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Labeling/Printing
How to avoid a big barcode gotcha
With mass-produced packaging, barcodes are preprinted as part of the package artwork. As such, no one has had to really worry about whether those codes will scan throughout the supply chain.
December 29, 2013
Labeling/Printing
Nine coding and markingconsiderations for serialization
While the long arm of serialization reaches deep across multiple silos in the organization, one could say it starts with the physical code applied to the package. There are several things to consider.
December 29, 2013
Packaging/Filling
Strategies for accurate aggregation
The actual electronic association of the serial numbers of individual unit packages to a case is done after an inspection system on the packaging line visually inspects individual packages (or they are manually scanned) upon going into the shipping case.
December 28, 2013
Inspection
Packaging line modifications for serialization
Line serialization, while a significant investment in time and money, is less strategically taxing than sharing the data internally from each line and plant up through the enterprise, and with your trading partners.
December 27, 2013
Packaging/Filling
Automated packaging upgrades e-commerce efficiencies
Pet care products marketer/shipper reduces labor, packaging materials, and delivery costs, while increasing output speeds.
November 15, 2013
The finished, easy-open cases are aesthetically pleasing and include precisely positioned die-cut holes to view/scan internal product barcodes.
Labeling/Printing
How printer availability helps drive packaging line OEE and uptime
Product/package printers can help determine root causes of line performance issues and point the way to corrective actions.
November 14, 2013
For a packaging operation, the graph in Figure 1 plots costs per year for each additional 0.1% of unplanned downtime, from 100% uptime at the right side to 99.5% uptime at the left. “High,” “Medium,” and “Low” refer to the hours that the packaging equipment is expected to be up and running and the estimated costs per hour of unplanned downtime: High = 24 hr/day, 7 days/wk, 50 wk/yr; $10,000/hr of unplanned downtime Medium = 16 hr/day, 7 days/wk, 50 wk/yr; $7,500/hr of unplanned downtime Low = 8 hr/day, 5 days/wk, 50 wk/yr; $5,000/hr of unplanned downtime
Packaging/Filling
Pharmatek bottling line set to become operational
Automated line expands contract manufacturer’s packaging services, provides flexibility for small and large-volume clinical projects.
October 21, 2013
Pharmatek offers primary packaging of tablets and capsules in HDPE bottles. The company supports secondary packaging, cold chain management, including storage and distribution, and stability testing. Complex labeling requirements, such as foreign language labels, blinding and booklet labeling.
Labeling/Printing
Serialization system for pharma
A 6-camera Optel vision system is part of this side-serting and serialization bottle-tracking system from NJM.
October 11, 2013
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Labeling/Printing
High-speed, high-resolution printer is UDI ready
The InteliJet HD printer from Bell-Mark offers high-speed, high resolution printing (600 dpi) on the fly. It is designed to produce A-B quality bar codes on flexible packaging and is also suitable for the upcoming UDI mandate for medical devices.
October 8, 2013
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Labeling/Printing
All-electric, servo-driven label applicators
Diagraph's all-electric, servo-driven label applicators allow users to apply labels on multiple panels and on multiple package types. According to the company, the all-electric system provides all the performance and throughput features of a pneumatic system, but with up to 50% less energy costs.
October 7, 2013
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Labeling/Printing
Eliminate preprinted corrugated cases
FoxJet's flagship line, the Trident-powered ProSeries of industrial inkjet printers, prints bar codes, date and lot codes, and other variable information directly on the side of corrugated cases, eliminating the need for preprinted cases.
October 2, 2013
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Labeling/Printing
Track and trace/serialization for bottles
Marchesini Group's NERI RE202 1T 1C automatic rotary labeling machine applies self-adhesive or glued labels; can be equipped with one to two label dispensing heads. Designed to position and label oval, shaped, or cylindrical containers.
September 27, 2013
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Materials
Cancer diagnostics firm automates bottle filling, capping, labeling
Dako’s compact robotic bottling system frees up vital production floor space, increases speed, and reduces labor costs, filling different bottle shapes and sizes with no mechanical setup between production runs.
September 10, 2013
The front of the AFTCATS robotic bottling system shows the main touchscreen display, with the pick-and-place loading robot shown in the window.
Materials
Cook Medical meeting global identification challenges
A nearly five-year effort helps Cook and its worldwide customers identify, track, and trace some 16,000 medical device products.
August 14, 2013
This photo shows five packs of Cook Medical products.
Materials
Printing technology helps Chinese firm meet that country's product identification requirements
Hailong Machinery Group uses thermal ink-jet technology to print high-density, high-resolution bar codes and text on primary and secondary packaging.
April 30, 2013
A preprinted pharmaceutical carton showing the GS1-128 bar code (on right, with 20 digits) required by China’s PIATS program is printed by RSI printheads using HP’s TIJ (thermal ink-jet) 2.5 cartridge technology. HP’s TIJ 2.5 can print at resolutions up to 600 dpi. RSI optimizes bar-code resolution and print-cartridge life using patent-pending Variable DPI and nozzle-flipping features. Hailong incorporated RSI’s HP-based printers into its track-and-trace system for PIATS.
Packaging/Filling
Hoffmann-La Roche AG’s line automates personalized kit packaging
Seven sub-machines package clinical trial patient kits with efficiency and inspection security, minimizing labor costs.
January 17, 2013
Top loading machine places blisters online.
Labeling/Printing
Nutritional supplement company saves money, reduces waste
NutraBio meets ever-changing labeling demands with digital label printing systems that reduce the need for label inventory and cut costs.
January 2, 2013
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Labeling/Printing
FDA tracking proposal could require packaging line changes
Medical device makers would need to use automatic identification and data capture technology for marking implantable and all devices and their packaging.
December 31, 2012
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