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Explore a variety of packaging industry thought leadership pieces from our internal subject matter experts, read compelling case studies, hear from our service techs about helpful maintenance tips and tricks and more here in the nVenia Blog. Do you have a question you would like answered? Or a subject matter in the packaging industry you would like to learn more about?  Let us know!

New HAMER Brand Pallet Dispenser Design Keeps it Simple

04/10/2015
nVenia’s HAMER Brand recently launched a new pallet dispenser for use with its automated palletizing systems. The HAMER Brand Pallet Dispenser uses pneumatics to capture pallets on their side boards. This pneumatic grip eliminates the problems inherent with tab style pallet capture. By using pneumatics, our team can effectively manage...

Are You a Small Operator Looking to Increase Bagging Automation in Your Business?

03/26/2015
At nVenia, we get inquiries several times a week via our website about how we might be able to help a small operator increase bagging automation and productivity in their bagging operation. Many of these operators are currently manually bagging their products, which are mainly seed, animal feed, minerals, fertilizers,...

Model 100GW and 600NW Bagging Scales Set New Standards for Manual Bagging Lines

03/19/2015
Let’s face it…manual bagging is difficult work. However, when your line is equipped with a 100GW or 600NW bagging scale from nVenia’s HAMER Brand, a little manual work can easily make your bagging operation profitable, achieving rates of up to 25 bags per minute. Our industrial net weigh scales are...

Model 5200 Bag Kicking Conveyor Brings Added Capabilities

03/13/2015
The Model 5200 Bag Kicking Conveyor from nVenia’s HAMER Brand is the latest addition to our manual and automated bagging systems. Kicking conveyors “kick” the bottom of the bag out 90-degrees to a takeaway conveyor, allowing easy, low cost 90-degree transition to bags coming off the bagging line prior to...

Robotic Palletizers for Soil, Compost and Rock Bagging Lines

03/09/2015
Robotic Palletizers are proving to be an outstanding low-cost solution for Soil, Compost and Rock bagging automation. In the past few years, the number of nVenia customers choosing our robotic palletizing systems over traditional palletizers or hand stacking continues to grow. A variety of soils and landscape materials are more...

Model 2090 Form, Fill & Seal Automated Bagging Brings Poly to the Bean Industry

02/24/2015
The Model 2090 Form, Fill & Seal Automated Bagging System from nVenia’s HAMER Brand has the potential to revolutionize the way bean producers are bagging their product in the 50-100 lb. market. Despite the upward growth trend in production and export of dry beans from the U.S. across most bean...

New Feature! Model 4000 Upright Bag Conveyor Lift Option

02/16/2015
The Model 4000 Upright Bag Conveyor from nVenia’s HAMER Brand is now available with a practical manual lift option. Integrated within an automated bagging system, this variable height option allows added functionality as you can manually adjust the height of the conveyor to align to the bag height required as...

Automatic & Pneumatic Roll Lift Speeds Up Film Change for Automated Bagging

02/09/2015
Bringing improved efficiency to film changeover for nVenia’s HAMER Brand form, fill & seal machines is a newly developed pneumatic roll lift – a convenient upgrade to the standard Horizontal Roll Stand. This new roll lift automatically picks up full rolls of film from the ground position, eliminating the need...

Concrete Suppliers Prefer nVenia Robotic Palletizing Systems

01/28/2015
Over the past few years, the nVenia team has designed and installed a large number of robotic palletizing systems for two of the nation’s largest manufacturers of packaged concrete. These concrete suppliers prefer our HAMER Brand robotic palletizing systems and chose our technology over other suppliers. We offer: Heavy-duty construction...

Top Yaskawa Motoman Robotics Integrator in North America Two Years in a Row!

01/12/2015
nVenia’s HAMER Brand was recognized as a top Yaskawa Motoman Robotics Integrator in North America in 2012 and 2013. Motoman Robotics’ Strategic Partner Program designates this award for the “Best in Class” integrators and application developers that partner with a robot manufacturer based on mutual investment and return. Geographical reach,...

Net Weigh Scales: The Heart of Bagging Profitability

01/05/2015
With thousands of net weigh scales in use worldwide, the scale is often the most overlooked part of any automatic bagging installation. Most net weigh scales in use today were developed over 30-40 years ago. But even then, some recent “new designs” are still based on outdated design concepts and do not offer significant...

Next Generation Bagging Equipment Reduces Costs by up to 60%

12/31/2014
The latest line of nVenia HAMER Brand industrial bagging equipment, including our Model 300VF Volumetric Filler, Model 600NW Net Weigh Scale and Models 2090 and 3100 Industrial Form, Fill & Seal automated bagging machines have been designed from the ground up to lower labor and maintenance costs by demonstrating:  Longer run times on components  Less maintenance and fewer replacement parts needed ...