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.

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Secondary Packaging

P-s coupon system

New from American Creative Packaging (Algoma, WI) is the E-PACS(TM) capsule. It's a pressure-sensitive overwrap containing a coupon or three-dimensional piece up to 3/8" thick.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Hand-held carton sealer

The Safe T. Seal(TM) line of hand-held carton sealers is from Sunbelt Sales (Atlanta, GA). They're designed with patented retractable blades that protrude to cut tape only when pressure is applied.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Parcel shipping scale

Mettler-Toledo (Worthington, OH) has introduced a new low-cost, all-purpose parcel shipping (PS) scale. It has a range of 0 to 150 lb. It's rugged enough, says the company, to withstand a 300% static overload.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Pneumatic stapler

The JK35-590 is a pneumatic stapling gun from Josef Kihlberg (E. Syracuse, NY). It's designed specifically for securing corrugated fiberboard to wood for applications such as pallets, frames and other transport packaging.

July 31, 1997

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Vertical form/fill/seal

Packaging Automation (Eagan, MN) has introduced the PAC 2020, an economic vertical form/fill/seal machine designed to accommodate a range of bag sizes and materials.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Rotary filler control

MRM Elgin's (Menomonie, WI) rotary piston filler now offers touch screen electronic control for easy monitoring and adjustment of volume, speed and container heights.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Indexing lipstick labeler

Model 9900 is a new indexing lipstick labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ). It uses an intermittent-motion product handling system, along with a product positioning system at the point of labeling, to ensure accurate results.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Loose-fill vacuum

The Flo-Vac Jr.(TM) from FP Intl. (Redwood City, CA) is a manually operated vacuum unit designed for the removal of loosefill during unpacking. By releasing the power button, loosefill can be dispensed into a storage bin.

July 31, 1997

Flow wrapping

Flow wrappers

The Flowtronic 120SE from GEI Autowrappers (Wayne, PA) is capable of reaching speeds to 400 packs/min. Specifications for up to 20 different products can be retrieved with push-button control.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Digital video camera

Olympus America (Melville, NY) released a brochure on its Encore(TM) high-speed digital video camera. The four-page color brochure covers some of the main functions of the Encore system-locating problems, evaluating new designs, increasing productivity and reducing maintenance costs.

July 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Capabilities brochure

"What Makes BASF Polystyrene BASF Polystyrene?" is a new 16-page color brochure from BASF (Mount Olive, NJ). The brochure demonstrates polystyrene's key capabilities and technologies, including product quality, technological innovation, customer partnerships, global reach and environmental concern.

July 31, 1997

Secondary Packaging

Slip/tie sheet dispenser

The Columbia Machine (Vancouver, WA) Model 1098D dual hopper/sheet dispenser is designed to handle both slip and tie sheets simultaneously. It can be installed on existing palletizers and robots, or as a stand-alone unit.

July 31, 1997