Secondary Packaging

Demand rises for shelf-ready packaging

Automation helps end users deliver shelf-ready packaging and meet eCommerce needs.

October 15, 2018

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Secondary Packaging

Updated palletizer is safer, easier to use and maintain

High-level, row-forming palletizer from Honeywell Intelligrated gets enhancements that improve safety, ease of use, and maintenance.

October 15, 2018

Robotics

Integrated Circuits for Precise Step Motor Control and Safety

Healthcare Packaging EXPO: Juno Integrated Circuits (ICs) on display, targeted for machine designs with limited space that require controlled noise, vibration and power consumption.

October 15, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Cobot erects random case sizes on-demand

New cobot case erector can handle random case sizes in a footprint that is 60% smaller than a traditional robotic case-erecting system.

October 14, 2018

Secondary Packaging

‘Intelligent Illumination’ disrupts downtime

LED technology alerts and guides users to issues quickly, saving time and money.

October 14, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner with OEE enhancements

The Stealth CT cartoner, designed with the pharmaceutical sector in mind, has new features that can improve packaging line efficiencies and boost production while reducing costs.

October 14, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Case packer reduces footprint, simplifies installation

With very few exceptions, PACK EXPO 2018 attendees are looking for equipment to fit it into tighter and tighter spaces--plant floor square footage is at a premium. This next-gen Brenton case packer reduces footprint with a unique economy of control enclosure space.

October 14, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Cobot user presented with gold-finish machine

Chicago-area small precision machining company Kay Manufacturing is presented with a Golden Edition Cobot upon purchasing robot supplier’s 25,000th machine.

September 11, 2018

Robotics

ABB: Digital robot controller

ABB launches the OmniCore robot controller designed for maximum performance and reliability for 24/7 operations of factories making products with increasingly shorter lifecycles. The controller’s high path accuracy also increases throughput and decreases cycle times.

September 7, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unilever Dubai meets end-of-line challenges with automation

The largest personal care plant in the Middle East-Africa, Unilever Dubai handles product collation, shrink bundling, case packing, and palletizing of eight shaped bottle sizes at 350/min, with a 10-min changeover.

August 20, 2018

Palletizing/depalletizing

New bagging line brings worker safety, more business

Corn ingredient co-op replaces a manual bagging process with a fully automated line, equipped with a bagger, robotic palletizer, and stretch hooder, to address operator safety issues and lost customers.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Icy, sweet treats case-packed at 300 cups/min

Plant producing frozen desserts for J&J Snack Foods takes the sting out of handling cold treat cups for operators, installing a robotic case packer that handles the icy packs with ease.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Better butter palletizing

California’s largest dairy co-op replaces manual palletizing with four robotic palletizers, each with the ability to handle four different case sizes and two pallet configurations at one time

August 20, 2018