Food Safety

Food safety concerns are altering equipment design

The development of a “seamless technical community” is the best way to cope with the changes that are sure to come to the food manufacturing community once the Food Safety Modernization Act gets sorted out and enforcement begins.

March 22, 2012

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Eagle Flexible Packaging awarded AIB Superior rating

Eagle Flexible Packaging, Inc. announces that they have been awarded the Superior rating from AIB International (American Institute of Baking) following an audit conducted at the beginning of March at their facility in Batavia, IL.

March 21, 2012

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Of presses and peace

The HP Indigo Pre-drupa event March 12-15 in Tel Aviv, Israel, came off without a hitch.

March 21, 2012

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LMI Packaging Solutions has been awarded SQF 2000: Level 3 Certification

LMI Packaging Solutions has been awarded the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 3 Certification, the first supplier in Die Cut Foil: Food-Grade Packaging Materials facility to be awarded this renowned certification.

March 19, 2012

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Standards drive manufacturing

“We’re convinced that OMAC comes with a payback.” Succinct and to the point, this comment by R&D equipment engineering manager Paul Redwood of Church & Dwight echoes the sentiments being expressed these days by engineering leaders and executives at a number of major Consumer Packaged Goods companies.

March 19, 2012

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Pick-and-place robot

A supplier of robotic automation systems, Siscodata was showing Ipack-Ima visitors a pick-and-place robot designed to tightly pack bagged cookies or biscuits in a corrugated case.

March 16, 2012

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Clemson announces Future Leaders in Packaging recipients

Late last year, Packaging World announced that Clemson University was selected by Printpack, Inc. to receive the inaugural 2012 Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship.

March 16, 2012

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Troubleshooting extrusion blow molding

To do well at troubleshooting, CPG companies need the right ammo.

March 15, 2012

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Robot for palletizing of sacks

Shown at Ipack-Ima by Overall Machinery and System was a palletizing solution featuring a Kawasaki robot. It occupies minimal space yet is capable of efficiently placing sacks at high speeds.

March 15, 2012

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Engineering know-how is the key to a new breed of digital presses

What does it take to design and build a sheet-fed digital press whose size and throughput capability is comparable to that of today’s offset presses?

March 15, 2012

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Digital presses geared toward folding cartons and flexible films

“These new presses represent a major transformation in the packaged goods marketplace.”

March 14, 2012

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Beckhoff Automation: Servo motors

Beckhoff’s new AM8000 servo motors integrate the feedback system and power into one standard motor cable.

March 14, 2012

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Lenze Americas: Servo inverter

Well-suited for material handling systems, Lenze’s Servo Inverter i700 features extremely short cycle times, 32-bit signal resolution and an overload capacity of more than 200% to make the new i700 equally suited for simple positioning tasks and highly dynamic, precise, multi-axis applications in handling and packaging machines or robot applications.

March 14, 2012