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Pack Expo 2012: Cognex Dataman 302 top side scanning of 1-D barcodes

Reads through plastic, reads omni-directionally, including high-powered illumination for accurate reading of variable height packages. Readers can be networked together and integrated into a variety of systems.

November 29, 2012

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The future of Twinkies provides packaging professionals food for thought

Any reports of the death of the snack cakes will prove premature.

November 29, 2012

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Roll and blow tech for plastic bottles

Printpack produces plastic rollstock that can be fed through a unique Agami system that rolls and blows bottles up to 500 mL. Non-barrier for dairy, or barrier for hot fill or aseptic filling.

November 28, 2012

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Key findings from 2012 PMMI industry report: drug delivery trends

Highlights on drug delivery trends from PMMI's 2012 industry report on pharmaceuticals and medical devices, presented at Pack Expo.

November 28, 2012

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Registration opens for 2013 '48 Hour Re-Pack' Student Packaging Design Competition

Student competition that gives entrants 48 hr to design, build, and film a packaging project is now open for registration.

November 28, 2012

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All-Fill announces key promotions

All-Fill, Inc., manufacturer of custom-designed machines that handle a variety of materials and substances, has announced several promotions.

November 28, 2012

Plant Operations & Equipment

Sensor means no registration marks needed on labels

ML 20 markless sensor, designed by Sick originally for the bottling industry, does away with the registration mark traditionally required on labels.

November 27, 2012

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Large-area pneumatic gripper

From Asco Pneumatics, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation, comes a pneumatic gripper that is especially suitable for robotic picking applications.

November 27, 2012

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How to Increase Downstream Production

Intermec provides a demo of its warehouse and manufacturing traceability products at Pack Expo 2012.

November 27, 2012

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Ampoules with point-of-use mixing

PACK EXPO 2012: The new unit-dose ampoules from James Alexander are 2-part systems for multi-component applications that can't be mixed until point-of-use.

November 27, 2012

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Transdermal patch converting and packaging module

PACK EXPO 2012: This Delta Industrial Mod-Tech® Module is converting and packaging a transdermal patch. Materials are being die-cut with very little waste and placed into a wrapper, sealed wrapper, with the patch centered in the pouch.

November 27, 2012

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Capsule Quality Control System with X-Ray Imaging

PACK EXPO 2012: The new KKX3900 Universal Quality Control System provides x-ray imaging of individual capsules allowing for closure detection to ensure capsules are locked, they are foreign particle free, and there aren't any deformations on the capsule.

November 27, 2012

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Servo-driven blister machine for quick change-over

PACK EXPO 2012: The TF2 blister machine from Pharmaworks features a format size of 300 mm by 60 mm, a new, reengineered feeder, servo-driven independent stations, and front-loading tools for quick change-over.

November 27, 2012