In keeping with industry growth, Pack Expo Las Vegas 2023 (Sept. 11-13; Las Vegas Convention Center) is on pace to be the largest, most comprehensive edition of this trade show since its inception. As the premier destination to explore cutting-edge packaging and processing solutions, Pack Expo Las Vegas will include more than 2,000 suppliers, as…
Right sized packaging to boost sustainability
E-commerce has recently experienced an enormous rise in acceptance and success. At the same time, consumers increasingly value sustainability and avoiding the use of unnecessary packaging material. To address these trends Quadient, in Drachten, the Netherlands, developed a new packaging machine for the flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective production of customized corrugated cardboard packaging. This system…
Creating a greener package design
To make sealing applications greener, ultrasonic welding offers many advantages compared to traditional heat sealing. Its precise, reliable capabilities and efficiency allow end-users to reduce energy consumption, confidently use biodegradable packaging, minimize product and packaging waste, and improve packaging recyclability and compostability. This sustainable technology can ultimately save energy by up to 25% and reduce…
See a fully functional integrated packaging line at Pack Expo 2021
Pack Expo attendees are being welcomed back to Las Vegas with a special treat that is fairly rare for live events – seeing a fully functional integrated packaging line that embodies ProMach’s vision of merging two or more of its product brands together into one streamlined solution. The integrated packaging line stars three of ProMach’s…
Packaging expos to reunite the packaging and processing industry this September in Las Vegas
Live, in-person technology in action for the first time in 18 months is just one of the many features of the only comprehensive packaging and processing trade show in the world this year: Pack Expo Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Sept. 27-29, Las Vegas Convention Center). Show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and…
Automated reject system helps in cheese production application
The North American cheese sector, valued at $56,976 million last year, is expected to grow annually by 2.1% CAGR between 2020-2023. Dutch imports of the dairy product make up a significant chunk of the market share, with statistics reporting a value of nearly $88 million last year. For Vepo Cheese, which serves both national and…
Piab MX suction cup family
The MX suction cup can work across an array of applications such as bin picking, order fulfillment, box depalletizing, and parcel sorting. Gone are the days where you need to change gripper or suction cup for each individual product in the application. This multi-purpose, energy-efficient suction cup boasts extreme gripping capabilities on many surfaces and…
Mobile printers sport labeling and label management software capabilities
Heilind Electronics has expanded its labeling and identification portfolio solutions with the addition of Panduit’s MP100 and MP300 mobile printers. These printers combine printing technology from Epson with industrial labels and application knowledge from Panduit, resulting in exceptional capabilities, print quality, speed and ease of use. The MP100 prints continuous labels from mobile labeling apps…
Vi-Cas vacuum cups power ergonomic lifters
Vi-Cas Manufacturing offers a complete range of vacuum cups for ergonomic lifters used in the moving and handling of large, heavy, bulky, or unwieldy products. Round, rectangular or oval cups in a variety of sizes are available from stock for immediate shipment for a variety of lift manufacturers including Cynergy Ergonomics, Indutrol, and others. Vi-Cas…
Electronic position indicators for baby formula packaging application
To ensure that form, fill and seal, and cartoning machines can be used flexibly, a system must be optimally adapted to changing packaging formats. ROVEMA, a manufacturer of packaging systems in the food sector, relies on monitored size changeover using the AP10 electronic position indicators with IO link from SIKO, a specialist for industrial measurement…
IIoT-ready machines
Schneider Electric unveiled new solutions for packaging machine builders at PACK EXPO 2019 in Las Vegas. These innovations, including the Modicon M262 IIoT-ready controller, the TeSys Island digital load management system and the EcoStruxure Machine Expert software platform, offer new levels of efficiency, reliability and insight into machine commissioning and operations. Each of these new…
QC Conveyors launches curve belt conveyors in partnership with Motion06
QC Conveyors has expanded their product offering to include the Motion06 curve belt conveyor modules. Motion06 recently joined the Duravant family via acquisition, and along with QC Conveyors, is part of Duravant’s Material Handling Solutions group. The Motion06 curve belt conveyors allow customers to maintain product orientation in applications where a turn is required between […]
Pack up to 20 cases per minute
The Flex E Pack system is upgraded with double the output and provides additional options to customize an automated hand-pack solution perfect for any business. Wexxar Bel will be demonstrating the enhanced capabilities of the Flex E Pack system in booth C-2824 at PACK EXPO 2019, Sept. 23-25, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The…
Omron to debut mobile manipulator and integrated grippers at Pack Expo
Omron, an industry leader in end-to-end automation, will demonstrate an interactive collection of manufacturing equipment, including an autonomous mobile manipulator and Robotiq grippers integrated into its TM Series cobot.
