Flexible packaging

Suppliers focus more on contract packagers

Many packaging suppliers have realized a shift in sales toward contract packagers. Some say CP business has helped ‘sustain’ their companies.

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Secondary Packaging

Columbia Machine: Load Transfer System

Many plants want to retain their plastic, Chep or expensive pallets for use in their palletizing and production process, requiring them to transfer their product to an alternate load base for shipping or storage.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Global Beverage Systems: Empty bottle handling on bottled water line

On this new bottled water filling line, bulk bottles are depalletized by a Sig Simonazzi high-level depalletizer and then single-filed for delivery to the air conveying system from Descon Conveyor Systems and Consultants.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Global Beverage Systems: Tray packing for bottled water line

On this bottled water line, following automatic lane dividers, bottles are collated and tray packed on equipment from Vantage Pak. Pressure-sensitive print-and-apply labelers from Loveshaw apply product ID and date code to each side of the tray before it enters an Arpac shrink wrapper. Then an incline conveyor takes finished trays to a remote palletizer.

December 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Packaging Machines Intl.: High Speed Tray Shrink Wrapping System

CSI-TW-Series offers four standard models designed to run faster speeds for heavy production environments.

December 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Aetna: Robot and Genesis stretch wrappers

This video clip shows two machines: Robot Robot is a self-propelled, battery-powered unit is especially suited for wrapping loads of any shape, size and weight with stretch film.

December 31, 2001

Cartoning

Triangle Package Machinery: Bag-in-box cartoner

ProLine FC bag-in-box cartoner employs a new method for inserting bags into cartons in single, twin, and triple pack patterns. The intermittent-motion cartoner absorbs the output of one single-tube continuous motion bagger and has speeds in excess of 100 cartons/min.

December 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

BluePrint Automation: High-speed case/tray packer for drink pouches

Servo-driven, robotic top-loading machine packs stand-up drink pouches into a corrugated display case at speeds to 500 pouches/min.

December 31, 2001

Cartoning

Econocorp: Moderate-speed cartoning

Moderate speed, intermittent-motion cartoner For moderate-speed cartoning applications (up to 2군 cartons/hr), the heavy-duty, mechanically driven Spartan runs paperboard or corrugated blends.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

AIDCO International: Flexible robotic palletizing

AIDCO, a systems partner of KUKA, has developed the RoboticStar palletizing system to compliment its conventional palletizers and to provide customers a flexible automation solution for today’s competitive environment.

December 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Rovema Packaging Machines: Universal Filling Module

The ULF is the ideal solution for those companies who require different styles and configurations for their case packing needs. Its versatility offers the flexibility needed for various styles of packaging, including top-loading and side-loading operations.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Krones, Inc.: Krones Compact Line Concept

The new Krones Compact Line was in operation at the Krones AG In-house Exhibition held November 10-12, 2003 in Neutraubling, Germany.

December 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

BluePrint Automation: BluePrint Automation Designs Small and Simple

The NEW Robitc Vertical Packer is a case packing system designed for vertical case packing of flexible bags.

December 31, 2001