Secondary Packaging

SouthPack roundup

Here's a brief glimpse of new things seen at the 2003 Southpack show that ran April 30 and May 1 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center.

April 30, 2003

Case/Tray Packing: Page 83

Secondary Packaging

Case packers

Compact (60"Lx52"W), fast (up to 200 ppm), and flexible, the 400 Series of case packers from Fallas (Waco, TX) provides gravity-fed or robotic case packaging, lay-flat, or stand-up product configuration, and inline or right angle infeed.

April 30, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

ARI: Shrink wrapper for contract packager

At Advertising Resources, workers load cartoned product onto a flighted infeed conveyor, two cartons per flight in this instance. Cartons are conveyed downstream into polyvinyl chloride film.

March 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Automatic case openers and sealers

SWF Companies (Reedley, CA) offers the OS Series fully automatic HSC/RSC case openers and sealers that are easily integrated with a wide variety of case loading systems to form fully automatic case packers.

March 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Companies

Sonic Air Systems (Brea, CA) moved its headquarters to 1050 Beacon St., Brea, CA, 92821, phone: 800/827-6642, fax: 714/255-8366.

March 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

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The new “Automation Solutions for Food and Packaging” brochure from Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL) highlights its integrated packaging systems for cookers, portioning, case packers, palletizers, bottling, egg packing, cartoning, and other applications.

January 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Q&A: Dealings with vendors

Kenton L. Jorgenson is plant operations manager at Baldwin Filters in Kearney, NE, a leading maker of filters for cars, trucks, and other vehicles. Here he talks about relationships with packaging vendors.

January 31, 2003

Cartoning

Web Plus: Sites

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December 31, 2002

Case erect/seal

Plug-and-pack a reality (sidebar)

Advances in network, software standards

December 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

High-speed case/tray packer

See video clip of this machine

December 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Semi-automatic case packer

Econopacker is a cost-effective and simple semi-automatic case-packing machine that controls the flow and grouping of product automatically, eliminating miscounts due to human error.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Semi-automatic case sealer

Model 3000CS Case Sealer is a semi-automatic machine that dispenses water-activated tape for a fast and efficient seal. Patented E-Z Pull Tab™ feature allows use of BP E-Z Pull Tab™ tape.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Loading and filling module

Universal Loading and Filling Module ULF features both top- and side-loading of pillow-style bags into RSCs. Suitable for companies requiring different case packing styles and configurations.

December 31, 2002