Dyco, Inc.
"Innovative Plastic Container Handling Systems"
US manufacturer of plastic container handling systems — conveyors, palletizers, baggers, AMRs — founded 1973, headquartered in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
Dyco, Inc. is a US-based manufacturer specializing in the design, fabrication, and installation of automated plastic container handling systems. Founded in 1973 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, the company grew out of the dairy and blow-molding industries, originally developing automated equipment to debag and pack empty plastic bottles for storage and shipment.
Dyco operates from its manufacturing facility at 50 Naus Way, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815, where it produces nearly every component of its systems using in-house laser cutting and fabrication equipment. The company holds multiple patents on container handling solutions used throughout North America and has incorporated robotics into its systems since 2004.
Core product lines include the Red Line series of table-top and cable bottle conveyors, automatic and semi-automatic bottle bagging systems (including the patent-pending Model 37S1 Automatic Bagger), blow mold take-away systems compatible with Nissei, Uniloy, Aoki, and Bekum mold machinery, pallet conveyors including drag-chain and roller types, automatic and semi-automatic palletizers and depalletizers, tray loading and palletizing systems, accumulation tables (BIDI, FIFO, Rollout), unscrambler systems for container orientation, and a line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material movement within production lines.
Dyco also offers collaborative robotic solutions through an official partnership with FANUC and KUKA robotics. The company is an A3 Certified Robot Integrator, a UL508A-certified control panel manufacturer, and a member of A3 (Association for Advancing Automation), PMMI (The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies), and SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers). Primary markets served include blow molding, beverage, food, household cleaning products, personal care, and pharmaceuticals.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Automatic Bottle Bagger
Patent-pending high-speed automatic bagger for plastic bottles that eliminates dividers and maximizes throughput with minimal manual input.
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Founded
1973
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Manufacturer
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North America
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