equipment briefs

Accraply has introduced the Sirius MK6, a heavy-duty, modular labeler designed for high-speed label applications. With repeatable, toolless changeovers, the Sirius MK6 reduces waste and saves time. Designed for label applications with advanced machine capability requirements, the Sirius MK6 includes Accraply’s SmartLink HMI, providing easy access to efficiency reporting, preventative maintenance alerts and self-diagnosing software. Through this next-generation smart HMI, overall equipment effectiveness can also be measured, allowing operators to easily identify and order parts. www.accraply.com

For companies looking to improve production and OEE on their bagging lines, Triangle Package Machinery Company has announced its new Delta vertical form fill seal (vffs) bagger. The Delta bagger is easy to operate and offers quick and easy changeovers of forming tubes, film rolls, and sealing jaws. The bagger can run up to 100 bags per minute, including pillow, gusseted, flat bottom, and EZ Stand bags. Its rugged, sanitary design features a solid stainless steel frame and a pivoting control box that allows access from all sides, making washdown and maintenance simple and efficient. 800-621-4170 https://trianglepackage.com

Wearwell is now offering PortionPac Germicidal Disinfectant for footbath mats. These convenient, pre-measured pouches are free of OSHA HazCom Standard hazards and reduce the environmental impact of ready to use gallon products. With PortionPac, customers aren’t buying, shipping or storing a product that is primarily water. Users of bottled concentrates and bleach face the challenge of proper measurement of concentrate to water. Over dilution can result in a solution that’s ineffective. Not enough dilution can be harmful to personnel and damage the footbath mat. PortionPac takes out the time, hassle, and uncertainty of the proper dilution. 888-413-7317 www.wearwell.com/default/portionpac

ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, Inc. recently released the VELTEKO Model VFFS Standup 360 machine. The VELTEKO Standup is an economical VFFS packaging machine that is specifically designed for packaging standup bags, including producing standup pouches with a zipper from rollstock. It utilizes high-quality materials and branded components, combined with precise European engineering and manufacturing, to ensure an extremely high reliability and a long, productive service life. 941-923-1181 www.alliedflex.com

innoLIFT USA has introduced the XXL Straddle Loader which speeds and simplifies pallet-load deliveries. This loader lifts its load and itself into and out of virtually any delivery vehicle, including Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit and Ram ProMaster cargo vans, box trucks and semi-trailers. The XXL Straddle Loader allows operators to easily and safely load and unload open and closed bottom pallets weighing to 1100 pounds, with other InnoLIFT models available for heavier weights. One person can deliver materials to a loading dock or a street-level facility, replacing liftgates, ramps, hoists and conventional pallet jacks. 866-924-5438 https://innoliftusa.com

Rotary valves from process equipment manufacturer Gericke USA feature the new Rota-lign system that permits fast, easy valve disassembly without tools for complete cleaning and visual inspection. Set in the non-drive end of the rotary valve, the patented Rota-lign bearing assembly uses a self-aligning rotor design with tapered bore and guide rails that allows the rotor to be accessed and cleaned without removal from the end cover and the bearings to be replaced without removing the valve from the processing line. 855-888-0088 www.gerickegroup.com