Suppliers release products for beverage labeling, fulfillment needs
New innovations in packaging systems, laser marking
PDC International Corp. offers a new iteration of its R Series Shrinkbanders that provide labeling and neck banding at line speeds from 400 to 1,000 containers a minute, the company says. Engineered for 24/7 service, with continuous material web flow that doesn’t pause for cutting, R Series machines apply 1- to 3.75-inch diameter bands at heights as high as 2.375 inches with precision and repeatability, it adds. The company’s single-head, in-line and tamper evident R-Series Shrinkbanders apply thin-gauge banding materials of 25 to 40 microns that are compatible with such shrink-sleeve films as PET, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), PET glycol-modified (PETG), biaxially oriented polystyrene (OPS) and polylactic acid (PLA) films, it adds. Designed for the high levels of compliance and sanitation required in the pharmaceutical, food and dairy industries, the R-series system features an easy-to-use touchscreen and a programmable logic controller. It also can be outfitted with a zero-downtime, splice-on-the-fly accumulator unwind stand that eliminates downtime for roll changes, it adds. Additional features include ink jet and thermal transfer coding, 2-D and barcode scanning, and vision system inspection.
PDC International Corp., 8 Sheehan Ave., South Norwalk, Conn. 06854; 203/853-1516; pdc-corp.com.