Controls & Machine Components

Elf Machinery: Packaging solutions

ELF Machinery's (LaPorte, IN) packaging solutions, as well as the company's commitment to communication, are discussed in a new brochure.

August 31, 1999

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Controls & Machine Components

Sicht Pack, Inc: Color brochure

A new color brochure from Sicht-Pack (Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) highlights the company's capabilities in transparent packaging, including its clear, folding package of residue-free, burnable PET.

August 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

National Wooden Pallet and Container Assn.: Pallet retrieval/recovery

A brochure from the National Wooden Pallet and Container Assn. (Arlington, VA) illustrates how retrieval and recovery systems can provide a low-cost solution for pallet and container users, eliminating hassles, saving time and remaining environment friendly.

August 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

ABB Drives & Power Products: Motor catalog

ABB's (New Berlin, WI) full line of NEMA motors is profiled in a new 40-page catalog. Catalog organizes motors into 3 categories: constant-speed motors, inverter-duty motors and close-coupled pump motors, and suggests applications for each.

August 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Stark & Associates, Liquid Dispensing Systems Div.: Spray containers

A 4-color brochure describing 3- and 11-oz bottom-pump, air-powered spray containers is available from Stark & Associates (Charlotte, NC). Titled "EuroSpray: Refillable Air-Powered Spray Containers," the brochure describes the various applications and advantages of using the spray containers and gives simple, illustrated instructions for use and refilling.

August 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

IWK Packaging Machinery Inc: Tube filler

The TFS 80 tube filler from IWK Packaging Machinery (Fairfield, NJ) features precision servo drives, no-tool changeover and multiple closing systems.

August 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Bosch Packaging - Pharma: Liquid fillers

The low-speed MRF-1010 liquid filler from Bosch-TL Systems (Eden Prairie, MN) fills volumes of 1/2 to 250 mL at speeds to 70 vials/min, then seals them with overseals, screw caps or TE caps.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Kalish, a member of DT Industries Packaging Group: Palletizer

The Kalish (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Palletizer loads cases from any side at speeds to 8 cases/min. The pallet can be loaded or unloaded from the front or side, and its infeed conveyor can be adjusted.

August 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Rovema Packaging Machines L.P.: Product accelerator

To increase speed in filling f/f/s pouches with lightweight foods such as extruded snacks, Rovema's (Lawrenceville, GA) PAC product accelerator alters the time of the product dump rather than the sealing time.

August 31, 1999

Secondary Packaging

FANUC Robotics: Sub-zero palletizer

The Fanuc Robotics (Rochester Hills, MI) M-410i palletizing system with vacuum grippers is designed to operate in the sub-zero environments of frozen food warehouses and manufacturing facilities.

August 31, 1999

Tamper-evident machinery

Schmalbach-Lubec: Tamper-evident closure

The new Band Guard® closure from Schmalbach-Lubeca Whitecap (Downers Grove, IL) has a dual TE feature. The consumer can feel, see and hear that the package has not previously been opened.

August 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Seaquist Perfect Dispensing: Valves and pumps

SeaquistPerfect Dispensing's (Cary, IL) individual product specification sheets provide visual and technical details on the company's complete product line.

August 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Total Control Products: Converting from NT to CE

Total Control Products (Melrose Park, IL) offers its free Windows(TM) CE Porting Guide to assist machinery builders and end-users who want to move applications running on Windows NT to Windows CE.

August 31, 1999