Controls & Machine Components

Senior-friendly/CR vials

Lermer Packaging's (Garfield, NJ) line of senior-friendly/CR prescription vials has been expanded to include 20-, 30-, 40- and 60-dram sizes.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

No clear 'vision' from FDA on label inspection

Agency hopes to give additional detailed directions to drug manufacturers on the requirements for verifying cut labels and other components.

December 31, 1996

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Easy PC controlfor machine vision

Upsher-Smith Laboratories uses off-the-shelf PC hardware for an all-in-one video capture/bar-code scanning inspection system to satisfy FDA labeling regs while keeping false rejects low.

December 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging controller for PLCs

Advanced Micro Controls (Terryville, CT) has introduced a packaging controller for Allen-Bradley (Milwaukee, WI) SLC 500 programmable logic controllers.

December 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Options for heat sealer

Alloyd (DeKalb, IL) has introduced three options for its Model 2SM1216 and 2SM1428 Two-Station Medical Shuttle Heat Seal Machine with Level Three Data Acquisition.

December 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Mini aluminum cans

Advanced Monobloc's (Chappaqua, NY) line of miniature aluminum cans is suited for trial- or travel-size products. They are impact extruded to provide a seamless can.

December 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Bundled data exchange

PLCDirect has bundled its DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) Server with Intouch(TM) Lite software by Wonderware® to provide users with an object-oriented man/machine interface suitable for use on most PLC systems.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Tray former

The Combi TF2 is a low-cost tray former from Combi America (Canton, OH) designed to fold and glue die-cut trays. It forms trays measuring from 12" x 9" x 2" to 22" x 16" x 4" at speeds of 18/min.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Diagnostic service

Tri-Link is a new diagnostic service from Triangle Package Machinery (Chicago, IL) that ties Triangle's PC-based Selectech 32 touchscreen equipment controls via modem to engineers at the company.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Fitment applicator

Portola Packaging (San Jose, CA) has developed a fitment applicator for gabletop cartons. Series 2 is a low-cost applicator that will fit most single- and dual-lane gabletop fillers.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging web sites

Use these packaging web sites to obtain immediate information from suppliers, associations and other organizations. Many sites also allow you to generate feedback.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Form/fill/seal system

The Boxibag form/fill/seal system from Inland Trade (Miami, FL) produces square or rectangular type packages with four distinct gussets that increase stability.

November 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Conveyor catalog

The 3100 Series Conveyor catalog has been updated by Dorner Manufacturing (Hartland, WI) to reflect new conveyor features, including parallel shaft and heavy-duty gear motors, metric fasteners, sidewall cleated belts and additional conveyor accessories.

November 30, 1996