Controls & Machine Components

Dual-lane filler

Ratioflo's (Watkinsville, GA) Model RDL-7308 dual-lane filler is equipped with eight volumetric modules and 16 filling nozzles. As eight containers in a lane are being filled, the second lane is being transferred.

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Controls & Machine Components

Bar code scanner

SICK Optic-Electronic's (Eden Prairie, MN) smallest bar code scanner is the new CLV 220. Measuring only 4.9" x 2.7" x 1.4", it offers features usually found only in large scanners, including a 1겨-Hz scan rate, adjustable focus control and a broad reading range.

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Controls & Machine Components

Integrated driver/controller and motors

The DeltaMax is a new line of integrated driver/controllers and motors from Industrial Indexing Systems (Victor, NY). It integrates controller, driver and motor into a single unit.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Folding cartons brochure

Paperboard Packaging Council (Washington, DC) has released a brochure called "Paperboard Folding Cartons: An Open and Shut Case." It describes important benefits of the folding cartons in four areas: Efficiency, shelf presence, consumer friendliness and environmental responsibility.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Compression testing

L.A.B. (Skaneateles, NY) will be demonstrating the new Valview(TM) for Windows(TM) PC control of the company's VALIDATOR(TM) box compression tester, used to simplify compression testing.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Trash bag packer

The BHL automatic case packaging machine from Amplas (Green Bay, WI) is designed for packing bulk rolls of trash bags into corrugated cartons. After manufacturing, rolls are conveyed to the machine and a pneumatic arm grips a preselected amount of rolls and lowers them into an erected box at speeds to 40 cycles/min.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Shrimp container

Ivex Packaging (Lincolnshire, IL) has redesigned its small shrimp server package for more secure handling and convenience. Model 1905-9 now holds 100 small cooked shrimp, and features a domed lid and base, plus a cocktail sauce cup and snap-on lid, all made of OPS.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Case staplers

Suited for high-volume workloads, new box staplers from Josef Kihlberg of America (East Syracuse, NY) can close up to 250 corrugated cases with a single staple load.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Checkweigher/detector

The 7000 Combo Unit from Loma (Elk Grove Village, IL) combines checkweighing and metal detection into one unit. The manufacturer says it reduces space requirements by up to 40% compared to stand-alone units.

September 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Label inspection upgrade

For use in can labeling applications, the OP231 label inspection station from Optel Technologies (St. Foy, Quebec, Canada) can be fitted to Ace-type mechanical can ejector systems to verify labels, bar codes and proper label placement.

September 30, 1996

Cartoning

Monobloc boosts Akorn's capabilities

Sterile filling of opthalmic solutions becomes automated with PLC-controlled filler/plugger/capper that quadruples speed. Special part-feeding systems enhance clean-room packaging.

September 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Drive rollers

A line of drive rollers from Interroll (Wilmington, NC) provides a simple and economical means for building powered roller conveyors in pallet handling, cargo handling and packaging machinery applications.

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Controls & machine components

USDA-approved inks

Domino Amjet (Gurnee, IL) has introduced six USDA-conforming inks for use in the Genesis Singleline and Twinline small-character ink-jet printers. They're acceptable for incidental contact with food products, in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the USDA.

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