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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Flexibles
Will silica coatings become more affordable?
From a relatively inexpensive liquid source, PC Materials extracts silica and chemically bonds it to the surface of polyester to create clear, high-barrier films.
February 29, 1996
Rigid: Page 318
Conveying & accumulation
Labelers help Heaven Hill reach new heights
Rotary labelers lift Heaven Hill Distilleries' spirits by boosting application speed and reducing downtime and labor costs associated with prior picker labelers.
February 29, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Versatility drives Shrader line design
A short while ago, contract packager Shrader Canada rarely filled more than 8ꯠ bottles of liquid automotive products per shift. A new and versatile line now lets the firm reach 26ꯠ per shift .
February 29, 1996
Flexible packaging
Simplified wrapper boosts output
Despite a high-tech wrapping material, Saputo had too many leakers of its block cheese packs. New wrapper greatly improves seals while it boosts line output and slashes changeover time.
February 29, 1996
Containers
EPA delays hazardous waste container rule
EPA has extended to June 5, 1996, the effective date of its hazardous waste containers rule, now being revised. The original rule, issued in December 1994, allowed the use of steel drums and pails that comply with U.S.
February 29, 1996
Containers
A step up for tube-making
Keeping afoot of recent trends in the personal care category, Los Angeles, CA-based Freeman Cosmetics Corp. introduced its new line of foot care products in foot-shaped tubes designed to stand out among competitors.
February 29, 1996
Closures
Tamper-evident tape
Secure T.R.A.C. (tamper-resistant adhesive closure) is a self-wound, self-voiding security tape from Consoli-dated Graphic Materials (Somerset, NJ).
January 31, 1996
Controls & Machine Components
Carton packer
The AutoLoader(TM) from Multifold-International. (Milford, OH) is a multi-row, multi-layer programmable carton packer that enables converters to pack small- or medium-sized cartons into any shipping container or corrugated case and to program that task for repeated runs.
January 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Bulk bag discharger with conveyor
Spiroflow's (Monroe, NC) portable bulk bag discharger with an integral flexible screw conveyor is suitable for delivering bulk solids to multiple use points.
January 31, 1996
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Automatic tablet feeder
An automatic tablet feed elevator from Modular king Packaging (Pine Brook, NJ) is ergonomically designed to eliminate potential workplace accidents during manual filling of tablets into a hopper by replacing a high, out-of-reach hopper with a low-level bulk hopper.
January 31, 1996
Filling/capping, dry
Capacitive sensors
Capacitive sensors from Namco Controls (Highland Heights, OH) are designed to sense nonmetallic products. They can be adjusted to ignore or "see through" an object to detect a second object behind it.
January 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Marigold sweetens sour cream line
New line lets Marigold Foods double its filling speeds for 8-, 12-, 16-, 24- and 32-oz cups of sour cream or yogurt. Programmable limit switch plays a key role, too.
January 31, 1996
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Sutter Home bottle breaks new ground
Commonly used for wide-mouth jars and narrow-neck beers, bottles made with press-and-blow technology haven't been available to wineries--until now. Eye-catching labels complete this package upgrade.
January 31, 1996
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