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Shrink wrapper can be preprogrammed to handle 20 products

The Linium 300 series wrappers are high value, high performance modular wrapping machines that can grow with your business. Each Linium is easy to use, durable to handle high-speed production, versatile for fast and easy changeovers, and can be pre-programmed to handle 20 products.

February 25, 2009

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Robotic picker equipped with tooling designed to pick multiple products, one at a time

Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc.'s newest robotic development, Reflex Pick uses tooling designed to pick multiple products, one at a time, and place the grouping directly into a final packaging container or the infeed of another machine.

February 25, 2009

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Automatic wraparound labeling system at an affordable price

This video of a wraparound labeling machine from Quadrel Labeling Systems shows hand loading, label application, and inspection of a small-diameter hand sanitizer.

February 23, 2009

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The AUTOPRINT® 400 Series flat box printing system is designed for industrial applications

With AT Information Product’s 400 Series printing system--featuring HP inkjet technology--each printer module can operate independently or can be daisy chained together to function as a pair.

February 23, 2009

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Global growth for stand-up pouches

Throughout the world, and particularly in Asia, stand-up pouches are a common sight, used for a wide range of end-use applications and also positioned as refill packs for bottles.

February 22, 2009

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New robotic system packs pizzas at 120/min

Looking at the requirements of the pizza packaging system, Italian system integrator Vortex Systems concluded that this total flexibility in combination with high capacity could only be achieved with ABB’s FlexPicker and its PickMaster software for vision guidance. The FlexPicker robot achieves accelerations of 10g and handles up to 120 items/minute.

February 18, 2009

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Robotic solution automates the pick-and-place of pharmaceuticals from a conveyor belt

With pressure to save on costs and become more efficient, the pharmaceutical industry is dosing up on ideas from the food industry, with help from Italian automation specialist IMA and ABB robots. Find out more in this video from ABB Robotics.

February 18, 2009

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Fanuc Robotics' high-speed food packaging robots feature three technological advances

Fanuc’s two new food-grade robots feature improvements in speed, washdown capabilities in caustic environments, and vision and tracking capabilities.

February 17, 2009

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SportGuard valve tops Powerade relaunch

Valve dispensing closure is selected by The Coca-Cola Co. when it relaunches Powerade sports drink.

February 16, 2009

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NanoGuardian announces John Glover to lead security advisory board

NanoGuardian, a division of NanoInk that focuses on delivering brand protection solutions to fight illegal diversion and counterfeiting, has announced that John D. Glover, D.P.A., has been appointed to lead its Security Advisory Board.

February 10, 2009

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SMARTEYE® X-PRO X10 Extremely High Speed Photoelectric Sensor

The XP10 is the highest speed (10µs) dual-function sensor in the world, designed to be a precision registration mark sensor with 5µs repeatability and a standard photoelectric sensor for any high speed application.

February 9, 2009

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Workhorse case erector for large and oversized cases- View video

In this video, see the rugged and reliable Model 340 case erector in action. With all-mechanical drive, easy-load magazine, and no-tools changeover, this case erector can increase your line efficiency and reduce your costs.

February 6, 2009

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Compact blow molder

A linear blow molder from Sidel produces flat bottles and complex shapes in PET, at speeds to 5,600 bottles/hr. Uses a Compact™ Preferential heating system, and permits fast changeovers with minimal down time.

February 6, 2009