Multi-Fill MPFMP-60 semiautomatic filling machine upgrade
07 January, 2010 byMulti-Fill, specialist in the manufacture of semiautomatic and automatic volumetric fillers for the home meal replacement, convenience foods and food service industries, has upgraded its MPFMP-60 semiautomatic filling machine to include some features that were previously only available on their automatic models.
Powder filler helps clean up
30 October, 2009 byEco Tech, manufacturer of ecologically sound cleaning products, has installed its third AFPM Powder Filler in three years.
Safeguarding Nestlé coffee capsules
30 October, 2009The market for individual coffee portions is booming. According to a report by the German Coffee Association, the share of overall coffee consumption made up by individual portions has increased tenfold in the last five years.
Induction cap sealer
28 October, 2009 byThe Enercon Industries Super Seal Touch induction cap sealer offers increased sealing speeds, a completely reengineered cap inspection system, an intuitively designed touch-screen interface, simplified set-up and operation, and a host of capabilities for internal monitoring and remote network communications.
Bagger
28 October, 2009 byThe ADM-X240 bagging machine features a Panasonic PLC that offers high-end quality program control and investment security. The ADM-X240 is custom built as a standard bagger to ADM specification. The provisions made by ADM make this up-gradable from a standard model to a special-purpose machine for applications to include zipper interface, four-edge seal, valve application and more.
High-speed flow wrapper
28 October, 2009 byThe FP095 is a full servo horizontal pillow-pack wrapper that produces pillow-pack style packs from a flat reel of heat-sealable wrapping material.
Leepack rotary vacuum fill-seal machine
28 October, 2009The Leepack RT-8BT-8VF rotary vacuum fill-seal machine has been designed for handling pre-made pouches. The machine operates by picking up an empty pouch which is stored in a magazine, transferring the pouch into grippers, opening the pouch, filling it with product, then transferring it into the chamber and then vacuuming the pouch. The machine then seals and cools the top seal, finally discharging the filled and vacuumed pouch.
Multi-head weigher and bagger
28 August, 2009 byThe robust Primo Weigher is available in 10- and 14-head configurations and is designed for high-speed applications. The weigher has an open frame design and is equipped with a large 375 mm colour touch screen. It is easy to operate with a remotely mounted control panel and is easy to clean and maintain. Weigh and fill over 100 cycles per minute and be accurate to the gram.
Contract VFFS packing
28 August, 2009 byPrecisionpack has increased its production capacity with the arrival of its second vertical form, fill and seal machine from Bosch.
PET hotfill option
28 August, 2009 byWith its NitroHotfill process, Krones AG is offering an alternative to conventional hotfill processes.
PET stretch blow moulding machine
28 August, 2009 byPET stretch blow moulding machine manufacturer SIPA has released Sincro-Tribloc, which incorporates the blowing, labelling and filling/capping of PET containers.
Aseptic filling of sensitive beverages
28 August, 2009 bySidel’s Predis dry preform decontamination system, initially used for beverages distributed in the cold chain, can now also be used for products sold at ambient temperature.
Pallet-wrapping machine
06 July, 2009 byTechnoWrapp has released the ruggedly constructed, high-speed A800 and A800 4E automatic ring-wrapping machines for wrapping palletised loads with stretch film and a waterproof top sheet. The machines are particularly fast as they can wrap at speeds up to 130 pallets/h.
Basic bulk bag filler
06 July, 2009 byFlexicon has released a Basic Bulk Bag Filler that performs low-capacity filling operations at minimal cost and can be upgraded with performance enhancements including a material delivery system integrated with the user’s process equipment or bulk storage vessels.
Safer automatic drum filling at Henkel
06 July, 2009 byA state-of-the-art fully automatic drum filling machine has increased filling safety standards and efficiencies at Henkel Technologies. The machine was designed and manufactured locally by Flex Pack to comply with Henkel’s new global safety standard.
