Company’s IWK CABLIblue 870 Blister System features novel “card-to-card” technology where both the cardboard blister and its backing are comprised of the same material.
Parsippany, NJ – IWK Packaging Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of premium tube filling and cartoning equipment for the pharmaceutical, health & beauty sectors, has introduced to the North American market a machine that produces fully cardboard blisters – including both the base card and blister itself. The IWK CABLIblue 870 Blister System features an innovative “card-to-card” blister technology in which both the cardboard blister and its backing are not only securely sealed but comprise the same material. The result is a robust packaging solution that is 100% recyclable in paperboard streams – a premium selling point as companies continue to embrace sustainability.
Featuring a modular design easily reconfigured to suit various blister shapes and sizes, the IWK CABLIblue 870 can produce as many as 22 large-capacity blister packages per minute.
The system is suitable for a wide array of applications, including products in medical technology, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, DIY articles and other non-food items.
The IWK CABLIblue 870 leans into the assertive push toward fiber-based packaging, which significantly reduces reliance on single-use plastics. As a packaging material, cardboard enjoys a well-established, near-universal recycling stream. IWK’s expertise in handling cardboard as a packaging material ensures smooth transitions from plastic to cardboard blisters.
The CABLIblue 870 also is highly ergonomic. Its user-friendly design includes easily accessible operating stations, while tool-free changeover limits downtime between product runs. The unit’s transport pallet – which is expandable for compatibility with both manual and automatic feeding processes – can be adjusted with a simple “click and tighten” motion, and sensors inform operators when the pallet is in locked position. In any setup, precise positioning places transport pallets under work stations, free of any extraneous devices.
About IWK Packaging Systems, Inc.
For over 130 years, IWK has designed and engineered cutting-edge tube filling and cartoning machines for a wide variety of industries, predominantly the pharma and health & beauty sectors. Leaning on modern technology while standing on the shoulders of prior successes, the company’s equipment is known for offering outstanding performance and unsurpassed reliability.
IWK’s main objective is to keep its customers’ operations running with maximum productivity. To help ensure this, more than 15% of the company’s workforce is dedicated to pre-sales engineering concepts and aftersales service. IWK currently supports more than 10,000 packaging systems around the world with rapid response times and 24/7 service availability.
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