Home

Pro Mach’s Bottling & Capping Group Automates the Front of Container Packaging Lines

With solutions for bottle unscrambling, liquid filling, capping, and cap handling, Pro Mach’s Bottling & Capping Group highlights 8 solutions at Pack Expo. Look for new solutions in extended shelf life filling and capping, entry level capping, pump and trigger spray capping, and hygienic level filling from premium brands Federal, Fowler, Zalkin, and Pace.

September 29, 2015

Packaging Technology: Page 174

Home

Single Serve Wine Packaged on a High Speed Integrated Line

The Zipz single serve wine glass is a marriage of form, function, and consumer appeal. The problem was that the unstable glasses could only be filled at a rate of 50 per minute. The Pro Mach integrated solution for Zipz increased speed to 200 glasses per minute and prolonged shelf life through MAP technology.

September 29, 2015

Home

Collaborative robots are coming on strong

Among the trends noticeable at PACK EXPO Las Vegas was an increase in the number of suppliers offering something in the collaborative robots category. While for some years now it’s been mostly Universal Robots and Rethink Robotics leading the charge, notable news at the Las Vegas show was that now ABB, FANUC, Yaskawa, Steubli and others have offerings in this category.

September 29, 2015

Plant Operations & Equipment

SICK unveils new photoelectric and 3D sensors at PACK EXPO

The SureSense and TriSpector products expand sensing needs on the production line.

September 28, 2015

Home

Bosch Rexroth showcases cabinet free technologies

Jim Hulman explains how machine-mountable systems free up factory floor space and lowers manufacturing and assembly costs.

September 28, 2015

Home

Pro Mach’s Flexible Packaging Group is a One-Stop Shop for All Flexible Packaging Needs

With solutions for vertical form-fill-seal, pouch packaging, stickpack and sachet packaging, vertical bagging, and shrink bundling, Pro Mach’s Flexible Packaging Group features 13 solutions at Pack Expo. New solutions for top and corner spout pouches, entry-level shrink wrapping/bundling, ultrasonic welding, liquid sachet packaging, and much more are shown from well-known brands Matrix, Toyo Jidoki, FLtecnics, Inever, Rennco, and Tekkra.

September 27, 2015

Home

Pro Mach’s End-of-Line Group Automates the End of Packaging Lines

With solutions for case and tray forming, packing and sealing, as well as palletizing, stretch wrapping, and robotics, Pro Mach’s End-of-Line Group presents over 20 solutions at Pack Expo. The highlight is an integrated end-of-line system that requires 40 percent less floor space than comparable configurations. Solutions from established brands Brenton, Currie, Edson, Orion, Wexxar/BEL, IPak, and Dekka are all on display.

September 27, 2015

Home

Small Footprint End-of-Line System Fits Two Fully Automated Packaging Lines into Space of One

Pro Mach’s End-of-Line Group was challenged by a customer to fit a case packing, labeling, shrink bundling, and palletizing system into a tight space. The End-of-Line Group met the space challenge. This application video shows the two new systems in detail.

September 27, 2015

Home

Food safety regulations are a growth industry

When you read the regulations FDA made to give effect to the Food Safety Modernization Act, it’s hard to avoid one overwhelming thought: Food safety is important, sure, and prevention is better than chasing after problems, but gee whiz, there has to be a better way, or at least a less complicated way.

September 27, 2015

Home

Industry Watch—October 2015

A quick look on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people as listed in the October 2015 issue of Packaging World.

September 27, 2015

Home

Natick likes MATS and PATS with a side of nano

Microwave pasteurization has been successfully commercialized by at least two suppliers in the recent past.

September 27, 2015

Home

Pro Mach’s Labeling & Coding Group Provides Complete Identification Solutions for Products

With solutions for labeling, coding, and marking both primary and secondary packaging, Pro Mach’s Labeling & Coding Group features 23 solutions at Pack Expo. New ID Technology products include a high-speed wipe-on module for printing and labeling, a PackML compliant label printer applicator, and an HDP laser for cutting, scoring, slitting, and marking flexible plastics, films, and foils.

September 26, 2015

Home

Twelve Machines at Pack Expo Demonstrate the New ProTech Smart Services Initiative

In addition to the smart services demonstrations, there will be more than 20 Pro Mach brands at Pack Expo that will showcase 17 new solutions and over 70 machines. Contiguous booths organized by group and application are helping attendees quickly find packaging solutions.

September 23, 2015