO

To help you plan your PACK EXPO 2006 show experience, here's an overview of packaging machinery automation-related show events and online resources from ELAU, the only automation supplier that specializes exclusively in packaging.

October 23, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Pneumatic Scale servo capper delivers quality

America's leading manufacturer of rotary cappers is proving why its latest best seller -- the SC Servo Capper – is ideal for pharma, personal care, cosmetic and other quality-intensive applications.

October 16, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Horizontal bagger

WeighPack offers its SB-36 horizontal bagger, a new intermittent-motion bag-filling and closing machine suitable for both liquids and powders.

October 10, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Capsule filler

MG America offers over-encapsulation capabilities—putting a tablet and a powdered drug inside a capsule—with its Planeta continuous-motion capsule filler.

October 7, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Bulk auger filler

The new 4500 Series Digitronic® Net Weigh Auger Filler from Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery features a high-torque servo motor drive that increases the speed and efficiency of filling operations for processors who fill bulk product into containers as large as 50 lb.

October 7, 2006

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Ultrasonic bag sealer

Taylor Products has released the TRU Seal ultrasonic valve bag sealer, designed to work with Taylor valve bagging equipment.

October 7, 2006

Flexible packaging

The incredible flexible pouch

Economies of scale drive pouch costs down, while shelf appeal and convenience features deliver on the marketer's need to differentiate.

October 6, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Goodman 'Three-in-One' packer scores a 'first'

Goodman's ‘Three-in-One' case erector/packer/sealer is the world's first machine to employ ELAU's new Intelligent Servo Module, a breakthrough in modular packaging automation

September 25, 2006

Labeling

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: New PacDrive™ Aseptic SCL servo module in stainless steel

New variant of the popular beverage capping and labeling servo module for use in sterile environments, provides resistance to cleaning agents and IP 67 rating.

September 15, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Apotex: Tablet and capsule filling for pharmaceutical bottles

Side-by-side Cremer CF-1220 tablet/capsule fillers gently vibrate solid-dose pills or tablets along multiple channels of horizontally positioned vibratory trays.

September 11, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Apotex: In-line bottle capping for pharmaceutical bottles

After filling, bottles are conveyed around a bend in the Apotex line to a four-station NJM/CLI Unicap-150 in-line capper.

September 11, 2006

Tamper-evident machinery

Low-acid aseptics 101

To fully appreciate the significance of the Aseptic Solutions installation, it helps to review the nature of today’s aseptic beverage packaging scene.

August 31, 2006