
Line Expansion
Fristam has introduced to its latest line expansion
— the new FKL 15 and FKL 20 model positive displacement pumps for
food and pharmaceutical applications. The FKL 15 offers a displacement of
0.016 gal/rev, while the FKL 20 offers 0.032 gal/rev. These models feature
a split-style gearbox for easier maintenance, and both are CIP-able with no
performance loss. The FKL 15 and FKL 20 are manufactured of 316L stainless
steel, with the exception of the pumps’ non-galling stainless-steel
rotors. With these additions, Fristam now offers nine high-performance FKL
models. — Fristam Pumps USA,
2410 Parview Road, Middleton, Wis., 53562, phone: (608) 831-5001, fax:
(608) 831-8467, e-mail: fristam@fristampumps.com, Web site: www.fristam.com
Stainless-Steel Gauges
Dwyer’s series SGS stainless-steel gauges
are practical and affordable. The Series SGS Pressure Gauges have dual
English/metric scales with 1.6 percent full-scale accuracy. Units may
easily be liquid-filled in the field without the need for a separate kit.
The Series SGS is designed with 304 stainless-steel housings and brass
wetted parts. Units can withstand ambient temperatures up to 149 degrees F
(65 C) and process temperatures up to 257 F (125 C). A wide selection of
ranges are available from full vacuum, compound to 15,000 psi, and units
are competitively priced. — Dwyer
Instruments Inc., P.O. Box 373, Michigan City, Ind., 46361, phone: (219)
879-8000, fax: (219) 872-9057, e-mail: lit@dwyer-inst.com, Web site:
www.dwyer-inst.com
Pharmaceutical Vessels
Lee Industries custom-designs kettles, tanks and
mixers to meet specific pharmaceutical applications. From atmospheric
single-shell ratings to full vacuum-pressure rated units with jackets, Lee
can design and fabricate to ASME Code or EU requirements. Single-motion,
double-motion, high-shear or propeller mixers can also be added to complete
specific applications. All pharmaceutical tanks can be furnished with a
customized prevalidation documentation package (which can include sprayball
coverage testing) to meet in-house documentation and qualification
requirements. — Process Systems &
Equipment, division of Lee Industries Inc., P.O. Box 687, Philipsburg,
Pa., 16866, phone: (814) 342-0470, fax: (814) 342-5660, e-mail:
sales@leeind.com, Web site: www.leeind.com
Color Coding
Remco Products has announced the expansion of its
Metal Detectable line of tools to include three new colors to add to the
original dark blue color introduced in July 2005. Remco now offers metal
detectable shovels, scoops, scrapers and mixing paddles in deep green,
brick red and smoke white. Produced with a specialized FDA-approved
polypropylene resin that is easily detected by standard metal detection
equipment, this complete line assures your customers the quality and safety
of their products in controlled work environments. — Remco Products, 4735 W. 106th St., P.O. Box 698,
Zionsville, Ind., 46077, phone: (317) 876-9856, fax: (317) 876-9858
Information Kit
Mettler-Toledo Safeline has introduced its new Metal
Detection & X-ray Inspection Information Kit. The kit includes a white
paper, “Contaminant Detection: Making the Right Choice,” which
reviews product inspection technology and the major differences between
metal detectors and X-ray equipment. Designed as a mini file box, the kit
also includes specific information on the company’s equipment,
performance testing samples, services and a free product test offer. The
free product test offer enables prospective users to visit with, or send
their products to, the company’s fully-equipped product testing
laboratory in Tampa for comparative testing with both inspection
technologies. — Mettler-Toledo Safeline
Inc., 6005 Benjamin Road, Tampa, Fla., 33634-5145, phone: (813) 889-9500,
fax: (813) 881-0840, e-mail: safeline.marketing@mt.com, Web site:
www.safelineus.com
Automatic Product Inverter
Polypack has a new option for its line of shrink
packaging equipment. The inverter can be integrated with Polypack’s
versatile multi-packing equipment. This system is capable of receiving
automatic delivery of various size and shape product, inverting every other
product, and collating them into diverse size packaging configurations. Key
features include automatic product inverter, horizontal rotary inverter,
continuous or intermittent operation, and production speeds up to 300
products. — Polypack Inc., 3301 Gateway
Centre Blvd., Pinellas Park, Fla., 33782, phone: (727)
578-5000, fax: (727) 578-1300, e-mail: info@polypack.com, Web site:
www.polypack.com
Manual Stackers
Regal Manual Stackers from Presto Lifts are ideal for
low-volume-stacking and load-transporting applications. These rugged, yet
practical units are available in two models. The “Fork Over”
design works with any type of open-bottom pallet or skid, and the
“Straddle” style accommodates any pallet or skid, even those
with “closed” bottoms. Units are highly maneuverable and
feature a pallet-truck-style handle for easy steering. Capacity is 1,000
pounds with lifting heights to 66 inches. Phenolic casters roll easily on
smooth or uneven surfaces, and a caster lock provides safety for unattended
loads. Fork carriages feature a load backrest, and the
high-visibility mast is shrouded with a view-thru mesh safety screen. — Presto Lifts Inc., 21 Park St.,
Attleboro, Mass., 02703, phone: (508) 222-0177, fax: (508) 222-2996, Web
site: www.prestolifts.com
New Buyers Guide
The 2006 edition of the popular Nelson-Jameson Buyers
Guide is now available. Created based the needs of food processing plants,
this catalog draws on nearly 59 years of experience. Over 10,000 equipment
and supply products are included in the catalog, along with detailed
write-ups, expert tips and clear definitions — all designed to help
make sourcing supplies easier. Enhancements made in this edition
include many new products, more thorough indexing, user-friendly “How
to Order” boxes, related items boxes, and an updated 20-page
color-coded products insert. Specific product lines represented in the
catalog include Safety & Personnel, Sanitation & Maintenance,
Processing & Flow Control, Laboratory & QA/QC, Bulk Packaging and
Ingredients. — Nelson-Jameson Inc., 2400
E. Fifth St., P.O. Box 647, Marshfield, Wis., 54449, phone: (715) 387-1151,
fax: (715) 387-8746, Web site: www.nelsonjameson.com
Dairy Expertise
SIPA offers a wide and diversified range of one-step
and two-step systems designed to meet the special needs of the dairy
market, where constantly innovative and sophisticated solutions for product
shelf life, product hygiene and packaging safety, as well as aesthetic
quality of containers, are required. Several SIPA systems have been sold to
milk and yogurt makers in Italy and abroad. These are generally the
two-step systems — the linear and rotary blow molders. A large number
of sizes, shapes and colors are available.
