Secondary Packaging

Edson debuts delta robot case packer

Sustainability will drive flexible packaging usage to higher levels than ever.  That’s good news for customers of Edson Packaging Machinery.

November 24, 2008

Case/Tray Packing: Page 61

Secondary Packaging

Portable data collection for packaging machinery

Increasingly, packagers see the value of gathering machinery performance data and analyzing OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) to improve operational efficiency.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Co-packing gets automated

XPAK USA  teamed up with Schneider Electric for the technical resources to automate co-packing of variety packs.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Rethinking robotic case packing

To Switchback Group, its robot is the centerpiece of ‘soft integration’ between packaging processes on a line.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Compact 50-100 ppm robot case packer

Nuspark Engineering demonstrated its compact NTL-50 delta robotic top-loading case packing system at PACK  EXPO, capable of running up to 50 picks per minute or payloads up to 40 kg.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Adabots

Fallas Automation’s Adabot R700, shown here in a dual robot configuration at PACK EXPO, was designed for maximum flexibility to meet changing marketing trends.

November 24, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Wexxar's omni-handed WF10 case erector provides flexible, easy-to-use case forming solutions

Wexxar Packaging's fully automatic WF10 case erector allows case packers to form right-handed and left-handed cases on the same machine. This omni-handed feature makes the WF10 particularly useful for customers who pack a variety of cases with different printing orientations, such as contract packagers and others which want flexibility without the cost of purchasing specific handed equipment. The WF10 also incorporates the same features that earned the WF20 and WF30 accolades for ease of use and case forming quality. Wexxar Packaging is a division of Pro Mach, Inc.

November 21, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Video: Low-speed servo case packer

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Douglas Machine’s Invex case/tray packer brings Elau servo technology to lower-volume applications.

November 13, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Video: Hand-pack case packing system

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Pearson Packaging Systems demonstrated a VP15-T hand-load case packer that offers fast, no-tool changeover and positive, fully contained case set-up and ergonomic, easy-load hand-pack stations.

November 12, 2008

Case erect/seal

Video: Eco-friendly adhesive application concept

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Nordson showcases its eco-friendly adhesive application concept, consisting of depositing foaming and stitching beads of adhesive, reducing adhesive usage.

November 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Video: Modular robotic case packer that erects, packs and seals

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Bradman-Lake system erects and seals RSC and HSC cases with tape or hot melt adhesive at speeds to 12 cases/min.

November 11, 2008

Secondary Packaging

ARPAC LLC: ARPAC LLC: Wireless gains traction at PEI

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Arpac displayed a wireless communications interface developed in conjunction with Rockwell Automation.

November 11, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

All-servo driven

From carton infeed to carton collation to case sealing/squaring/compressing, all 15 axes of motion on the Invex case packer at Inovata Foods are servo-driven.

November 2, 2008