Sustainability

Packaging security: in-store measures remain essential

Responding to retailer needs, clamshell blisters answer theft threats. Yet some packagers look for less costly alternatives.

May 31, 2004

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Secondary Packaging

Inverter drives cartoner

Econocorp improves the performance of its venerable Spartan cartoner with AC inverter drive technology.

May 31, 2004

Filling/capping, dry

Bottler takes a networked approach

Variable-frequency drives, HMI, and pneumatics are all PLC-controlled along a single high-speed network on this wash/fill/cap machine.

May 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Bottler takes a networked approach (sidebar)

Servo pneumatics brings piston-positioning information

May 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

'Standardize!' say survey respondents (sidebar)

Standardization made easy

May 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

'Standardize!' say survey respondents

An exclusive Packworld.com survey on packaging line data acquisition capabilities brings a cry for standardization wherever OEMs can manage.

May 31, 2004

Cartoning

From custom to off-the-shelf controllers

Triangle Package Machinery routinely installs scale/bagger/cartoner systems for food manufacturers and other packaged goods marketers. Until recently, the scale and bagger in such an installation would have one controls platform and the cartoner another.

May 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Enercon Industries Corp.: Surface treatment resource

A resource chart that concisely details the differences between corona, atmospheric plasma, and flame treatment technologies is available from Enercon.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

lpha gear drives, Inc: Gearhead family

alpha gear drives offers the successor to its SP planetary gearhead series. The SP+, with improvements made in both performance and service life, is available in 7 sizes.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: New line of AC drives

AutomationDirect offers the Durapulse series of sensorless vector AC drives. They’re available in 1 to 100 HP models that offer sensorless vector and closed-loop control, autotuning, 175% starting torque, and 150% rated current for 1 min.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Variable-speed drive

Schneider Electric has introduced a compact, general-purpose, variable-speed drive that is said to incorporate plug-and-drive operational simplicity.

April 30, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Phanner: Carton blank handling/sealing/conveying for resealable gable-top cartons

Pfanner is an Austrian family business that specializes in packing fruit-juice concentrates and ready-to-drink fruit juices. About 70% of its volume is marketed under its own brand.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

CPG companies: Bridging processing and packaging

“This is a moment where silos are being broken down, where those who make and those who package are talking together. It’s a great first step.”

April 30, 2004