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Chemical label printer

Avery Dennison, Soabar Products (Philadelphia, PA), has introduced a new laser printer that meets requirements for chemical container labeling.

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Labeling solutions

Avery Dennison (Philadelphia, PA) has released a full-color, eight-page brochure titled "Labeling Solutions for the Chemical Industry." It describes and illustrates the company's line of on-demand laser and thermal transfer printers, labeling software, consulting services and weather-resistant labels for chemical- and hazardous materials container applications.

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Communications software

Milltronics, Inc. (Arlington, TX) introduces Dolphin communications software, a new Windows(TM)-based software package that allows automatic parameter setup for the company's ultrasonic level measurement instrumentation.

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Hot melt-coated tape

Linear Products (Vancouver, WA) has released RPT (Reinforced Paper Tape), a 2"-wide tape designed for cost-effective, heavy-duty reinforcement of corrugated boxes.

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Tubular bagger

Marken (Argelato, Bologna, Italy) is introducing the M.T.B. IT12 automatic tubular bagging machine. At speeds to 20/min, it fills granulates and powders into flat or pre-gusseted tubular PE bags.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-speed labeler

The Universal(TM) SL-2000/3000 from Park Products (St. Petersburg, FL) is a high-speed semi-automatic stepper-driven label applicator. It prints p-s labels up to 6" W at speeds to 3ꯠ"/min, with ±025" accuracy.

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Leak testers

Packaging Technologies & Inspection (Tuckahoe, NY) will introduce additions to the Wilcomat line of leak testers. Wilcomat 02 is a single-station leak tester for blow molders.

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PET sauce bottles

Plaxicon (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) has introduced a new stock line of sauce bottles for salad dressings, sauces or marinades. These 16- and 32-oz PET bottles include an injection-molded 38-mm neck finish with a dripless feature.

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Horizontal cartoner

The Flexo-Tray® horizontal cartoner from Tisma Machinery (Elk Grove Village, IL) has a uniquely designed article bucket conveyor. During operation, article buckets expand fully at product transfer stations to offer a large and forgiving transfer window.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Semi-automatic liquid filler

National Instrument's (Baltimore, MD) Filamatic Model WRP-1 semi-automatic volumetric liquid filling system fills containers from pints to multi-gallons with ±0.5% accuracy.

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PET oblongs

Silgan Plastics (Chesterfield, MO) has introduced a new line of PET containers designed for cosmetics and personal care applications. Shielded Oblongs have a full panel for decorating and are available in 8- and 16-oz sizes with 24/415 and 28/415 finishes, respectively.

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Print-and-apply labeler

Quadrel (Mentor, OH) will display the Q20, an economical next-out label printer/applicator that uses a tabletop TEC thermal-transfer printer and an integrated air-tamp applicator.

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