Beverage

3D printer taps out a beer carrier

Lightweight craft beer carrier is still strong enough to hold a six-pack.

November 30, 2016

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Dry Processing

Case/bagger loader system improves counting accuracy

Reduces hand-pack labor

November 29, 2016

Beverage

Premium tea and coffee in a portable, brew-in-the-bag pouch

Coffeebrewer Nordic engineers a stand-up pouch for its premium tea and coffee products. An integrated coffee/tea filter allows consumers to brew the products right in the bag for on-the-go convenience.

November 29, 2016

Beverage

A compact cartoner handles a wide range of beverage container sizes

The Quikflex 300 multipack cartoner from Graphic Packaging International is targeted for beer and beverage companies looking for a small-footprint, continuous motion solution. The highly adjustable machine features quick, tool-less changeovers for multipacks of two to 12 containers of heights from 3.5 inches to 11 inches.

November 29, 2016

Dry Processing

Container filling system integrates 2 densifying methods

Ensures precise fill volume and weigh accuracy

November 28, 2016

Processing Equipment

Digital sorters for potato products

Feature a modular platform that can be upgraded in the field

November 23, 2016

Processing Equipment

Velvet Ice Cream doubles freezing, picking capability with new freezer

The company produces close to 5 million gallons of ice cream a year for wholesale, retail and foodservice customers across Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.

November 23, 2016

Processing Equipment

Machine mixes and disperses powders into liquids

Eliminates the possibility of agglomerates

November 18, 2016

Dry Processing

Sifters meet demands of quality inspection and hygiene

Come in pre-engineered standard designs

November 17, 2016

Conveying & Product Handling

A floor-level accumulator offers true first-in-first-out feeding

The new DYNAC 6300 multi-lane accumulator from Hartness is a patent-pending floor-level system with a unique racetrack profile, providing pressureless single-file accumulating that outputs bottles sequentially just like customary vertical machines.

November 17, 2016

Conveying & Product Handling

A floor-level accumulator offers true first-in-first-out feeding

The new DYNAC 6300 multi-lane accumulator from Hartness is a patent-pending floor-level system with a unique racetrack profile, providing pressureless single-file accumulating that outputs bottles sequentially just like customary vertical machines.

November 17, 2016

Beverage

An integrated case/tray packer for craft beer cans

The 1210 Combo machine from WestRock combines a DuoDozen secondary packaging machine with a corrugated tray packer to handle 4-packs, 24-packs and virtually any configuration in between at 600 cans per minute.

November 17, 2016

Beverage

Basket carrier erector

From Wayne Automation Corp. comes the WBC Basket Carrier Erector, which is only 6 feet long and erects paperboard carriers in an upright position to simplify insertion into corrugated cases.

November 17, 2016