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32 Schneider touts it as low-cost and simple to install, setup and operate: The system has a simple interface for the operator, and pro-vides integrated drive, gear reducon and absolute posion feedback. Posion is always known, even aer power cycling. The ma-chine can be manually moved or jogged using a remote hand held teach pendant to integrate new posions into the controls. – EJB More informaon Terry Zarnowski, sales, Schneider Packaging Equipment: 315.676.3035; tzarnowski@schneiderequip.com. System Protects Pallet Loads in a Single Layer The Beumer Group, an internaonal manufacturer of intralogiscs soluons for the conveying, loading, pallezing, packaging, sorng and distribuon technology segments, displayed a new pallet wrapping system using blown HDPE tube film that has no side seam. Based on an established Beumer technology for pallezing paper-based mul-wall pasted-valve bags of cement, the new system is modified to be suitable for food and beverage applicaons. The system is completely automac and stretches the tube film prior to placing it over the pallet load being wrapped. The film is brought down to, then sealed to, the wood or plasc skid; it’s then cut off and heat sealed on top to encase the pallet load is a sin-gle layer — unlike shrink and stretch wrap systems, which generally wrap mulple layers of film around a pallet load. There is an add-on feature for the machine to place a layer of film on the boom of the skid so the products contained on the pallet are com-pletely covered in one layer of film — parcularly helpful if the loaded pallet is stored outdoors. Because it only uses a single layer of film, the machine promises savings in materials costs. Its price tag can be around $155,000, conngent on opons. — BAG More informaon Hano Behm, sales manager, The Beumer Group: 732.893.2854, Hano.Behm@beumer.com; www.beumergroup.com. ISTA Protocol Frames Transport Packaging Practices packaging system. The Internaonal Safe Transport Associaon’s (ISTA) new Responsible Packaging by Design (RPbD) guide is a step-by-step process management standard for the design, tesng and qualificaon of re-sponsible packaging that meets industry, consumer and regulatory expectaons. The process provides a framework and guidance to evaluate two or more individual packages using the following criteria: Provide appropriate packaging for protecng the product and perform all other funcons of a Minimize product waste through the prevenon of damage or spoilage. Opmize use of materials, energy, water in producon, distribuon and use. Maximize recovery of materials and energy from used packaging. The protocol’s procedure for analyzing packaging systems – from broad to narrow – is data-driven. Eight steps guide the packager in a stage-gate process, with each stage accompanied by a template to help users gather data. The guide is available free to mem-bers of ISTA and for $750 for non-members. – EJB More informaon Edward Church, president, ISTA: 517.333.3437; ISTA@ISTA.org. PACK EXPO INT’L 2012
S ustainability in packaging operaons is oen in the eye of the beholder. At the end of the day, op-eraonal sustainability is the conservaon of resources, be they material, energy, me, cost, ulies. Anything that lets your ops run more efficiently is part of the sustainability tapestry. New Induction Sealer Provides 20% more power Enercon Industries Corp. introduced the Super Seal Max inducon sealer that provides up to 20 percent more sealing power and integrated inspecon to assure cap liner is in place before entering the unit. It features a new operang system, memory processor and touch screen controls, and the company says it cuts set up mes from several hours down to 15-30 minutes. – RCC More informaon Ryan Schuelke, director of sales, Enercon: 262.255.6070; rschuelke@enerconmail.com. Sustainable Advancement in EPS Molding ACH Foam Technologies is incorporang 60 percent-recycled molding beads, supplied by EcoSix Recycled Resins, into its EPS products, providing the same quality as components molded from virgin resin beads. The EcoSix beads are reprocessed by RAPAC, the world’s largest EPS recycler, and can be supplied to exacng standards and col-ored to specificaon. While recycling of EPS packaging is sll in its early stages due to recovery limitaons, the EcoSix material can be blended with virgin material to produce excellent quality components. EcoSix, manufactured from recycled material and 100 percent recyclable, is a true “cradle-to-cradle” material. – RCC More informaon Greg Aron, east regional sales manager, ACH Foam Technologies: 920.924.4050, garon@achfoam.com. Collapsible Drum Improves Shipping Efficiency Buckhorn, Inc., introduced a collapsible 60-gallon drum for foods, powders and liquids that is said to provide a 25 percent beer cube ulizaon than convenonal drums. Overall set-up size is 24 inches by 20 inches by 48 inches, allowing interlocking on a 40 inch by 40 inch pallet. Plasc liners contain the product inside the drum, and parts have offset surfaces and interlocking flanges so no cracks exist in the joints, minimizing contaminaon potenal. When collapsed, the plasc drums offer a 3:1 space saving return rao. – RCC More informaon Dave Devaney, eastern regional sales manager, Buckhorn, Inc.: 410.626.8619, ddevaney@buckhorninc.com. Water-Soluble Film is Good Enough to Eat Vivos food-grade, water-soluble film from MonoSol forms dissolvable pouches for single-serving mixes and food/beverage ingre-dients, eliminang the waste associated with tradional primary packaging made of paper, foil, film, laminates or coextrusions. The taste- and odor-free film dissolves when exposed to hot or cold liquids, so it’s consumed along with the food, and because they hold pre-measured quanes, the pouches minimize the waste and inconsistencies in the finished product that oen come with dispensing ingredients from a bulk container. The material offers good oxygen barrier and mechanical properes. Food-grade Vivos film Vivos film extends the convenience of dissolvable film beyond cleaning agents and chemicals, yet performs the same as its non-edible counterpart on dual-web form-fill-seal machines from Cloud Packaging Systems. On the 2,000-pouch/minute (ppm) Hydroforma machine or the 1,000 ppm Hydroforma SP, the water-soluble film rolls onto a forming drum where a vacuum holds it in place for thermoforming. Fills consist of a liquid, a powder or two powders in pouches measuring up to 6 inches by 6 inches and weighing up to 40 grams. A water-based soluon bonds the two film layers. Changeover between liquid and dry products necessitates a drum change, about an eight hour process. – HEF For more informaon Sumeet Kumar, senior manager, Technical Markeng, Monosol: 219.762.3165 ext. 411; skumar@monosol.com; www.monosol.com Mike Werner, vice president - Sales & Markeng, Cloud Packaging Systems: 847.789.5264; mwerner@cloudps.com; www.cloudps.com Faster Film Changes Cut Downtime SUSTAINABILITY Buckhorn’s collapsible 60- gallon drum With four No-Thread® powered pre-stretch film carriages and a sophiscated indexing system, the Wave stretch wrapper from Wulec/M.J. Maillis wraps connuously to produce up to 125 loads/hour. As soon as a film roll runs out, another film carriage starts. In addion, separate zones for film-loading and wrapping make it possible to change rolls without stopping the wrapping 33 SUSTAINABILITY
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