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Romaco: Rotary tablet counter for capsule filling and counting
The RTC 200 rotary tablet counter from Romaco provides positive container handling for tablet or capsule filling and counting.
February 28, 2003
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Black Bear Bottling Group LLC: Bottle labeling for regional beverage bottler
Bottles index single file through a timing screw to the labeling station: a new Model 3125 labeler from Label-Aire . Label rollstock unwinds through a series of dancer rollers.
January 31, 2003
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Black Bear Bottling Group LLC: Air knives dry bottles for regional beverage packager
To gain optimal carbonation, Black Bear beverage temperatures are just above freezing.
January 31, 2003
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Kliklok-Woodman (Product): Vari-Right right-angle top-load carton closer
New Vari-Right right-angle top-load carton closer is the first system of its kind to offer a continuously variable pitch conveying design, according to supplier. Combines the carton size flexibility of lugless systems with the positive control of conventional flighted machines. I
December 31, 2002
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Omstead: Smooth vf/f/s for IQF chicken
On this vertical form/fill/seal machine at Omstead, a servo motor-driven cross-seal assembly is synchronized with side belts. Seal jaws make a smooth “D”-shaped cycle to close on the film tube, simultaneously sealing the top of the filled bag and forming a bottom seal for the next bag.
December 31, 2002
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Gray & Company: Robotic case forming of candy boxes
Blanks are opened without vacuum cups using a pin-style erecting system. The case bottom is also glue sealed in this operation.
November 30, 2002
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Gray & Company: Case loading for candy producer
Two cases are indexed into position and are pneumatically tilted away from the robot to facilitate loading. After the cases are half filled by the Wexxar machine, with 16-oz cartons, a corrugated divider is inserted before additional rows are loaded to complete the cases. The robot picks and places these cartons at a rate of 60/min.
November 30, 2002
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Gray & Company: Case sealing at candy manufacturer
Cases are discharged from the loader to the Wexxar Model WSH-06 case sealer. The filled cases discharge from the robot and round a short conveyor section to the sealer.
November 30, 2002
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Janes Family Foods: New folding-carton erecting and sealing equipment improves efficiency
A mechanical tool equipped with vacuum takes a carton blank from a magazine and positions it on top of the carton former’s head tooling.
November 30, 2002
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Janes Family Foods: Right-angle setup for case sealing
At Janes’ Concord, Ontario, Canada plant, this carton sealer from Bradma-Lake is set up on a right angle to save space. The top flap is closed and sealed with hot melt adhesive dispensed by a Nordson hot-melt system as the carton conveys along the first conveyor “leg.” At the end of this leg, a stationary bar pushes the carton 90° along the second leg to seal the carton’s sides.
November 30, 2002
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Janes Family Foods: Straight-line carton closing
Carton closing and sealing is done in a straight line at Janes’ North York, Ontario, Canada plant, on a line that produces up to 7ꯠ lb/hr of individually quick-frozen chicken.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Wine bottle filling
The 1.5-L bottles are shown exiting the 28-head rinser and moving through the 48-valve filler. Ryan Packaging Solutions (Napa, CA) helped with line integration.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Wine bottle inspection
Emerging from the filler enclosure, wine bottles are conveyed through a Heuft (Downers Grove, IL) detection unit that uses a combination of photocells and high-frequency signals to check for cork presence, cork breakage, and improper fill height.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Capsule application for wine bottle sealing
Long slugs of nested PVC capsules are fed automatically to the capsule applicator. Wine bottles then move into the rotary station, whose tools shrink the capsules tightly around the bottle necks.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Labeling wine bottles
Exiting the capsule applicator, bottles move into the Cavagnino & Gatti labeler. This versatile labeler handles either pressure-sensitive (shown being applied here) or cold glue-applied labels.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Case packing of wine bottles
Model Flex 835 case packer from Hartness (Greenville, SC). It's preceded by a Hartness three-lane infeed section that relies on sensors to signal a gating device which lanes are in need of bottles.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Case coding for wine producer
Cases are conveyed past a Model 5200 hot melt ink-jet coder from Markem (Keene, NH). Twin-head, hot-melt, ink-jet coders bring the line to a close.
November 30, 2002
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Gray & Company: Robots hit savings sweet spot for cherry cordial packaging
Gray & Co., Hart, MI, operates 24 robotic arms on two ‘counterflow’ production lines. Each of the arms picks and places Queen Anne brand chocolate-covered cordials at an amazing rate of 1.5 cordials/sec into six-count plastic trays. Robotic system includes infrared scanners, PLCs, and proprietary software.
October 31, 2002
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