LIVE FROM MD&M WEST: Tabletop heat-sealing machines

For low-volume applications in the medical market, Aergo 1M tabletop heat sealer includes a larger 18.5-in. heating plate to accommodate broader sealing areas, a solid-steel frame for added stability, and added operator conveniences.

Feb 14th, 2012
Hp 20133 New Aergo 1 M
Equipped with validation ports, 1M is ISO cleanroom-compliant and suited for medical device start-up firms and laboratory applications such as field testing. Aergo 1C is the commercial sibling of the 1M and includes all of the latest enhancements except for validation ports and other features specific to medical packaging.

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Model CEL5-SL uses a Fanuc M-10iD robot to pick a case from the magazine, square the sides, and run the bottom of the case along a taping system.
ESS: Case Packer Line Includes Bottom Load and Side Load Configurations
These configurations increase the scope of products and pack patterns that the CEL5 series can handle.
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Modern laboratory environment in the new 1,800 sqm building.
Vetter Aligns its Development Service Laboratory Portfolio Under One Roof
Bundling of competencies designed to optimize workflow of customer projects. Further expansion of laboratory space to continue through 2020.
Jan 30th, 2020
Young Living, headquartered in Utah with farms and operations around the world, makes a wide range of essential oils and other products.
Hitting Essential Filling Speeds for Essential Oils
With expansions in pharmaceutical, medical, and food and beverage applications, the essential oil market is booming. Young Living turned to Syntegon (formerly Bosch Packaging) to triple its filler speed and improve yield.
Jan 19th, 2020
Vital Proteins Collagen Options
Rotary Filler Helps Keep Pace With Booming Collagen Market
To keep up with skyrocketing demand for its collagen powders, Vital Proteins turned to Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery and its rotary filler. It boosted production from 20 to 100 plastic canisters a minute, also improving safety and ease of operation.
Jan 16th, 2020
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc announces the acquisition of Visual Packaging LP USA
This newest addition to the Starview Group will enable ideas from both business units and continue to produce the most complete and advanced line of packaging machinery in the industry.
Nov 25th, 2019
CIPM China 2019: the Marchesini Group showcases the Integra 520, the perfect solution to pack blisters into cartons at high speeds
CIPM China 2019: the Marchesini Group showcases the Integra 520, the perfect solution to pack blisters into cartons at high speeds
Integra 520 combines a thermoformer and a cartoner for higher speeds and higher precision.
Oct 19th, 2019
MMC Packaging Equipment's closure slitter
MMC Packaging Equipment: High-speed Closure Slitting, Band Folding Machine
The machine is engineered with Industry 4.0 attributes and features a six-camera vision inspection to meet quality objectives.
Oct 10th, 2019
Loveshaw's case sealer by Little David
Loveshaw: Case Sealer by Little David
The LDX-RTB 4.0 Ultra is faster with easier access to motors and electrical components, featuring multiple security features.
Oct 7th, 2019
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Magnetic Levitation Supports 6-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Platform
Planar Motors’ smart robotic system XBOT offers the ability to simultaneously and independently control motion, with hygienic contactless design.
Sep 26th, 2019
The capper is constructed of stainless steel and has a sloped-surface design with minimal cavity infiltration.
Single-Head Servo Capping Machine for Pharma
Designed for pharmaceutical companies, a new single-head servo capping machine operates at speeds to 50 bottles/min.
Sep 25th, 2019
Deitz Pharmafill BCV1 bottomless conveyor
Conveyor for Printing on Bottle Bottoms
Bottomless unit doesn’t disrupt bottles in packaging line flow.
Sep 25th, 2019
Fully servo-driven, the SX-310-PP/D fill/finish machine adapts easily to new formats and sizes and provides repeatable performance, low maintenance, simple troubleshooting and fast changeover.
Pharma Focuses on Flexible Fill/Finish
Automation expands capabilities, boosts productivity and limits operator/product contact.
Sep 24th, 2019
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Checkweigher features PLC controls, automatic calibration
System features electromagnetic force weigh cells for better accuracy.
Sep 24th, 2019
MG America featured the new patented EXTRUDOR™ dosing unit on an AlternA70N intermittent-motion capsule filler.
