Controls & Machine Components

STA Packaging Tapes: Carton-sealing tape

From STA Packaging Tapes (Garden Grove, CA) comes a 5-page color brochure describing the company's Supreme line of p-s water-based acrylic packaging tapes.

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Balluff: Luminescence detectors

Compact LDµ luminescence detectors from Balluff (Florence, KY) can read UV markings, labels or guides even on highly reflective package surfaces such as bottles, metal or ceramics.

July 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Matik Inc: Box-forming machine

A 4-page brochure describes the Boix Model FP-4 box-forming and gluing machine from Matic North America (West Hartford, CT). Features technical specifications in English, Spanish, German and French, as well as dimensional diagrams and large color photos.

July 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

API : Foil designs brochure

API Foils (Lawrence, KS) has introduced "Designs of the Millennium Brochure," a fold-out guide featuring ideas for making millennium-related packs look dazzling.

July 31, 1999

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Flexible food can

Hoogoven Packaging Steel (Ijmuiden, the Netherlands), with Stork Food and Dairy Systems, has developed a concept for a flexible food can. Called Le Carr/, the 3-pc tinplate can has a square shape, stiff ribs and a thin body to make the can flexible.

July 31, 1999

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Daubert Cromwell: Vapor wrapper

Nox-Rust® Vapor Wrapper® from Daubert VCI (Burr Ridge, IL) helps keep ferrous metal parts corrosion-free when stored or shipped in the wrapper.

July 31, 1999

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EFD Valve Systems Group: Low-volume dispensing

The 725HF-SS dispensing system from EFD (East Providence, RI) dispenses up to 12 oz of lotions, creams and other medium- to high-viscosity materials without overfill-ing, underfilling or waste.

July 31, 1999

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EFD Valve Systems Group: Dispensing valve

The 752V-UH valve from EFD (East Providence, RI) dispenses small amounts of fluid in applications such as vial filling, topping off underfilled containers or adding solutions to fibers.

July 31, 1999

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Altra Industrial Motion: Motion control

From Warner Electric Motors & Controls (Ann Arbor, MI) comes Motion Writer(TM) point-and-click software for SLO-SYN® Warpdrive(TM) series packaged motors and controllers and SLO-SYN TD series servo positioning systems.

July 31, 1999

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Baldor Electric Company: Bus communications

Highlighted in a color brochure are Baldor's (Fort Smith, AR) new bus communication capabilities, including connectivity to various industrial communications networks and solutions for DeviceNet, Profibus DP and Modbus Plus.

July 31, 1999

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Machine Systems Inc: Label dispensers

Three stainless-steel tabletop label dispensers are now available from MSI (Grand Rapids, MI). The stainless construction fosters simple and fast clean-up.

July 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

U.S. Bottlers Machinery Company: Pusher/filler

U.S Bottlers' (Charlotte, NC) pickle pusher/syruper is a monobloc pusher/filler that first presses fruits/vegetables fully into their containers, then indexes the containers to a vacuum filler that supplies the juice or syrup.

July 31, 1999

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Packaging Strategies: Aseptic packaging study

Packaging Strategies (West Chester, PA) has published "Aseptic Packaging in the United States," a comprehensive market study and equipment census for the aseptic packaging market.

July 31, 1999