Secondary Packaging

Twin-belt turning device brings gentle palletizing

Schwenk Putztechnik, a German maker of prefabricated mortar mixtures, recently installed new palletizing technology with an eye toward reducing time spent on maintenance, gaining more efficient production, and optimizing stack configuration with regard to storage and sales.

June 26, 2014

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Secondary Packaging

Video shows how animated simulations of packaging lines help with concept selection for robotic case packing

Douglas Machine’s animations seal the deal on retail ready and display packaging.

June 21, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Craft beer maker implements automated bottle packing

Fort Collins Brewery saves time, labor, and worker tedium, while increasing production capacity to better serve growing markets.

June 2, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Palletizer provides optimized stack configuration for dry mortar

German mortar supplier Schwenk Putztechnik relies on a new twin-belt turning device for gentle palletizing of bags, resulting in more efficient production and greater changeover flexibility.

May 30, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

ABB Robotics: Robotic picking-and packaging software

The new software improves the performance of robotic picking lines by identifying potential risks and optimizing cell designs with accurate 3D simulations.

May 27, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Automatic EOAT changeover

No human involvement is needed to change the end-of-arm tooling on four robots in this case packer from Gerhard Schubert GmbH, as an automated transport module does the work.

May 23, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Intermittent-motion high-speed cartoner

With its extended carton magazine and balcony construction, this high-speed cartoner from Campak handles blister packs, tubes, or bottles and can be changed over in about 15 minutes.

May 23, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Modular case erector squares cases perfectly

Lantech’s new case erector is modular in design and features a case squaring device that ensures perfectly squared cases right through to product insertion and case closing.

May 23, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Shrink wrapper offers 5-minute changeover

Compact shrink wrapper from Polypack is a versatile machine that can handle round, oval, or square bottles as well as cartons with minimal time required for changeover

May 19, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Next-gen cartoning at interpack

There’s no place like interpack to see the latest in packaging machinery controls and automation. Here are just two examples of what the world’s largest packaging show had on display in the cartoning sector.

May 19, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Compact, high-speed, robotic tray loader

Cama Group has configured a total of 12 Delta-style robots in a compact space to work simultaneously to pick pieces from a conveyor belt and load them into trays.

May 17, 2014

Secondary Packaging

All-electric palletizer

The L-7 all-electric palletizer from Top Tier delivers great positioning accuracy thanks to its innovative controls architecture. Cases are rotated as needed depending on encoder feedback and pallet layer requirements.

May 17, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Hybrid servo system brings positioning accuracy to palletizing

The L7 palletizer has standard AC motors and a machine control code accessed on a familiar PLC interface. But servo drives in place of VFDs bring big benefits.

April 2, 2014