— SIPA Plastic Packaging Systems, Via
Caduti del Lavoro, 3-31029 Vittorio Veneto, Italy, phone: (39) 0438-911511,
fax: (39) 0438-912273, e-mail: sipa@zoppas-industries.it
Shrink Labels
Ameri-Seal recently printed five different PVC sleeves
for El Mexicano’s Smoothie Licuado de Yogurt. Four of the sleeves
were printed in eight colors on rotogravure presses while the fifth was
printed in nine colors. The sleeves cover a single-serve PETG bottle and
Ameri-Seal shrinks the sleeves directly onto the bottles at its Contract
Sleeving Division in Chatsworth, Calif. PVC heat shrinkable films offer
360-degree graphics for enhancing packaging shelf appeal and can be printed
up to nine colors using rotogravure printing presses’ metal-etched
cylinder systems for high-quality printing. — Ameri-Seal Inc., 9631 Topanga Canyon Place,
Chatsworth, Calif., 91311, phone: (800) 220-7981, fax: (818) 700-9036,
e-mail: mail@ameri-seal.com, Web site: www.ameri-seal.com
Premium Cartons
When LaLa Dairies introduced Natural’ es,
Mexico’s first fresh chilled orange juice, they needed to show
shoppers it was fresh — not made from concentrate. So the company
chose the Pure-Pak® carton from Elopak. The 1-liter gabletop carton has a
premium image in Mexico. Advertising featuring the cartons
(billboards, buses, television and newspapers) has led to monthly sales of
1.6 million liters per month. Elopak Inc. is the North American business
unit of the Elopak Group. Best known for its Pure-Pak gabletop cartons and
fillers, Elopak also supplies caps, portion pack fillers, and materials
handling equipment. — Elopak Inc., 30000
S. Hill Road, New Hudson, Mich., 48165, phone: (248) 446-5307, fax: (248)
486-4850, Web site: www.elopak.com
Communications Tools and Materials
To assist customers, brand owners and retailers to
handle the company’s nature-based plastics, NatureWorks LLC has
introduced Smart Care communications tools and materials to educate and
inform the supply chain on the care and handling of packaging and other
materials made from NatureWorks PLA. The “Relax and Take Care of
NatureWorks PLA” information kit, part of the overall Smart Care
Program, was created for the responsible day-to-day handling of NatureWorks
PLA based goods. This kit, being mailed to key members of the NatureWorks
supply chain, includes a copy of the NatureWorks PLA Smart Care and
Handling checklist, poster illustrating shipping and handling icons that
can be used in warehouses and manufacturing plants, and iconic box
graphics, for printing on corrugated shipping boxes to note NatureWorks
PLA-based product in the supply chain. The checklist and icons are also
available on the NatureWorks Web site www.natureworkspla.com/care. — NatureWorks LLC, P.O. Box 5830, Minneapolis, Minn.,
55440-5830, phone: (952) 742-0400.
Cast & Tentered Shrink Film
Plastic Suppliers has introduced its new
cast-and-tentered EarthFirst® TDO shrink film. This new addition to the EarthFirst family
of sustainable films provides the converter and brand owner an
environmentally friendly alternative to currently available petroleum-based
shrink films. EarthFirst TDO shrink film utilizes NatureWorks® PLA resin from
NatureWorks LLC. The shrink film is specifically designed for today’s
uniquely shaped containers that require high shrink percentages. This new
film has been issued a patent-pending status by the United States patent
office. —Plastic Suppliers Inc., 2887
Johnstown Road, Columbus, Ohio, 43219, phone: (614) 471-9100, fax: (614)
418-3890, Web site: www.earthfirstpla.com
Versatile Packaging Solutions
Schneider specializes in end-of-line solutions for
case packing and palletizing needs, and offers several automated solutions
for packaging gabletop cartons. Initially designed for the dairy and juice
industries, the company’s state-of-the-art case packers for gabletop
cartons are ideal for any application where gabletop cartons are packaged
into corrugated cases. These case packers can be designed as a horizontal
or top or bottom-load vertical case packer, and will pack 1/2-gallon
gabletop cartons into corrugated containers at speeds up to 33 cases per
minute (cpm), depending on pack pattern. —Schneider
Packaging Equipment Co., P.O. Box 890, 5370 Guy Young Road, Brewerton,
N.Y., 13029, phone: (315) 676-3035, e-mail: sales@schneiderequip.com,
Web site: www.schneiderequip.com
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