Secondary Packaging

Case erector/bottom sealer

SWF Companies (Altamonte Springs, FL) has redesigned the CE 151 high-speed, automatic case erector/bottom flap sealer. Reaching speeds to 45 cases/min, the CE 151’s standard features include a Nordson hot melt system, easy load hopper, and multiple case size capabilities.

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Valve bag system

Taylor Products (Parsons, KS) offers a brochure detailing information on its safe, clean valve bag placing, packing, and weighing equipment.

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Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Maintenance software

Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL) introduces WinPRM AddOn software for System 200 PLC controllers. Software simplifies preventive maintenance management and ensures machine uptime by monitoring the operation of machine components when maintenance events become due, company says. WinPRM monitors component operation in two ways.

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Machine Builder Survey

Are you aware of equipment condition monitoring systems (ECM) that can help monitor the state of your equipment to detect potential problems before they occur?

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Danaher Motion: I/O modules

Danaher Motion’s new SQIO SynqNet I/O Modules facilitate seamless integration of custom I/O

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Compumotor: Servo drive/controllers

Specifically engineered for packaging applications, Compax3 are third-generation servo drives/controllers from Parker Hannifin’s Compumotor Division (Rohnert Park, CA).

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Rockwell Automation: AC drive/embedded controller

Rockwell Automation’s (Milwaukee, WI) Allen-Bradley PowerFlex™ 700S AC drive is said to provide an industry-first embedded standard controller option.

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Extended-text labels brochure

New information package from Ampersand Label (Garden Grove, CA) describes the firm’s expertise in extended-text labeling. EasyTab™, FlexView™, Multi-Fold, and Twin-View™ labels are all covered, including colorful photos that illustrate each.

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Nexpak: DVD packaging

Nexpak (North Canton, OH) launched its Colors Program for its DVD, CD, and video media packaging solutions. Program offers the option of adding specialty colors using any PMS color or matched sample to strengthen branding and promotion of releases and other media content for specified quantities.

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Envisioning agile packaging

Unilever envisions new packaging machinery that treats change as business as usual by focusing on a ‘holonic’ approach.

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What do pharmaceutical packagers want?

Representatives from Abbott Laboratories and Pharmacia seek simplicity in packaging machinery to help cut cost and time associated with the validation process.

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Conveying & accumulation

Servos serve up filling success

PC-based servo controls help dual-lane f/f/s machine maximize filling speeds and achieve easier changeover.

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Labeling

Labeler and tray packer meet for the first time

Janssen Pharmaceutical, Beerse, Belgium, has installed a high-speed labeler that automatically feeds product into a tray packer without any need for manual handling between the two packaging operations. According to the company, this integration is the first of its kind in Europe.

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