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 in September 2010.

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.