ACTIONPAC began in the hi-precision scale industry in 1977. We have since evolved into the packaging industry. Our competitors began in the packaging industry and added scales. Thus, the origins of ACTIONPAC have made it possible to transfer weighing technology and accuracy far more successfully than typical packaging companies. This careful attention to precision was the driving force in developing controls, programming, and techniques that offer an unusually fast and accurate scale system. As a complement to our extensive line of standard systems successful custom engineered projects range from high precision pharmaceutical scales to heavy capacity bulk filling operations, as well as a full range of counting equipment, including:

Medical Supplier
Mini batching system integrated to liquid filler for precisely mixing the ingredients for cataract replacement lens tumblers. The entire system is controlled and monitored by an IBM PC.

Medical Supplier
Micro distribution scale, for artificial bone transplant granules. The scale had to meet exacting sanitation standards and was installed in a clean room, inside a laminar hood. Accuracies were +/- .01 grams at a rate of 8-15 vials per minute.

Dehydrated Foods Manufacturer
Custom three- and four-lane scales to blend several ingredients into dry soup packages. Flexibility is paramount since ingredients range from dry noodles to bouillon powder, while scales interface alternately with pouch filler, VFS bagger, and canning lines.

Fireworks Company
Hi-precision three-lane micro scales (1/100 gram) integrated with 6 position actuator and vertical press to quickly fill, press, and eject fireworks cartridges. Previous hand production resulted in 100 to 150 units per day, per person. Automated system resulted in greater accuracy and consistency of product at 1500 units per day, per person. Featured in a History Channel fireworks documentary.

Dental Supplier
Complex four bowl counting system requiring singulation of orthodontic rubber bands to a weight resolution of 1/100^th gram. The customer also presented us with the problem of inserting these very light-weight products into small bags with narrow openings. We were able to solve this by incorporating air venturis into the system for blowing the bands into the bags.

Medical Supplier
Custom parts counting system for thin foil bands, achieved singulation for accurate counts at 1/100 gram; integrated with customized roll bagger and programmable printer.

Food Manufacturer
Large (MAX109CX2) system to fill 50 lb cases with diverse candies at the rate of 20 per minute, less than 1/10% error. Integrated with our indexer system, lo profile metal detector with "reject" shunt.

Other domestic projects include:

• 6-Scale MINI109 batching system for 500-2000 gram ingredients in titanium manufacturing.
• (4) ME109CX3 scales integrated with form and seal baggers to package potpourri at 46 bags per minute.
• Parts counting ME109CB for PVC pipe fittings into automatic bagger with part sizes from 0.8 grams to 200 grams at 10 bags per minute.
• Galvanized nails into 1 and 5 pound boxes through magnetic alignment funnel with automatic indexing at six boxes per minute.
• MINI109CX3 mounted on and interfaced with VFS bagger to run fine powders at the rate of 35 to 40 cycles per minute with accuracy of +/- 2/10 grams.

International projects include:

• Australia: High precision (1/100 gram MICRO109) weigh fill for high cost germinated seeds at 12-15 packages per minute.
• Uzbekistan: (8) ME109CX3 scales integrated with form and seal bagger for salt packaging at 40 metric tons per hour.
• Sri Lanka: MINI109CX2 scale on form and seal bagger for nut and rice packaging at 25 per minute.
• Korea: High speed, high precision ME109CX4/2 fresh peeled garlic scale for 5 pound jars with automatic container indexing at 25 jars per minute +/- .02.
• Russia: (3) ME109 scales on stands for hand packaging flour and grains.

All equipment from ACTIONPAC is 100% designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. by our company, including computer controls and circuit boards. All programming is done in-house.