Robotiq Vacuum Grippers
The Omron Automation Americas booth at PACK EXPO 2019 in Las Vegas is slated to be a unique opportunity to explore near-future manufacturing equipment as part of a wide-ranging, interactive demo. In particular, the company’s new autonomous mobile manipulator and the integration between Omron’s TM Series collaborative robot and Robotiq’s vacuum grippers are innovations to…
Pick-and-place applications with Festo tools — showing at Pack Expo
Festo offers software and hardware to shorten packaging-machine development time and reduce engineering overhead. These components, systems, and software tools will be on display at Pack Expo on September 23 to 25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center Booth LS-6349. Design a pick-and-place robot and control cabinet in minutes Festo demonstrates a Cartesian robot and […]
Kollmorgen showing motion innovations at PACK EXPO 2019
Kollmorgen will exhibit its industry-leading motion control technology (including exciting new products) at Pack Expo in Las Vegas on September 23 to 25. Attendees are invited to visit Booth C-3726 to learn how the company’s new AKD2G servo drive and AKM2G servo motor system, software solutions for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), robotic gearmotors, and hygienic […]
New integrated motors feature Power over Ethernet (PoE) for space-constrained and remote locations
The new TSM14POE StepSERVO Integrated Motor from Applied Motion Products features Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality commonly used in IT applications such as wireless access points, IP cameras and VoIP phones. PoE technology provides dc power and Ethernet communications over a single cable, enabling innovative solutions for space-constrained and remote locations. The TSM14POE StepSERVO Integrated […]
Applied Motion Products introduces New NEMA 24 Frame integrated motors
Applied Motion Products will introduce two new NEMA 24 frame integrated motors with dual-port communications for connecting to the industrial Ethernet network of a plant or machine at Pack Expo Las Vegas in Central Hall, Booth C-3614 on September 23-25 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. By incorporating two M12 Ethernet connectors instead of just […]
Beckhoff introducing XTS, EtherCAT G, and TwinCAT Vision to the U.S. at Pack Expo
To revolutionize packaging machine flexibility, scalability and energy efficiency, Beckhoff Automation will launch the eXtended Transport System (XTS) into the U.S. market at Pack Expo 2019 in Las Vegas. Visitors to booth LS-6149 in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s lower south hall will also experience the North American debut of TwinCAT Vision software, which introduces […]
Beckhoff to introduce XTS, EtherCAT G and TwinCAT Vision to the US market at Pack Expo 2019
To revolutionize packaging machine flexibility, scalability and energy efficiency, Beckhoff Automation will launch the eXtended Transport System (XTS) into the U.S. market at Pack Expo 2019 in Las Vegas. Visitors to booth LS-6149 in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s lower south hall will also experience the North American debut of TwinCAT Vision software, which introduces…
B&R features automation advances to maximize packaging performance, flexibility at PACK EXPO 2019
At this year’s PACK EXPO International show, booth C-2058, September 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, B&R Industrial Automation Corp. will exhibit automation technologies that support packaging machinery performance and flexibility. B&R’s ACOPOStrak intelligent track systems enable what has become known as The Adaptive Machine, representing the fourth generation of packaging…
Position indicator reduces packaging setup times
Zahoransky, a supplier for (tooth)brush production, packaging machines, and mold construction, recently integrated a monitored size changeover system, known as ERCO (Ergonomic Rapid Changeover), into the packaging lines for all types of blister packaging. For this application, it chose electronic position indicators for monitored size changeover from SIKO. The packaging machines with the ERCO system…
Deadline approaching for Emerson 2019 ASCO Engineering Scholarship applications
Emerson is reminding U.S. engineering students that the deadline for its 2019 ASCO Engineering Scholarship program is rapidly approaching and that the program will continue to accept applications through April 23, 2019. The program rewards students who have the potential for leadership and contributions to the engineering profession. Two $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to two U.S.…
Safety, speed, and collaboration featured in Staubli’s TX2 robots, CS9 controllers
ANAHEIM, Calif. — At ATX West here this week, Stäubli International AG showed off its robot arms and controllers, including its TX2 collaborative robots, for meeting Industry 4.0 automation demands. Switzerland-based Stäubli displayed the capabilities of its six-axis TX2, including cobots for sensitive environments, in a “Smart Factory” setting. One flex-feeding demonstration used the TX2…