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Secondary Packaging
Thiele to integrate Allen-Bradley control software on SYMACH palletizers
This innovation was designed with customers’ needs in mind.
September 22, 2017

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Secondary Packaging
Emsur USA acquires new seaming machine
The Dimatra machine and inspecting equipment were installed in June, with customer volume passing through the equipment in July.
September 20, 2017
Pw 309157 G Machine
Robotics
Bimba: Multi-axis electric linear robot actuators
Bimba has introduced IntelliAxis multi-axis electric linear robot actuators for either X-Z or X-Y motion applications.
September 12, 2017
Multi-axis electric linear robot actuators
Case/tray packing
Beech-Nut completes redesign of infant cereal canisters
Beech-Nut’s popular baby cereal product has been in a paperboard carton for a whole lotta years, but now a coextruded newcomer with a built-in measuring cap has taken its place.
September 5, 2017
Containers enter the rotary continuous-motion auger filler by way of a feedscrew. At the discharge is an applicator that applies a foil cap that later gets induction sealed to the container. The filler lets an operator pick from a menu of different vibration set points depending on which product is in production.
Secondary Packaging
Latest packaging tech for coffee, tea capsules
Mitaca S.r.l., a coffee producer and marketer based just outside Milan, brings compression molding of PP coffee capsules in house and radically improves wrapping of tea capsules.
September 5, 2017
One of two compression molding systems Mitaca uses to self-manufacture about 85% of the single-serve coffee capsules it produces. The firm makes both the MPS variety (A), 15 of which go into flexible-film secondary packaging, and the IES variety (B), each of which gets its own flexible film secondary packaging.
Cartoning
Craft beer can line leverages robotics
Depalletizing of empty cans, formation of pallet layers, and lifting of formed layers onto pallets are all done robotically. Elsewhere in the plant, another robot depalletizes reshippers.
September 5, 2017
Near the end of the line, one robot forms pallet layers by using its compression gripper to move pairs of packs around on the conveyor.
Secondary Packaging
Four more say, ‘Yes,’ to robotics
Part II of Packaging World’s Special Report on Robotics & Automation continues the story of brand owners who have realized a range of benefits with the implementation of robots.
August 30, 2017
Secondary Packaging
Growing wet wipes business automates case packing, palletizing
Growing by leaps and bounds, wet wipes manufacturer Rockline Industries adds robotic case packing and palletizing to reduce manual processes and their associated safety issues.
August 30, 2017
The case-packing robots use pneumatic gripper-style EOATs and feature dynamic-pitch custom tooling.
Secondary Packaging
Robotic case packing for a safer end-of-line environment
Indonesian dairy relieves its congested manual case-packing area by installing 11 robotic case packers that improve efficiency, create a safer work environment, and reduce labor costs.
August 29, 2017
Shown are Fresian Flag employees instrumental in the installation of the company’s new robotic case packers.
Secondary Packaging
Swedish food producer sold on ‘cobots’
Collaborative robots at Atria Scandinavia work alongside operators to handle repetitive tasks, decreasing changeover time from six hours to 20 minutes and enabling new packaging applications.
August 28, 2017
Atria employs three six-axis collaborative robots to automate tasks such as labeling, carton erecting, and palletizing.
Secondary Packaging
Robotic case erector increases component packing productivity 300%
Radwell International replaces manual case erecting for shipments of small components with an automated system that randomly erects any one of six case sizes on-demand and without changeover.
August 27, 2017
The ROBOX case erector with two six-axis ABB robots can pick randomly from six case magazines.
Secondary Packaging
Automated end-of-line system for eight container styles, three case sizes
A small-footprint system at Ring Container Technologies’ blow-molding plant operates 24/7 case erecting/sealing, tumble packing, palletizing, and stretch wrapping.
July 31, 2017
For case erecting and sealing, the robot’s end effector lifts open a case before presenting it to the bottom tape operation.
Secondary Packaging
PolyPack completes plant expansion
The new expansion doubles the company's production capacity and supports its vertically integrated production model.
July 26, 2017
Pw 241052 Polypack Expanded
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