Secondary Packaging

Quick-changeover top-load case packer handles everything from bags and boxes to bottles and cans

The Nuspark NTL-50 high-speed, delta-robot top-load case packer can accommodate a range of package types, from rigid to flexible, in virtually any collation pattern. The machine offers speeds to 50 loads/min, with changeovers accomplished through a touchscreen control panel.

February 6, 2009

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Cartoning

Versatile robot loading to 800 pieces/min

Shown running 600 pieces/min, the modular IASE VC-500 robotic cartoning and case loading collating system fills cartons, trays, or cases using commercially available internal components.

February 6, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Integrated packaging line equipment

Focke & Co.’s video demonstrates an integrated line capable of meeting a variety of customer needs in different industries. This setup includes a Model 459 side-loading case packer that can pack 10 cases/min, leading into a Model 542 gantry-style palletizer.

February 6, 2009

Sustainability

Lance invests in its future

As an aging fleet of bagging systems is replaced over a three-year period, payback comes through enhanced performance of both combination scales and vf/f/s systems.

February 1, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Automation completes speedy cup-packaging line

Huhtamaki-America meets the challenge of its plant’s increased foodservice cup-forming capabilities by automating its case-packing and palletizing operations.

February 1, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Z Automation names Randy Spahr new executive VP

Z Automation has appointed Randy Spahr Executive Vice President.

January 28, 2009

Cartoning

Perfecting pasta packaging

A line at Barilla's greenfield plant in Avon, NY, features a cartoner and two case packers.

January 7, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

X-ray systems enhance hot dog QA

During 2008, a leading hot dog manufacturer installed PowerChek Plus x-ray inspection systems from Mettler-Toledo Safeline (www.mt.com/safelineus) on six separate packaging lines.

January 6, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Maximum case packer flexibility

The R700 Adabot Case Packer from Fallas Automation picks up bags on the fly at high speeds and loads them accurately into cases in any custom-pack pattern desired.

January 5, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Massman Automation acquires Sabel Engineering

Massman Automation Designs—located in Villard, Minnesota—has acquired Sabel Engineering Corporation.

December 22, 2008

Flexible packaging

Packaging automation delivers value for tough economy

With the recession ‘official,’ CPGs stand to win more sales and market share in 2009 through packaging innovation and efficiency than comparable investments.

December 8, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Pearson Packaging Systems acquires Goodman Packaging Equipment

Pearson Packaging Systems, manufacturer of secondary packaging equipment, is acquiring Goodman Packaging Equipment, a Chicago-area based producer of top loading case packers.

December 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Sterling Anthony On Pack Expo Intl. 2008

For a variety of reasons, it was a good year.

December 3, 2008