Controls & Machine Components

Extended line of bottles

The PET Packer line from Waddington IP Jaycare (Carlstadt, NJ) has expanded its family of bottle sizes. The new sizes are 250, 300, 400 and 500 cc, bringing the total to nine sizes, from 75 to 500 cc.

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Controls & Machine Components

L-clip tape sealer

SoftPack (Commack, NY) has introduced an automatic L-Clip tape sealer for chipboard boxes. The Automatic L-321 applies short-length L-clips of narrow p-s tape to one or two opposite sides of a chipboard box.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Vacuum sealer

The MPV18 vacuum sealer from Seco Industries (Montebello, CA) is an impulse seal system said to cost less than the least expensive fixed-nozzle system, but with the benefits of a retractable nozzle.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Label dispenser

Imtec's (Bellows Falls, VT) LabelKwik(TM) label dispenser dispenses p-s labels for hand placement onto containers or products. It dispenses die-cut and butt-cut labels ranging in size from 0.125" x 0.25" to 9" x 6".

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Reusable container

For "too-long-to-fit" parts, a 19"-high HDPE extended-length reusable container was developed for a custom application but now is generally available from Ropak's Materials Handling Group (Georgetown, KY).

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Bottles and caps

M & H Plastics (Beccles, Suffolk, England) has released a supplement to its main brochure. The supplement contains over 70 new items, including bottles, caps and jars, bringing the total number of stock bottles and caps to over 350.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Paperboard crates

The Reddi®-Crate system offers the beam strength of a wood crate with the shock absorbency and light weight of a triple-wall or corrugated box, says manufacturer Reddi-Pac (Bridgeport, PA).

July 31, 1997

Secondary Packaging

Carton sealing

The D4140ABF Safety Soft Touch is a new carton sealing tape dispenser from Nifty Products (Old Bridge, NJ). This hand-held dispenser uses a retractable blade that is only exposed when the wipe-down flap is pushed back.

July 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Shaft gear motors

New single-phase parallel shaft gear motors offer higher horsepower and torque ratings than previous versions, says manufacturer Baldor Electric (Ft.

July 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hot melt labeling

The Trine GLE (Glueless Lead Edge) roll labeling system from CMS Gilbreth (Trevose, PA) applies hot melt adhesive to only the trailing edge of a wraparound label, which overlaps the leading edge.

July 31, 1997

Flow wrapping

Flow wrapper for heat- or cold-sealable films

The Pack 300 from Klockner Bartelt Medipak (Sarasota, FL) is a new servo-driven system for flow wrapping products in heat- or cold-sealable films. Operating at speeds of 300+ packages/min, depending on product and packaging material, the Pack 300 is suitable for multi-shift, non-stop production.

July 31, 1997

Filling/capping, dry

Capper/uncapper

Sure Torque (Bradenton, FL) has introduced a laboratory-quality table-top capper/uncapper for the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. It's accurate to 0.5 in-lb and uses sealed motors and clutches for cleanliness.

July 31, 1997

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Monoblock machine

The K1W fill/plug/cap machine from Korab Eng. (Los Angeles, CA) has been designed for applications using small bottles, such as nail polish. It can reach speeds to 100 bottles/min.

July 31, 1997