Live Industrial’s technical services are delivered by a trained and experienced team of service technicians with vast knowledge of all brands and types of packaging machinery, equipment and systems.

Installation and Commissioning

Live Industrial will provide an obligation-free quote on the installation and commissioning of all brands and types of packaging equipment. The quote also includes training of production and maintenance personnel to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the new equipment.

Once Live Industrial’s quote has been accepted and the new packaging equipment has been delivered to the customer’s site, an experienced service technician will visit the site, install the new equipment in the location allocated by the customer and ensure that the equipment is in good working order before training the client’s production personnel in the operation and general maintenance of the machine.

Service and Repair, or Breakdown Maintenance

Live Industrial offers on-time, cost-effective breakdown maintenance service on all brands and types of packaging equipment including plastic and steel strapping tools, strapping machines and systems, stretch wrappers, as well as case erectors and carton sealers.

Turnaround time on a breakdown maintenance call to Live Industrial is usually within 24 hours. A Live Industrial service technician will visit the site, diagnose the fault, organise replacement parts (if necessary), and fix the problem. All breakdown maintenance services are guaranteed for a period of 7 days.

Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance of packaging equipment refers to maintenance carried out by trained, experienced and competent service technicians for the purpose of maintaining the equipment in satisfactory operating condition by providing systematic inspection and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or before they develop into major defects.

Regular preventative maintenance on packaging equipment can improve the efficiency and operation of the machine over time, limiting costly breakdowns, minimising production downtime, and prolonging the life of the machine.

Live Industrial also offers these technical services to packaging equipment companies to be carried out on their behalf at their customers’ sites.

Live Industrial’s technical services are provided for:

• ITATOOLS battery operated and pneumatic plastic (PP/ PET) strapping tools, and manual and pneumatic steel strapping tools
• Strapack semi-automatic strapping machines, automatic strapping machines, fully automatic strapping machines, special application strapping systems and in-line strapping systems
• Schneider & Ozga automatic strapping machines, fully automatic strapping machines, special application strapping systems and in-line strapping systems
• ITIPACK speciality steel strapping systems and plastics strapping systems
• Cousins Packaging semi-automatic and automatic rotary turntable stretch wrappers, and overhead rotary tower pallet stretch wrapping machines and systems
• Wexxar Packaging case forming (carton erecting) and case (carton) sealing equipment

Moreover, there are several types of rubber polymers which are utilized in the rubber manufacturing sector. The reclaim rubber industry of India has highly progressed in the recent times and today there are scores of rubber manufacturers operating their successful reclamation plants in different parts of the country. The Indian rubber manufacturers produce reclaimed rubber from tread peelings, scrap tyres, moulded rubber items, natural rubber as well as butyl tubes for different applications on both tyre rubber products and non-tyre rubber items. Further, there are a number of processes which the manufacturers employ to produce reclaim rubber. Some of the thermal processes include digester process, engelke process, alkaline process, heater process/pan process, neutral process, high pressure steam process and continuous or incessant steam process. Likewise, there are also some thermo mechanical processes and mechano-chemical processes which are used to manufacture reclaimed rubber.

To carry out all these process they have reclamation plants outfitted with highly sophisticated machinery which makes the production extremely quick and refined. With the use of such highly advanced processes and machines the Indian manufacturers have earned a great reputation at the global front. Today, India is one of the leading exporters of reclaim rubber in the world and export it to countries like United states of America, Japan, Germany, Sri Lanka and many others. Thus, it wont be wrong to say that in the strengthening foothold of the India rubber industry, Indian manufacturers have plays a significant role.

There are some more reasons which have contributed in the progress of the industrial reclaimed rubber sector of India such as its affordability, environment friendliness etc. As it is made using recyclable rubber materials which pose no danger to the environment, it makes an ideal choice for the companies who wish to produce rubber products causing no harm to the nature. Moreover, as in India there is huge production of recycled rubber every year owing to cheap labor, wide availability of raw materials and other favorable conditions, thus it has become one of the best places for the international buyers who are looking to buy rubber at affordable rates. This way the Indian reclaim rubber manufacturers apart from meeting the needs of the domestic industrial sector of rubber products also serve the needs of the international market. The amazing part is that this sector is continuously evolving at an alarming rate which implies that the future prospects are also quite high.

The large rotary machine has a calibrated neck for blowing 3-gallon to 25-liter tight-drum and jerrycan applications. Wilmington offers it with four or six cavities. Part handling and trimming is fully automated.

The Wilmington, N.C.-based company is targeting makers of motor oil, edible oils, chemicals and other large-volume liquid products.

