Controls & Machine Components

Tape applicator

SoftPack (Commack, NY) has developed a patented L-Clip applicator, which applies L-shaped pieces of pre-printed PP p-s tape to the front and bottom of chipboard or paperboard cartons.

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PVC neck bands

Made in the USA, Seal-It's (Hicksville, NY) heat-shrink TE neck bands are a low-cost way to provide tamper-evidence. Made of PVC, these neck bands can be made of any size and can be printed with custom designs or logos.

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Controls & Machine Components

Pivot guide

Exhibiting with Tidland (Camas, WA), Fife (Oklahoma City, OK) will show the new microSymat Offset Pivot Guide (OPG) for high-performance web guiding on narrow-web process machinery.

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Controls & Machine Components

P-s stock for Indigo

MACtac (Stow, OH) has developed a special top coating for p-s stocks used with Indigo's Omnius® Digital Offset Color(TM) presses. IMAGin(TM) gloss roll label stock is a bright gloss white paper stock engineered for optimum printing and designed for high-end consumer products.

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Controls & Machine Components

Liquid nitrogen injector

MG Industries (Malvern, PA) has developed a Liquid Nitrogen Injector® for the noncarbonated beverage industry. It offers low-cost pressurization to cans and bottles without tainting beverage taste or character, says the company.

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Controls & Machine Components

Plastics report

Rapra Technology (Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) has developed a comprehensive report covering key properties of polymers used in packaging materials.

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Controls & Machine Components

Digital servo drives

The Ecodrive family of digital servo drives from Indramat (Hoffman Estates, IL) is designed to offer high-performance at comparable costs for narrow-web printing applications.

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Controls & Machine Components

Protective packaging

Xpander Pak(TM) from Xpander Pak (Glen Allen, VA) is an innovative packaging system designed to protect products under 10 lb from shock and vibration.

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Controls & Machine Components

Vertical form/fill/seal

The new 1000 series vertical form/fill/seal machine from Matrix Packaging (Grafton, WI) consists of stainless steel that can handle any bag size from 21/2" up to 18" W.

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Secondary Packaging

Chub case packing

Thiele-Frontier Products (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced a patented technology for case packing of chub packages. Because chub packages are typically soft and inconsistently shaped, they've had to be hand loaded.

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Shrink bundling system

The CM Series of high-speed, in-line shrink bundling systems from Packaging Machines (Elk Grove Village, IL) uses a continuous-motion seal system for high-volume shrink wrapping.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

RF welder

Thermex-Thermatron (Bay Shore, NY) has developed a radio frequency welder that uses a combination of PLC control and specific algorithms to allow preprogramming of up to eight settings.

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Water bottles

Two styles of PET water bottles have been introduced by Plastic Bottle (Libertyville, IL) for the retail water and sports drink market. M- and J-style tall rounds are available in four sizes: 355-mL, 500-mL, 1-L and 1.5-L.

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