Convenience Food Systems zipper really zips: higher speed, higher volume of packaging. (Equipment and Technology).The trouble with zipper zipper Device for binding the edges of an opening, as on a garment or a bag. A zipper consists of two strips of material with metal or plastic teeth along the edges, and a sliding piece that interlocks the teeth when moved in one direction and separates them again when moved packaging machines is that they've always been too slow. Now Convenience Food Systems (CFS CFS abbr. chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, n.pr See syndrome, chronic fatigue. CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome, see there ) has come out with the ZipTrick for use with its SmartPacker CX360, a continuous form-fill-seal packaging machine, to solve that problem. The CFS SmartPacker CX860 with ZipTrick overcomes the constraints of speed and volume on packaging lines. The continuous vertical form-fill-seal machine can pack at speeds up to 120 bags a minute, the company says, while the CFS ZipTrick can easily apply 80 bags a minute with zippers that can be reclosed again and again. The system is said to be unique. It was developed using modern servo technologies and a secure vacuum transport system to apply the zipper at the right position across the film web. Using vacuum ensures the male and female parts of the zipper are held firmly without slippage Slippage The difference between estimated transaction costs and the amount actually paid. Notes: Slippage is usually attributed to a change in the spread. See also: Spread, Transaction Costs Slippage . A motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. unwinding unit takes care of tension-free supply of the zipper to the packaging machine. Because the zipper is applied across the web, the artwork of the film does not need to be adapted. Moreover, bag and reel exchange remain quick and easy, thanks to the SmartPacker's specially designed film reel suspension, splicing splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing) 1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes. 2. RNA s. table and bag forming elements. For more information, contact CFS at P.O. Box 296, 6000 AG Weert, the Netherlands; telephone: 31-495-457-777; fax: 31-495-524-125. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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