In a timely and relevant topic that the packaging industry knows well, ProMach product brand Axon writes about the importance of tamper-evident bands for consumer product goods in a new white paper. Throughout the past years, numerous instances of human and pet food recalls and stories about the potential for terror attacks on food supplies […]
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How to Achieve Faster, More Consistent Changeovers
Ever-rising customer expectations are driving unprecedented demand for new product packaging configurations and changing retail formats. As a result, it’s never been more important for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to reduce the time it takes to change over their packaging line equipment from one product to another.
Choosing the Appropriate Capping Technology for your Application
Capping machine design falls into two basic categories, in-line cappers and rotary chuck-style cappers. In this new white paper by Andy Monroe, VP of Business Development for Zalkin, a ProMach product brand, Monroe explores these two capping technologies and compares the characteristics of both machines so the reader can make a sound decision as to […]
Smart Conveyors Streamline Wet Wipes Packaging Challenges
High-speed automation for folding, wetting, cutting, and piling of wet wipes presents throughput challenges when fragile stacks of newly-produced wipes are transferred to downstream primary and secondary packaging machinery operating at lower throughput speeds. Smart conveying solutions, such as Slip-Torque® roller technology, Dynamic Accumulation, SmartFeed®, and flexible product control devices – developed by Shuttleworth – […]
Tunnel Vision: Selecting the Right Heat-Shrink Device
Heat-shrink tunnels can effectively process labels, sleeves, or bands that conform to container shapes, offering companies packaging benefits ranging from tamper-evidence to 360-degree coverage, from brilliant graphics to efficient product flow. By automating what could be a time-consuming process of hand-shrinking bands via the use of hot-air guns, these devices offer tremendous labor savings and […]
