Controls & Machine Components

Rollguard Products: Rollguard Products: Rollguard Products: Ergonomic lifter

The Lift-O-Flex® 17000 and 19000 Series Ergonomic Lifter lines are available through RonI, LLC (Charlotte, NC). These mobile, light-weight, electrically operated, aluminum-frame lifters can lift, manipulate and transport loads up to 700 lb.

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Stanley-Bostitch: Pneumatic stapler

Stanley-Bostitch® (New Britain, CT) has introduced two improved pneumatic staplers designed for industrial and commercial use. The new 650S4-1 and 650S5-1 staplers are powerful yet lightweight staplers that feature an anti-jam magazine, a comfortable rubber grip, a long, narrow nose for stapling corners and an adjustable tip to control staple depth.

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Controls & Machine Components

Topac Inc: Headspace analyzer

The Checkmate series of automatic O2 and CO2 analyzers for use in modified atmosphere packaging is available from Topac (Hingham, MA). Because of its proprietary fast-warming zirconium oxygen detector, the tool is ready to use in less than 10 minutes after a cold start.

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Controls & Machine Components

Rollstock, Inc: Rollstock, Inc: Bagger

Two to 12" PE bags in rollstock are manually advanced and positioned on the Titan Model 1055 bagger from Allied Automation (Carrollton, TX). Bags are automatically blown open for filling.

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Controls & Machine Components

The Power Group: The Power Group: Stick packager

T.H.E.M. of New Jersey (Mt. Laurel, NJ) and The Power Group (St. Charles, IL) have introduced the computerized Sanko FC-1000 dry machine that produces "stick" packages at high speeds.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Do-It Corporation: PVC hang tabs

Do-It Corp.'s (South Haven, MI) First Impression(TM) clear PVC hang tabs make products more noticable and communicate key product information to the consumer.

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Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: Instructional video

Electro Cam (Roscoe, IL) has released a 15-min video on installation and troubleshooting procedures for EC-2000 and EC-3000 Electronic Cam Limit Switches.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

European Packaging Machinery, Inc: Vacuum monitor

European Packaging Machinery (Tennent, NJ) introduces the VC-25 vacuum monitoring system to verify the integrity of aluminum or tinplate lids at speeds to 1ꯠ/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Malcom Co.: Hot air tool

A hot-air production tool that can be configured with a variety of different nozzles for use in shrink packaging and drying applications is available from Malcom Co.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Belcor Industries Inc: Bag inserter

The BEL 450 semi-automatic bag inserter with top and bottom case taping from Belcor Industries (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) is designed for manual bulk filling lines where a bag liner must be inserted into the case.

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Controls & Machine Components

Amoco Chemicals: O2-scavenging copolyester

When Amosorb® 3000 O2-scavenging copolyester from Amoco Chemicals (Chicago, IL) is used as a core layer in a multilayer polyester container, even the most 02-sensitive products can be packaged in plastic.

December 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Motion controller

The NextMove BX motion controller from Baldor (Fort Smith, AK) can control up to four axes of servo or closed-loop vector, more than 500 points of I/O and two serial ports, all in one unit.

December 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Ryt-way opens to reclosable pouches for pet foods

New horizontal form/fill/seal machinery helps contract packager Ryt-way build its budding pet food business. Ryt-way's first customer is Hill's Pet Nutrition, for 1- and 2-lb stand-up pouches for dog treats.

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