Packaging Machinery: Basics and Beyond


If you need to know more about packaging machinery, this 2-1/2 day course is for you.
 
I developed it jointly with the Institute of Packaging Professionals and will be presenting it again October 13-15, 2008.

You can't afford not to attend.

Full details are available on the IOPP website 

Here are just a few of the topics covered.

Just a few of the topics:

• The whole packaging line—from bottle-orienter to case-sealer
• Automated vs. semi-automated vs. manual—pros and cons of each
• Instantaneous vs. sustained speeds
• Changeover
• Controls—PLCs, HMIs, servo motors, smart machines, displays, sensors
• Flexible packaging machines—form/fill/seal, bundling, wrapping
• Semi-rigid—thermoforms, cartons, cases, tray packers
• Rigid—plastic, glass, tubes, cans
• Cappers and labeling
• Product identification and verification, including RFID
• Machine vision, inspection
• Conveyors
• Documentation
• Principles of packaging line design

Click here for the full course outline.