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Trine Labeling Systems: Labeling for new bottling line of bottled water
Music Mountain Water needed labeling equipment capable of running in excess of 350 bottles/min. But fast changeover and a compact footprint were also crucial. This Trine glue-applied roll-fed labler filled the bill.
September 30, 2003
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Anderson Seal: Semi-automatic bag printer/counter/sealerfor seals, clamps, and tubing
A worker at New Berlin, WI-based Anderson Seal inserts O-rings into plastic bags on a roll on a semi-automatic bag printer/counter/sealer. The machine is dedicated to products Anderson Seal distributes to Harley-Davidson.
June 30, 2003
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F. Gaviña & Sons: Coding of coffee cans
A Videojet ink-jet coder that marks the lid of each 1-lb can of coffee with a production date code. It replaced an older and less efficient model.
May 31, 2003
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F. Gaviña & Sons: Tray packing of coffee product
Installed about a year ago as a replacement was a Model 127SL case/tray packer from S.V. Dice. Its rated speed is 35 cases or trays/min, though currently Gavi–a typically runs in the range of 25/min. After tray blanks are picked and erected and collated cans are pushed onto them, filled trays are discharged toward the shrink wrap system.
May 31, 2003
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F. Gaviña & Sons: Case erecting for coffee producer
Corrugated blanks are pulled from a magazine and automatically set up by this machine, which replaces a manual operation.
May 31, 2003
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F. Gaviña & Sons: Shrink wrapping of 1-lb cans of tray-packed coffee
This shrink wrapper, supplied by Packaging Machines Intl., replaces an older system. Tray-packed 1-lb cans of coffee are sent through a shrink tunnel.
May 31, 2003
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F. Gaviña & Sons: Vertical form/fill/seal of coffee bags
After film is pulled through a vf/f/s section and bags are filled with coffee, a heater bar heat seals the top of the bags. Later, a tin-tie is automatically applied and folded for each bag. Finally, each bag has tape applied to its top and the bags are then discharged from the machine.
May 31, 2003
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Janes Family Foods: Top flap closing for IQF meals
Filled and opened cartons pass through the infeed of a carton closer from Brandman-Lake. As they do so, the carton’s upright top flap contacts a stationary finger-like device, causing the flap to descend down around the carton base.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Wine bottle filling
The 1.5-L bottles are shown exiting the 28-head rinser and moving through the 48-valve filler. Ryan Packaging Solutions (Napa, CA) helped with line integration.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Wine bottle inspection
Emerging from the filler enclosure, wine bottles are conveyed through a Heuft (Downers Grove, IL) detection unit that uses a combination of photocells and high-frequency signals to check for cork presence, cork breakage, and improper fill height.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Capsule application for wine bottle sealing
Long slugs of nested PVC capsules are fed automatically to the capsule applicator. Wine bottles then move into the rotary station, whose tools shrink the capsules tightly around the bottle necks.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Labeling wine bottles
Exiting the capsule applicator, bottles move into the Cavagnino & Gatti labeler. This versatile labeler handles either pressure-sensitive (shown being applied here) or cold glue-applied labels.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Case packing of wine bottles
Model Flex 835 case packer from Hartness (Greenville, SC). It's preceded by a Hartness three-lane infeed section that relies on sensors to signal a gating device which lanes are in need of bottles.
November 30, 2002
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Golden State Vintners: Case coding for wine producer
Cases are conveyed past a Model 5200 hot melt ink-jet coder from Markem (Keene, NH). Twin-head, hot-melt, ink-jet coders bring the line to a close.
November 30, 2002
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San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Depalletizing bulk bottles
Bulk bottles for water are automatically depalletized by a Priority One Packaging Machinery (www.prioritypackaging.com) Pro-Pal bulk bottle depalletizer at the front end of the PET line.
June 30, 2002
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San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Monoblock rinse/fill/cap inside a cleanroom
Inside an overpressured clean room, PET bottles run through a Fogg monobloc rinser/filler/capper.
June 30, 2002
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San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Labeling bottles with clear OPP labels
Clear OPP labels are picked from a magazine by bottles after Nordson glue guns spray each bottle sidewall with hot-melt glue. Labeling is done on the Langguth GmbH machine.
June 30, 2002
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San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Tray-packing and shrink wrapping 1-5-L bottles
The 1.5-L bottles of water are shown being collated into 12-count groups and loaded into corrugated trays that then run through a shrink tunnel.
June 30, 2002
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