Controls & Machine Components

GSI Lumonics: GSI Lumonics: High-speed coder

The Xymark® BB2 from GSI Lumonics™ (Kanata, Ontario, Canada) is a high-speed, dot-matrix label coding system for the beverage industry. Capable of speeds to 3ꯠ characters/sec, it makes up to 80ꯠ labels/hr.

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Garvey Corporation: Cross-feed system

Garvey’s (Blue Anchor, NJ) Universal Cross Feed System has the ability to feed lanes directly to downstream machines without going through any unnecessary lane shifts.

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Controls & Machine Components

OMAC meeting date set for Pack Expo Intl. 2000

The OMAC Motion for Packaging Working Group will meet at Pack Expo Intl. 2000 in Chicago for November 8, 2000 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

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Controls & Machine Components

Filamatic, a division of National Instrument LLC: CD-ROM documentation

National Instrument (Baltimore, MD) now offers documentation for all of its machines in a CD-ROM format to supplement the printed documentation. Includes operations manual, set-up instructions, component drawings, control logic code program, electrical specifications, schematics, maintenance and lubrication information.

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Controls & Machine Components

Bostik Inc: Bostik Inc: Coating resin

Bostik (Middleton, MA) has introduced Vitel® 2250, a high-molecular weight, linear saturated copolyester resin that can be used as a primer, barrier coating, overlacquer or heat-seal modifier.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Hf/f/s system for blisters

Unprinted PET blisters are manufactured on Illig’s (Heilbronn, Germany) FS 35 hf/f/s machine. Product information can be printed on a paperboard card and placed in each package or the machine can be outfitted with printing equipment.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: P-s labeling system

The Model 6111 WA p-s labeling system from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA) uses the Model 2111 air-blow labeling head for speeds to 1ꯠ”/min. Applies full- or partial-wrap labels to products such as pharmaceutical vials and vitamin containers.

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

European Packaging Machinery, Inc: Tf/f/s machine for food applications

Alfa Machine (Athens, Greece), represented in the U.S. by European Packaging Machinery (Tennent, NJ), has introduced a new tf/f/s machine for the food industry.

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Conveying & accumulation

Kalish, a member of DT Industries Packaging Group: Pharmaceutical labeler

The Labelstar p-s labeler from Kalish (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is stepper-motor-driven, which enables the labeling head to be synchronized with the conveyor speed.

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Secondary Packaging

Palletizer

With a single rear infeed, the 910 Series palletizer from Alvey (St. Louis, MO) runs in continuous motion to load cases at speeds from 60 to 120 cases/min.

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Baldor Electric Company: Motion controller

The MintDrive™ motion controller from Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) is an intelligent, single-axis brushless controller that offers easier programming, setup and tuning, as well as reduces the amount of hardware required and space occupied, says the company.

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Conveying & accumulation

Ramsey: Checkweigher

Ramsey (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced the Accustar™ Global Checkweigher. Its dual-load cell weigh-table mount reduces vibration, increases accuracy and side-loading protection, improves temperature compensation and offers greater stability.

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Controls & Machine Components

Progress on standards (sidebar)

OMAC Structure

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