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After experiencing a higher than desirable level of bottle breakage with repurposed packaging equipment, Midwestern stalwart Boulevard Brewing Company approached Standard-Knapp to create a solution to meet its non-traditional packaging demands, which include four different bottle types, multiple packaging sizes, and no carton dividers. The packaging company responded with an innovative solution that picks the product from the infeed conveyor and gently places it into the bottom of the empty case. The company now reports virtually zero packaging breakage and has increased throughput by about 10% because of increased efficiency and less down time.

The use of robotics in packaging is becoming increasingly popular as packagers demand faster and more precise operations from the front of the packaging line all the way to the end.

Oystar USA – whose parent company, OYSTAR Group, develops, manufactures and sells both complete packaging lines and individual machines for the dairy, food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals industries – offers the new Oystar IWK FP 10 Filling Platform for the filling of metal, plastic and laminated tubes at speeds of up to 70 cycles per minute.

Robots are increasing in popularity for use in packaging both here in the U.S. and across the pond.

Changes are ahead for labeling— new label types, new technology and new machines are emerging. As with most types of machinery, versatility is in high demand, and labeling is no different.

Fogg Filler, a market leader in the design and manufacture of rotary filling systems for the liquids industry, has developed an enclosure wash-down system and capper and change parts wash-down system that will improve sanitation and save production time.

Wildeck premieres new four-post VRC design that includes, as standard, the company’s full-featured AutoSenz® D-Series Overload Detection System. According to Hue Schlegel, director of marketing at Wildeck, “The 4XLift sets a new standard for heavy material lifting and has more available safety features than any other 4-post VRC on the market today.”

Omega Design Corporation – a global provider of innovative packaging machinery and serialization solutions, and the worldwide leader in bottle unscrambling technology – offers the Servo-controlled Rotary Pocket (SRP) Bottle Unscrambler. The machine features patented rotary pockets and delivers a level of performance unmatched by any other unscrambler on the market.