30 "At this year's PACK EXPO, we've been having real discussions with customers and prospects about active projects. We've rung <strong>the</strong> bell to celebrate a sale about 10 times so far." — Robert Reiser, Reiser PACK EXPO INT’L 2012
31 To bolster <strong>the</strong> protecon <strong>the</strong> primary package affords <strong>the</strong> product, packaging managers turn to an array of secondary and terary packaging approaches. Un-‐ l recently, <strong>the</strong> secondary layer of defense was largely cor-rugated. Increasingly, however, corrugated is being sup-planted with cocoons of tough shrink wrap, and stretch film wound around pallets of product. Compact Machine Erects, Loads, Shrink Wraps Trays The all-servo TP-35/T125-60 tray erector/loader/shrink wrapper from Tekkra glues corrugated trays, collates product, loads trays, and shrink wraps full trays for <strong>the</strong> trip through an aached heat tunnel. The integrated system requires about half as much floor space as separate machines would occupy. When collang 60 car-tons/tray, <strong>the</strong> equipment is rated at 30 trays/minute. The same plaorms can be customized to handle rigid containers or flexible packaging. – HEF More informaon Chrisne Ridgway, office manager, Tekkra: 630.226.1550; chrisner@tekkra.com; www.tekkra.com Stretch Wrapper Simplifies Operation, Maintenance Semiautomac Flex S stretch wrapper from Orion Packaging Systems wraps at up to 12 revoluons/minute. High- (HPS) or lowprofile (LPS) models handle loads up to 4,000 pounds. O<strong>the</strong>r features include all-steel construcon, programmable logic controller, touch screen operator interface and load height-detecng photoeye. InstaThread film carriage features dual-chain drive system, automac film tensioning and 260 percent pre-stretch. Quick disconnects and troubleshoong lights minimize downme, and AC motors and variable frequency drives reduce maintenance requirements. – HEF More informaon Peter Vilardi, director of markeng & communicaons, Orion Packaging Systems: 561.736.2180; pvilardi@orionpackaging.com; www.orionpackaging.com Hartness Presents Solution for Variety Packs At PACK EXPO, Hartness Internaonal introduced a new line to improve variety/rainbow pallet pack producon. The new line offers roboc casing and uncasing with greater flexibility and a smaller footprint than typically seen. Components include <strong>the</strong> following: A robot to uncase or accept product from mulple lines for producing variety pallet packs; A low backpressure accumulaon table for managing ultra lightweight glass and plasc boles product through filling, labeling and case packing; and A revamped case packer that gently handles packages, parcularly glass, allowing <strong>the</strong> use of ultra lightweight thin wall glass boles. The robot used for <strong>the</strong> product movement and posioning is extremely flexible and can handle a wide variety of packages simply by changing <strong>the</strong> gripper at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> arm. The robot tools were part of Hartness’ Systems Integraon loop. – EJB More informaon Sco Smith, vice president, Hartness Internaonal: 864.297.1200; ssmith@hartness.com. E3 Robox pallezer from Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Low cost robotic palletizer, SECONDARY PACKAGING Robots in <strong>the</strong> new casing/uncasing line from Hartness are part of Hartness Systems Integraon Loop. Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. showed two unique technologies to complement its end-of-line machinery lineup. The company calls its very-low-cost E3 Robox pallezer easy to move and operate. The robot can run at 24 cycles/minute and produce loads up to 70 inches high, and its vacuum gripper can handle 50 kg pay-loads. The unit comes with a product track/trace opon to collect data as a load is stacked, transming <strong>the</strong> data to <strong>the</strong> producer’s network when <strong>the</strong> pallet is removed from <strong>the</strong> cell. Schneider’s Pro-Adjust SM system is an oponal automaon package that can bolt onto new and exisng Schneider Packaging designs or retro fit to almost all o<strong>the</strong>r equipment. It’s a self-contained unit that makes all adjustments on end-of-line machines when case size or shape changes — this quick changeo-ver, menu-driven system eliminates almost all manual adjustments. The system is modular and features its own controller with an easy hand held interface that drives power modules to provide adjustment. SECONDARY PACKAGING
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