Modify Powder Dosing without Changing Dosing Disc
MG America featured the new patented EXTRUDOR™ dosing unit on an AlternA70N intermittent-motion capsule filler.
Sep 23rd, 2019
Instead of removing faulty bottles at the end of the process, the single tablet reject function eliminates damaged tablets via ejection channels
Single Tablet Reject Function on Bottle Line
The counting module of the Uhlmann Bottle Line IBC 150 allows for up to 99 percent less waste.
Sep 23rd, 2019
Redesigned Accumulation Table is Easier to Clean, Customize
Bi-Flo accumulation system from Garvey gets update, while still offering no jamming or dead plates, and easy changeover.
Sep 23rd, 2019
Three weighing/dosing systems for accurate batch weighing
Volkmann: Weighing/dosing Systems for Batch Weighing
These systems feed, unload, and a three-step weighing process.
Sep 18th, 2019
TechnoDrive 65 PET Machine specifically designed to produce small PET containers.
Jomar to Launch the TechnoDrive 65 PET Machine
This IBM model is specifically designed to produce small PET containers.
Sep 16th, 2019
Piab’s piFlow p Smart vacuum conveyor
Piab: Vacuum Conveyer piFlow Smart
Its machine learning capabilities decrease changeover time and automatically re-adjust settings between different batches of material.
Sep 10th, 2019
Sepha's Press Out Universal deblistering machine
Sepha Press Out Universal–Tablets and Capsules Product Recovery Deblistering Machine
Featuring flexibility, speed, and recovery rates, the Sepha Press out Universal is a child-resistant deblistering system for the pharmaceutical industry.
Aug 29th, 2019
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Alfa Laval: Rotary Lobe Pumps
The Optilobe Rotary Lobe Pumps are cost-effective and provide treatment for difficult and delicate products.
Aug 27th, 2019
BPS Model VT (Flat Deck) Vibrating Table
Best Process Solutions: Vibratory Tables Available in Flat Deck or Grid Deck
Complete lines of air or electric-powered models with high load capacities.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Dematic Compact AGVs
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The Dematic Compact AGV is a transporting and staging system of pallets for repetitive material transportation in multi-shift operations.
Aug 20th, 2019
Ferguson selected the FD-Pharma™ Series II from Medical Packaging Inc.
Specialty Pharma Co. Offers New Single Doses with Liquid Cup Filling Machine
A new unit-dosing cup machine allows WES Pharma to offer a controlled substance in single doses without sacrificing floorspace.
Aug 7th, 2019
The Pharmafill PS1 Packserter from packaging machinery manufacturer Deitz Co
Deitz Co.:Desiccant Inserter
The PS1 Packserter automatically detects cut point to prevent double feeds, a variety of desiccant packets into bottles or other containers at speeds of up to 100/min.
Jul 31st, 2019
ValTara monoblock bottle filling system
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Jul 30th, 2019
ESS Technologies implements Fanuc’s SR Series of SCARA
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Jul 25th, 2019
he Robocombi system mechanically picks the strips of bottlepacks from the conveyors they stand in and places them directly into the four parallel conveyor lanes leading to the packaging line.
Sanofi Oral Suspension: From Blow/Fill/Seal to Robotic Palletizing
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Jul 12th, 2019
German pharmaceutical manufacturer Bionorica’s headquarters in Neumarkt (Bavaria)
Pharma Manufacturer Fully Automates Line to Keep Pace with Liquid Filling
Bavarian firm Bionorica boosts performance by implementing new machines around its high-speed filling machine, automating liquid production from depalletizing, unpacking, and bottle inspections to cartoning.
Jul 3rd, 2019
Bechkoff Unveils Intelligent Transport Technology
Bechkoff Unveils Intelligent Transport Technology
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Jul 1st, 2019
The demo line assembled by Marchesini consisted of three machines for primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging of pharmaceutical blister packs.
Industry 4.0 with a Pharma Focus
Knowing that IoT software and services in pharma are expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2020, this builder of pharmaceutical packaging machinery is rolling out a robust Industry 4.0 program.
Jun 12th, 2019
Multi-Conveyor 2-to-1 vertical merge conveyor
Multi-Conveyor: Vertical 2-to-1 "Bag Inject" Conveyor Built for a Precision Merge
Multi-Conveyor debuted a stainless steel constructed 2-to-1 vertical merge conveyor de-signed to transport individual bags of frozen food.
Jun 6th, 2019