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Video | April 3, 2013

New waterjet cutter is flagship for industry leader

Flow International invented waterjet cutting and is the world leader with over 12,000 installations in over 60 countries. The new Flow Mach 4C is their flagship system, designed to be the most accurate and easy to use waterjet for fast ROI in high productivity shops.
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Feature Article
| April 3, 2013

World record application in linear motion

Summit Publishing blogger, Keith Campbell, reports on the importance of price versus performance when it comes to investing in new technology in his article “What is appropriate technology?” He makes his point by presenting an example where B&R Industrial Automation was able to achieve world record results in linear motion.
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Video | April 3, 2013

Thermoformer is versatile, energy efficient

Wrapping Machinery’s new FC780 E represents a new generation of vacuum and pressure forming machines for the food packaging industry. Designed to handle all thermoformable materials including PP, PE and OPS, the FC 780 E series is equipped with automation from B&R to achieve consistent quality, short retooling times, flexibility, ease of use, and significant energy savings through regenerative braking.
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Safety Automation Builder schematic
Controls Product Brief
| April 3, 2013

Tools simplify machinery safety-system design

Rockwell Automation announces the release of two new tools to help machine and equipment builders (OEMs), and manufacturers save time when designing machinery safety systems.
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SCX11 Universal Controller
Controls Product Brief
| April 3, 2013

Universal controller

The SCX11 Universal Controller from Oriental Motor is a powerful single axis motion controller and is a direct replacement for its SCX10 controller.
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811 Series Class CC and Midget-Style Fuse Holder
Controls Product Brief
| April 3, 2013

Midget-style fuse holders

WAGO Corporation’s 811 Series Class CC and Midget-Style (10x38mm) Fuse Holders provide machine- and panel-builders with a new approach to branch and supplemental protection.
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HS3A non-contact, RFID-coded, safety interlock switch
Controls Product Brief
| April 3, 2013

Non-contact RFID interlock switches

IDEC introduces the HS3A non-contact, RFID-coded, safety interlock switches.
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QM26 and QMH26 Photoelectric Sensors
Controls Product Brief
| April 3, 2013

Sensors for hygienic and washdown environments

Banner Engineering announces the QM26 and the QMH26 photoelectric sensors, designed specifically for food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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XTS motor. The Beckhoff XTS linear motor system consists of eight straight and two curved motor modules (track sections), guide rail, and ten carriages.
Feature Article
| April 2, 2013

A new breed of linear servo motor finds packaging applications

Conspicuous at Pack Expo International last fall, linear servo motors may be evolving in a manner similar to that of the coordinated multi-axis rotary servos that preceded them.
Controls Product Brief
| March 26, 2013

Advanced manufacturing software solutions

GE Intelligent Platforms introduces advanced manufacturing software solutions that drive lower costs, faster production and tighter control on quality.
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IDEC PS5R-TJ24 3-phase power supply
Controls Product Brief
| March 26, 2013

3-phase power supply

The new, three-phase power supply from IDEC, PS5R-TJ24, is an addition to the already popular and powerful PS5 series of switching power supplies.
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FLEX diagram
Controls Product Brief
| March 26, 2013

Network products

Announcing the introduction of Network Products from Oriental Motor, meaning their drivers now offer a built-in controller (stored data) type and can connect to various master controllers.
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LON®-FTT Module
Controls Product Brief
| March 25, 2013

Module for building automation

WAGO Corporation’s 753-648 LON®-FTT Module networks Local Operation Network (LON®) sub-networks to BACnet IP and other building automation fieldbuses.
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Connected Components Accelerator Toolkit diagram
Controls Product Brief
| March 25, 2013

Machine control toolkit

Connected Components Accelerator Toolkit cuts design time and cost, optimizes control performance.
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Online tower light configurator
Controls Product Brief
| March 25, 2013

Online tower light configurator

Banner Engineering recently released a new tower light configurator, an online tool that allows users to customize tower light selections and view related information.
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Column/Opinion
| March 21, 2013

No standing pat at Pack Expo or at Perrigo

Never ones to stand pat when it comes to the packaging shows they organize and produce, the folks at PMMI have cooked up something brand new for Pack Expo Las Vegas this year: the Center for Trends & Technology, or CTT.
Controls Product Brief
| March 20, 2013

Barcode readers for 1-D oriented barcode reading

A new series of compact barcode readers designed for 1-D oriented barcode reading from Cognex, the DataMan 50L measures just 23.5mm x 27mm x 43.5mm and features an IP65-rated housing.
Non-contact interlock switches
Controls Product Brief
| March 19, 2013

Non-contact interlock switches

IDEC introduces two new non-contact magnetic safety switches (HS7A-DMC, HS7A-DMP) to provide customers even more options.
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