The package handling channel is a secondary packaging function, which includes palletizing and depalletizing equipment, bulk containers, stretch wrapping, palletizing robots, unscramblers, flow wrappers and much more for the industrial, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.
Robots hand packagers new ways to compete John Kalkowski, Editorial Director, 5/1/2008
If the results of two recent studies are any indication, robotics play a significant role in packaging automation, and that role is likely grow in the coming years. The recent Packaging Automation Study by Packaging Digest and Control Engineering (www.packagingdigest.com/automationresearch) showed that other forms of automation—like PLCs, AC drives, sensors and bar coding — are used... More
Sorbent canisters 05/01/2008
StabilOx® and SorbiCap® are offered as FDA-grade HDPE sorbent canisters directed at pharmaceutical industry requirements. The co. says StabilOx is virtually non-dusting to avert product contamination and helps resolve instability traced to oxidation and moisture-related degradation, while SorbiCap is said to be a non-toxic canister absorbing moisture and odors, as well as eliminating ...
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Interlock switches 05/01/2008
The SI-HG63 Series of hinge safety interlock switches is for safeguarding from hazards. The switches are used in place of standard hinges on swinging guards, gates and doors. They offer two normally closed safety contacts and one normally open auxiliary contact for greater application flexibility. When the switch is activated, these normally closed safety contacts are forced open by a nonresili...
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Conveyor 05/01/2008
The Hytrol Model TA conveyor can be used in many types of material handling situations such as assembly operations, sorting, packing and inspection. Now, with a shaft-mounted drive, it eliminates the need for chain tensioning and lubrication and can be mounted in any position. This eliminates unnecessary load on components including chain, pulley shaft, bearings, and reducer, the co.
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Sleeve labeler 05/01/2008
The Sleever Series Model 8500 labeling system is a single-head shrink-sleeve unit that can easily handle most tamper-evident, middle- and full-body sleeve applications. Specifically designed for high-speed runs of up to 400 products/min, the system can handle industry-standard sleeve materials and a wide range of container shapes and sizes.
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Palletizing robot 04/01/2008
The intelligent M-410iB palletizing robot is the co.'s latest-generation robot designed for precise, high-speed and heavy-payload case and bag palletizing and depalletizing, layer handling, press tending, machine load/unload and parts transfer. The robot is a four-axes, modular system, with an electric servo drive and an integrated mechanical and control unit that maximizes the robot's perform...
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Smart divider maintains speed 04/01/2008
In material handling operations, lane dividers are a great time saver. Empty bottles headed into a filling operation, for example, can be divided into two packaging lines to feed two fillers, cutting production time virtually in half. The same applies to labeling operations or any other operation on a line where input speed exceeds operational speed.
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Protective film 03/01/2008
Said to be designed on the basis of polyolefins, NOVAGUARD® 9377 is introduced as an opaque white surface protection film to guard parts against external aggression, including acid rain and marks during assembly, transport and storage. The 2.4-mil film, with a rated 9-month exterior weather resistance, reportedly is made with solvent-free adhesive and, if unsoiled after use, can be incine...
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Robotic case packer The co. releases its Model V 30 vertical robotic case packer, which incorporates servo-drive technology to create a high-speed vertical case packing system.
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