The versatile VL can run at speeds exceeding 1,000 cartons per minute and can handle multiple applications such as confectionery, food & beverage, pet foods, nutritional, pharmaceutical as well as health & beauty products
Take five with Propack Processing & Packaging Systems president Chris Follows.
March 12, 2015
Food and Beverage Packaging: What’s the difference between robotics and automation?
Chris Follows: While the terms have become perhaps incorrectly interchangeable, robotics is the term used to describe the field of robots and its uses.
The VC 30 uses a vacuum arm to pick auto-bottom type display and shelf cartons from the 1-meter carton magazine, erect the carton, and convey it to the optional TaskMate Robotic Loading System.
All this is incorporated in a very small footprint, thanks to the integration of the blister thermoforming and carton packaging phases in an compact line.
Yaskawa Motoman introduces the new delta-style, low-profile Motoman® MPP3S “short” robot. The MPP3S provides superior performance for high-speed packaging, cartoning and kitting applications.
Summit Brewing Company reduces downtime with Graco applicator.
October 14, 2013
Summit Brewing Company in St. Paul, MN used to use a traditional hot-melt adhesive tank system to seal its beer cartons, which was prone to charring, plugs and material degradation