Controls & Machine Components

Capmatic Ltd.: Filling machine

The Accurofill 6 automatic filling machine from Capmatic (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is detailed in an 8-page color brochure. Designed to fill liquid and viscous products, the machine and its features are shown in numerous large photos.

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Pantone, Inc: Color system for plastics

Pantone's (Carlstadt, NJ) reformatted Pantone Plastics Color System is a universal color system for plastic production. The Color System consists of more than 2꼀 opaque and transparent polystyrene Selector Chips that show users exactly how the color they select will look in plastic.

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Compumotor: Microstepper drive

Parker Haninfin's Compumotor Div. (Rohnert Park, CA) introduces the OEMZL microstepper drive for packaging machinery OEMs and high-volume applications.

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Pacific Scientific: Small, cost-effective drives

Engineered to be small and cost-effective, Pacific Scientific's (Rockford, IL) new all-digital PC800 servo drive is 40% smaller than its SC900.

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Stockhausen, Inc: Absorbent polymer

Favor-Pac 100 is an absorbent polymer that can be added to soaker pads to absorb fluids in refrigerated or frozen poultry packaging. The FDA has approved the polymer, made by Stockhausen (Greensboro, NC), for indirect food contact.

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Bell-Mark Corp.: Bell-Mark Corp.: Bell-Mark Corp.: Bag coder

Bell-Mark's (Pine Brook, NJ) US-6252 Cryovac Bag Coder is designed to integrate with any Cryovac horizontal or vertical bag loading machine that runs bags 4"W or wider.

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API : Hot-stamping foils

API Foils (Lawrence, KS) has introduced DMN and KK3 hot-stamping foils as alternatives to bronze ink. The DMN Dusted Foil series adheres to most substrates, provides heavy coverage, has a medium release and is available in gold and silver.

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

Machine builders debate PC vs PLC control

Part two of our report on PC vs PLC control for packaging machinery, from the perspective of design engineers at leading packaging machinery builders.

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End-users seek motion standards

Part two of our report covering a ground-breaking meeting last October where engineers from Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, Hershey Foods, Nabisco and Procter & Gamble spoke out about their packaging controls needs.

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Sustainability

Dow Corning sings praises of palletizer/stretch wrapper combo

Combo systems at the end of three silicone sealant cartridge packaging lines save space, money and materials at the company's Elizabethtown, KY, facility.

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Desperately seeking standards

Head engineers from Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, Hershey Foods, Nabiscoand Procter & Gamble begin a dialogue with machinery and controls suppliers on motion control standards for packaging. Part one.

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Ordering spare parts via the Web (sidebar)

Capsule reviews

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Broad attendance at motion control meeting (sidebar)

Desparately seeking standards

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