Wilmington also showed its SB (small bottle) blow molders, high-speed rotaries that can blow more than 50,000 bottles an hour for dairy, juice, teas, coffee, nutritional supplements and yogurt.

The company also has expanded its Lumina plastic pallet molding systems from three models to seven models. The automated Lumina line uses recycled plastics to make structurally foam molded pallets. Lumina can turn out basic, neststable pallets at rates from 250,000 to 900,000 a year, and rackable double-deck pallets from 200,000 to 400,000 a year.

Cereal is one of the biggest sellers in the world, especially cold cereal. As you know, your family size cereal box is pretty large so you’re not going to finish it in one serving. This is brought up because the packaging is a pain in more ways than one. For starters, did you ever try to open the plastic inside the box where the cereal is actually kept? There’s supposed to be a seal that you can open but in most cases, it is glued so tightly shut that there is no way you can open it in a way where you can re-close it afterwards. So, you end up having to rip the thing apart. The problem with doing this is that you can’t reseal the package afterwards and your cereal ends up getting stale very fast. That is of course unless you have a very large family.

Then there are packages that you just can’t open the way they’re meant to be opened. For example, did you ever buy a roll of Life Savers? That’s right, Life Savers. If you notice, the ends of each roll can be, at least in theory, pealed away. The problem is, the glue holding these seals together is so strong that you just can’t do it. So what you have to do and this is a trick that every grandfather teaches you, is to hold the Life Savers roll in one hand, take your thumb and stick the nail underneath the first Life Saver in the roll. This will pop the first one up and effectively open the roll.

While we discussed CD packaging in the first part of this series, we failed to touch on the inside of the CD box itself. Well, after all, this is packaging too. And while the boxes themselves are easy to open, have you ever noticed that once you DO get the box open, trying to pull the CD itself out of the box is almost impossible. The hub that the CD is wrapped around is usually a very tight fit. This becomes a real pain because you don’t want to touch the underside of the CD itself because this would end up placing fingerprints on the CD which could cause the CD to be unusable. Now THAT is a royal pain.

And finally, even though we could still go on forever, there are candles. Did you ever notice that the cellophane wrapped around the candle itself just can’t be pealed away no matter how hard you try? The only solution is to take a sharp edge and cut into it, which unfortunately also cuts into your candle as well. If these are designer candles, that is the LAST thing you want to do. Can’t they just make the top of the wrapper something you can pull away or cut?

Packaging is an important part of a product. But getting the product out of the package is just as important. Manufacturers should try to remember that.

AIS’ high-performance operator interface terminals include: 4.3”, 7”, 10” and 15” HMI terminals, and offer highly flexible network solutions to connect automation products to each other, including PLCs, I/O devices and computers. The AIS HMI touch-panel offers a wide variety of communication interfaces and protocols, effectively connecting industrial plants and machine control systems. By leveraging the latest technologies for advanced control and visualization, AIS provides a single trusted platform in building intelligent HMI systems that serve as sustainable and converged industrial solutions. These solutions offer customers a high degree of hardware and software flexibility, comprehensive device management, more intelligent functionality, and greater compliance with environmental regulations. They can be highly customized, but at the same time offer high degrees of openness, reduced costs, and are available off-the-shelf. AIS’ HMI features integrated, on-board Ethernet and fieldbus connectivity, real-time performance, larger displays, smaller HMI terminal footprint, integrated safety, reduced machine and engineering operating costs, meeting customer’s changing demands and speeding time-to-market.

“Our high-performance operator interfaces offer increased quality and higher reliability at lower costs,” said Nelson Tsay, AIS. “OEM packaging machine builders will be able to utilize our HMI technology to monitor and control operating conditions using AIS’ off-the shelf hardware and software.

“With Avnet Embedded as our distribution partner, our mutual customers are assured a healthy supply chain and unmatched technical support.“

AIS’ OEM solutions can be used in a wide variety of applications including packaging machinery and process and control system applications, such as forming, filling, labeling, and bottling for the food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.

Rubber Stamping Pads: Rubber stamping pads come in a variety of shades and colors. Stamp pads can be used to tint and colorize embellishments as well as distress paper and chipboard. Dye based stamp pads are great for projects where you need a fast setting ink. Have some time on this project? You’ll love the brightness and brilliance that pigment based stamp pads provide’just allow plenty of time for the drying process.

Stickers: Sticker options available are endless and you’ll be excited to find unique types and styles including velvet, gel, and even three-dimensional brands. If you’re very creative, you can even make your own stickers with any one of the commercially avaible sticker adhesive machines. Why not recycle those adorable magazine pictures as stickers in a timeless scrapbook album?

