Controls & Machine Components

Enercon Industries Corp.: Validation program

Enercon (Menomonee Falls, WI) is offering a new service to its cap sealing customers to assist them in meeting their validation requirements. Well-suited for pharmaceutical packaging operations.

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Flow wrapper guide

GEI Autowrappers (Norwich, England) has released data sheets describing its refurbished Autowrappers machines and systems. New features such as the “Soft-Jaws” feature are described on the double-sided sheet.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

FANUC Robotics: Tracking software

Fanuc Robotics (Rochester Hills, MI) has developed a visual line- tracking software called Vistrac. Software provides same functionality as Fanuc’s Visloc robotic vision system, but includes the hardware and software needed to locate and track loose or non-fixed moving parts.

January 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Krones, Inc: Filling/packing brochure

Krones (Franklin, WI) has released a brochure describing its foodstuff filling and packing capabilities. Brochure includes information on depalletizing, palletizing, filling, durability, labeling, packaging, safety and customer service.

January 31, 2001

Controls & machine components

Appointments, promotions

Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA): John W. Consay, to replace retiree William J. Avery, CEO. —Multisorb Technologies, Inc. (Buffalo, NY): Mark E.

January 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

New double-bag system in Japan

An unusual double-bag system is being used for delivery of liquid for enteral nutrition in various Japanese hospitals. The system includes an aseptically filled inner Elopouch® bag, the kind often used for UHT milks.

January 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

'Cool' robot palletizes three-up

A robot at Schroeder Milk palletizes cases from three lines in up to three different configurations at a time using specialized tooling to handle cases, pallets or slipsheets. System replaces manual palletization.

January 31, 2001

Cartoning

Building sales through versatility

Tokyo-based cosmetics giant Kosé installs two modular, quick-change bottling lines versatile enough to handle nearly 100 different bottle shapes and sizes.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Will motion controllers replace PLCs? (sidebar)

Methodology

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Will motion controllers replace PLCs?

As motion control technology becomes increasingly important in packaging machinery, many believe that it will annex the territory occupied by PLCs.

January 31, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford sold on 'cell' concept

In-line marker assembly and packaging, featuring an eight-station automatic heat-sealing unit, helps manufacturer increase production, save labor costs and meet just-in-time needs.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

GretagMacbeth: Color guide

GretagMacbeth (New Windsor, NY) offers a free 25-page booklet containing articles on visual color evaluation and control with an array of products. Color Makes the Difference was designed to help in color-quality programs.

December 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Line monitoring software

Gebo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) has introduced a new licensing strategy for its Efficiency Improvement Tool (EIT) line monitoring software program.

December 31, 2000