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

Freeze-dried veggies enjoy PVOH shield

A 0.84-mil oriented polypropylene with a coating of polyvinyl alcohol plays a key role in the distribution of Veggibles(TM), a novel freeze-dried vegetable snack from Beverly Hills Farmers Market.

May 31, 1997

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Controls & Machine Components

Product settler

Powell Systems (Youngstown, OH) has introduced a product settler/forward transfer table that uses vibration to settle boxed products below the score line of the box before flaps are folded and sealed.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Static eliminator

The E-Nife static bar with ionizing air knife is new from Tantec (Schaumburg, IL). It's used to clean surfaces such as plastic, glass, fabric and paper on webs moving up to 200'/min or parts from a distance of up to 12".

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Metallized paper

Unilustre(TM) is a new metallized paper from Unifoil (Passaic Park, NJ) developed with simplified printing in mind. It looks like foil but prints like paper, says the company.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

TE neck/body bander

The Kalish Bandstar from DT Kalish (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a versatile TE neck/body bander. It uses a positive band feed and placement system that feeds an uncut band directly on to each container, then cuts the band to its precise length in a single, continuous motion.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Plastic dispenser pump

Taplast (Povolaro, Italy) has developed an all plastic dispenser pump made of HDPE and PP. It uses plastic bellows instead of metal springs to provide 20% less operating pressure than conventional pumps, says the company.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Bar-code scanner

The LS2100 is a bar-code scanner from Datalogic (Scotts Valley, CA) suitable for applications that require inexpensive fixed-position bar-code scanning of medium- and low-density codes in harsh environments.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Recycled chipboard

Royal Pad Products (Cincinnati, OH) has added Royal Pad Economy chipboard to its line of recycled paperboard products. It is a low-density board with a dry finish designed to be used as separator sheets, tie sheets, pallet caps, dunnage and in other packaging applications.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Screen print coatings

Two coatings from Cork Industries (Folcroft, PA) for use in screen printing are UV curable for high-gloss results. Cork-Kure CU 1065 has a 330-350 CPS viscosity and Cork-Kure CU-1066 has a 490-510 CPS viscosity.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Molded cradle structure

The High Lip Rollguard II(TM) Model L-RF-10-SL is a molded roll cradle from Great Northern Corp. (Appleton, WI) that's designed to protect rollstock during handling, storage and shipping.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Rectangular bottle

The London Rectangle from Berlin Packaging (Chicago, IL) is a 6.5-fl-oz glass bottle suited for gourmet food applications. Its wide mouth, with a 58/2030 or 58/400 finish, permits fast filling on the packaging line and easy spooning by consumers.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Capabilities brochure

Central Products (Menasha, WI) has released a new, six-page color brochure on its capabilities as a partner for distributors in the carton-sealing business.

April 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Can seamer conversion

Angelus Sanitary Can Machine (Los Angeles, CA) has introduced a conversion package to give Model 60L can seamers advantages associated with gear-driven lower chucks.

April 30, 1997