Ribbon: Scrapbooking and rubber stamping ribbon comes in a variety of widths from 1/8′ to 2′ or more depending on what you need for your project. Color coordinated spools of ribbon can be purchased at almost any craft and hobby store. Today’s scrapbooking ribbon is especially designed with the current styles and trends in mind.

Buttons, paper clips, and staples: Embellishments for stamping and scrapbooking include buttons, paper clips, metal fasteners, eyelets, paper clips, colored staples, rivets, and dried flowers. Once plain items have now become necessities for any scrapbooking room. To create coordinated sets, purchase plain white embellishments and colorize with a stamp pad or acrylic paint. You’ll love having embellishments that perfectly match your paper and albums.

Card stock: Card stock can be handmade, hand dyed, and you may even purchase printable fabric stock paper. Acid free paper, which will keep your memorable albums in perfect shape for the longest time possible, is an important item to use throughout your scrapbook album.

Scrapbooking Albums: You’ll want to make sure that your memories last many lifetimes and finding a good album is very crucial. The standard album sizes are 6x 6, 12 x 12, and 8.5 x 11. These sizes are perfectly suited to the most common sizes of scrapbooking paper. They can also be found in smaller sizes, however, and can even be custom-made for special projects.

Don’t Panic! You’ll only need a handful of supplies and your creativity to enjoy scrapbooking and stamping. All of these supplies will eventually find their way into your creative space and will make your rubber stamping and scrapbooking exciting and enjoyable.

According to a recent study from Perception Research services(PRS), shoppers are interested in choosing eco-friendly packaging is increasing. Perception Research Services, whose clients include consumer products manufacturers such as HP and Johnson & Johnson, has been conducting studies on consumer attitudes about packaging and the environment since 2007. One thousand consumers from across the country were surveyed for the 2011 study on packaging and the environment. Shoppers choosing eco-friendly packaging has significantly increased when compared to 2010 (36% vs. 28%). Nearly 50% of the shoppers polled said they might be willing to pay a premium for packaging that is good for the earth, which was particularly true of shoppers under the age of 40. More than half of the shoppers in the study stated that seeing environmental claims on packaging encourages the consumers to buy more of that brand.

Greener packaging is something consumers are demanding so this has to be well-designed, streamlined, biodegradable and easily recycled or reused. Eco-friendly packaging design fulfills the needs of a business having to connect with its targeted consumers without sacrificing our environment.

The study from the New Jersey marketing firm further revealed that shoppers continue to notice environmental claims at a high level, they are increasingly frustrated by the information provided, One in five shoppers said packaging didn’t include enough environmental information and they don’t know which packages are best for the environment. Many respondents said they are confused by all the different environmental claims. The study also pointed out that “recyclable,” “easier to recycle” or “made from recycled materials,” or if it was marked with a recycling symbol had the biggest effect on buying behavior. Consumers notice recycling claims more than being aware of products that are produced with less material.

Jonathan Asher, Perception Research Services’ executive vice president commented: “We’re seeing a great opportunity for manufacturers to provide truly value-added packaging to their target shoppers by making it more environmentally friendly.”

Meanwhile, Dennis Salazar, president and co-founder of Salazar packaging said that unlike some who always question motive, don’t get worried if a company’s eco-effort is driven by environmental consciousness or by bottom line financial objectives. “I do see a growing interest in using less packaging – period. Consumers like it, manufacturers like it, and we all win,” he stated. Given the opportunities associated with greener packaging, manufacturers who invest in educating both themselves and consumers are sure to reap big rewards for their brands.

(2) according to the requirements of the customers, designing and manufacturing designed for customers to solve the difficulties of the process for equipment.

(3) for reference in time of relevant industries technology development, all kinds of the latest achievements in science and technology will be applied to the industry. Such as electronics, communication industry and automobile industry, the aerospace industry, the scientific and technological achievements

. (4) follow the progress of the material science, make new equipment to adapt to the new raw material processing.

(5) set up the user in market competition is crucial to the success of the factors equipment this concept, of the equipment operation to high speed, efficient and energy-saving.

(6) between enterprise has optimized restructuring of the case, but has not seen the largest chemical enterprise that large-scale joint. Because foreign professional cooperation very mature, plastic machinery production enterprise scale will not be too big.

Domestic plastics machinery development trend

(1) break original industrial bounds, plastic machinery for the various trades service has already become the formula and the further development, and are likely to lead the market consumption transition, but should pay attention to guide must be the correct direction.

(2) in the conditions permit, by various means, including joint venture, cooperation, continue to profit from the overseas advanced products and process and equipment for the development of the country’s machine, improve the technology level.

