Controls & Machine Components

Label printer

Weber's (Arlington Heights, IL) 94 Series thermal/thermal-transfer label printer can print labels and tags up to 7.2" x 25" at up to 203 dpi resolution.

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Controls & Machine Components

Volumetric filler

Universal Filling Machine (Kent, England) has introduced the Posimatic VH, an automatic filler designed for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries.

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Controls & Machine Components

PET catalogs

W. Braun Co. (Chicago, IL) has released a brochure that includes diagrams and information on the size, material, and finish of its recyclable PET, EPET and Eastman PETG® containers for the cosmetics and personal care industry.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Case taper

Padlocker's (Tamarac, FL) PST-505 automatic top and bottom p-s taper can seal random-sized cases at speeds to 10/min. It provides continuous, high-speed operation, closing all top four flaps as a single strip of tape is applied simultaneously to the top and bottom of each case.

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Controls & Machine Components

Stats package for auger filler

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery (Sturtevant, WI) has introduced the first "Statistics" package available for an auger filler. Used in conjunction with any system providing a package weight--in-line checkweighing, off-line checkweighing, or net weigh fill--it provides the quality control manager with a real-time, on-screen method of monitoring filling operations.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Surface marking technology

For use in detecting diversion and unauthorized distribution, Biocode(TM) is a covert surface marking technology from Biocode (Cambridge, MA). This patent-pending coding can be applied through on-line ink-jet printing systems to produce invisible codes on packaging, labels or bottles.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Orienter/verifier

Owens Design's (Fremont, CA) bottle orientation/label verification system provides high-speed label inspection on pharmaceutical bottles. It orients bottles and presents label data to a vision system for verification while checking for cap skew and TE seals at speeds of more than 400 bottles/min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Unit-dose delivery system

Merck (Whitehouse Station, NJ) has developed a two-compartment container and delivery system for two-component medications that must be mixed just before administering.

August 31, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Harsh-duty labeling head

Quadrel Labeling Systems (Mentor, OH) offers the Q60 labeling head with NEMA 4X electronics for use in harsh or wet environments such as dairies or beverage bottling plants.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Limit switch brochure

Candy Controls (Niles, IL) introduces its 6-page, 4-color brochure on the PLS800 Programmable Limit Switch. The brochure contains photos and a complete description and explanation of the easy-to-program switch.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

In-mold labeling

Cardinal Packaging (Streetsboro, OH) has introduced a new technology for applying a plastic label to an injection-molded container at the molding stage.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Carton sealers

Intertape (St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada) has introduced a new semi-automatic uniform case sealer. Model USA 3660-7 can seal cases ranging from 12" x 24" x 12" to 36" x 60" x an unlimited length.

August 31, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Vacuum pumps

PIAB (Hingham, MA) released a new brochure highlighting the company's line of vacuum pumps. PIAB vacuum systems are designed to perform most packaging procedures, including erecting, loading, opening, inserting, labeling, palletizing, forming and vacuum conveying.

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