Pneumatics

Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Servos speed aerosol filler

roSys Innovative Packaging Equipment (Webb City, MO) has designed a servo-controlled filler for a customer for filling a viscous sealant into a can that’s then pressurized.
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Controls Product Brief
| July 31, 2001

Silencers

Vaccon (Medfield, MA) offers a line of silencers that can be used on all pneumatic devices and in any facility operating equipment that uses compressed air.
Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 2001

Vacuum pumps

Designed for high-flow applications that need only moderate vacuum, pneumatic vacuum pumps in the Low Pressure M Series from Piab (Rockland, MA) deliver up to 27” Hg of vacuum at 50-psi inlet pressure.
Controls Product Brief
| February 28, 2001

Fieldbus manifold system

From Rexroth Mecman (Lexington, KY), the F-Design decentralized pneumatic fieldbus manifold system permits direct control of generic I/O field devices, including sensor inputs and valve solenoid coils.
Controls Product Brief
| November 30, 2000

Alternative to pneumatics

Alpha Gear Drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) has introduced a high-precision, low-cost linear and rotary actuation system called Ternary. Available in linear (TLS Series) and rotary (TRS Series) motion, the Ternary products provide increased control, flexibility, accuracy and reliability, all at reduced cost compared to pneumatic actuators.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 2000

Pneumatic control system

Bimba Mfg.’s (Monee, IL) Pneumatic Control System (PCS) is designed to control any of its pneumatic position feedback actuators. Closed-loop system, featuring pneumatic valves, is said to position the actuator rod or shaft accurately and hold it in position with various degrees of accuracy and force.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2000

High-speed reject

With a new high-speed servo pneumatic actuator system, cans and bottles may be automatically rejected from beverage packaging lines running at speeds to 1겨/min.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2000

Pressure regulators

A new range of remote-controlled electronic pressure regulators are designed to accurately control pneumatic pressure by means of a signal from a closed-loop integrated electronic control system.
Controls Product Brief
| July 31, 2000

Robotic casepacker

The Robopack 1500 from Automation Robotics (Richardson, TX) operates using a pneumatic drive instead of servos, brakes, clutches and mechanical stops.
Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 2000

Friction-weld strap tool

The PCF-19E pneumatic friction-weld tool from Samuel Strapping (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) is a lightweight, high-tension, rugged device that offers fingertip control in the application of heavy-duty polyester strapping.

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