(3) the domestic market capacity will be cheap to be more and more small extrusion. Part of the enterprise differentiation restructuring, some enterprise will reduce the percentage of plastics machinery to business, some enterprise will avoid the domestic and foreign market opened up vicious competition.

(4) social professional cooperation will gradually to mature. Some manufacturers will focus on a local market will be a business.

(5) individual visionary, strong enterprise began to increase investment in science and technology, accelerate absorbing high quality management and scientific and technological personnel, in an effort to further development and try to compete with the world powers.

The company in a statement said that the Yorkie, Munchies and Kit Kat Easter eggs which also include a branded mug were the last products to become 100 percent recyclable in its seasonal candy line. Certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, The 48 tonnes of plastic used to secure the mug and egg has been replaced with recyclable cardboard and a compostable film for the windows resulting in a 30 percent reduction in packaging in the mug eggs.

Nestle said that the eco-packaging project, which takes away all plastic packaging from all its eggs, is the first major confectioner to complete this task and took six years to complete. The Easter egg packaging news comes after the news that other packaging reduction efforts from Nestle UK which became the first major confectioner to achieve no artificial colors, flavors and preservatives in any of its products. These also include a redesigned refill packet for Nescafé coffee that now requires 50 percent fewer trucks per ton of coffee to transport the goods to retailers.

“Nestle carefully considers the environmental impact of packaging as an essential part of its product design. Since the early 1990s, we have been reducing the amount of packaging we use through our global source reduction program – eliminating unnecessary packaging and reducing weight while ensuring product quality, “David Rennie, Managing Director, Nestle Confectionery UK & Ireland, said.

In recent years, China’s tire industry’s development of rubber machinery and formed a “blowout” type of demand, so the rubber machinery industry, a rare seller’s market emerged, most of the task full rubber machinery production, the product in short supply, orders for the second year in general had been signed over the previous year. The same is true of this year, orders had been in the last year or this year’s annual attendance. However, the beginning of steel and other raw materials prices had not anticipated the sharp rise, such as iron ore rose 65% from the second quarter of Baosteel announced that a further increase of steel per ton 500 ~ 800 yuan / ton, which made rubber machinery business suffered bear Introduction. Advance signing this year’s orders of the rubber machinery business was originally a good thing, but it has now become a heavy burden.

It is reported that 10% of rising costs in the steel case, if the rubber machinery companies can not afford the cost of transfer, the gross profit margin will decline about 5% net profit margin will decline about 3%. Therefore, if no measures are taken, the domestic industry’s heavy losses will occur.

Rubber machinery mainly the cost of steel, steel accounted for vulcanizing machine 50% of the total procurement cost of about, in other rubber machinery accounted for around 40%. So it comes as prices of raw materials for curing machine manufacturing enterprises most affected. It is understood that, Guilin Rubber Machinery Factory and the China oak Controls Inc. contract amount of vulcanizing machines are in 4 billion yuan, Dalian Rubber & Plastics Co., Ltd. has signed a 4.5 billion contract rubber machinery. Measured at current prices of steel products, Guilin Rubber Machinery Factory 12 quarter vulcanizing machine, such as the implementation of the contract price, its gross profit margin of 5% or less universal, some orders for gross margin has been negative. In addition, the molding, rubber mixing, extrusion and other equipment have greater impact on some rubber machinery business due to lower gross margins in itself, together with factors such as tire companies Zhibao Jin delayed, it is difficult to ensure the normal operation of the production.

It is understood that part of the company is working with the tire rubber machinery business to discuss amendments to the contract, a number of business-to-rubber machine tire price increase understanding. Rubber machinery Li Dongping, director of special committees that the rubber machinery enterprises must fully understand the rising raw material prices impact on the industry the seriousness of, and early action, different companies according to their characteristics and the actual situation, focus from the business-to-steel dependence, equipment needs, the cost of the transfer of capacity, energy saving and so on analysis, development of materials suited to their procurement, investment in equipment, product marketing, strategy and planning.

In addition, the RMB appreciation, the growth in lending rates also directly affect the rubber machinery business profits. Just over a year, the RMB appreciation and respect of over 10% rise diminished, directly affects the momentum of China’s rubber machinery exports and profits. By 6% by this year’s total appreciation of the renminbi, China’s rubber machinery exports 100 million U.S. dollars, will affect the rubber machinery business profits of about 40 million yuan. In addition, the state of tightening monetary policy may affect China’s fast-growing tire industry investment, thereby affecting the demand for rubber machinery, rubber machinery companies this point must also pay attention to.