Machinery

Controls, Automation & Components

Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Line shaft conveyor

Using only a single drive, a new line shaft conveyor from Buschman (Cincinnati, OH) uses a special live roller conveyor to power elaborate configurations of straight line shaft conveyor sections, curves and other modular auxiliary units.
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Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

HDPE containers

Caliber Packaging (Cerritos, CA) has introduced the Havana line of elongated round containers. Made of HDPE, the line is available in 4-, 8-, and 16-oz sizes.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Inventory management

PartsPro(TM) is a new Windows-based inventory management software program from A&D Weighing (Milpitas, CA). Its database allows flexible entry and reporting of parts, containers, multiple locations and inventory information.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Shrink sealer

PDC's (S. Norwalk, CT) 40P-M Shrink sealer applies TE bands to a variety of containers at speeds to 100 bands/min. Though designed to run at more moderate line speeds, the machine has the same quality engineering as PDCs high-speed units, says the manufacturer.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Product metering device

Tisma Machinery (Elk Grove Village, IL) now offers its patented Sequential Transfer(TM) servo-controlled product metering device for use in the pharmaceutical or medical industries.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Warehouse management

MasterMove version 3.0 from Vantageware (San Diego, CA) is software designed for distribution center management. It reduces distribution costs while enabling greater flexibility in distribution center operations.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Engineering design

Engineer's Aide(TM) version 3.2 from Epcon Intl. (Woodsfield, OH) is a process system design software that provides comprehensive equipment sizing and fluid flow simulation capabilities.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Photoelectric sensors

Banner (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced the patent-pending Omni-Beam® Q45 photoelectric sensors, which do not re-quire users to choose a fieldbus system in advance.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Stick deodorant package

W. Braun (Chicago, IL) has introduced the Status Stick, a PP swivel-stick deodorant package. It has propel/repel construction and both bottom- and top-fill configurations.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Factory management

Designed to accommodate factory auditing certification requirements is EnGage!(TM) software from Data-Myte Business Unit of Allen-Bradley (Minnetonka, MN).
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Design program

The Pro/Engineer® family of design software products from Parametric Technology (Waltham, MA) allows designers and engineers to create, visualize, analyze, and present product concepts prior to manufacturing.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Strip form oxygen absorbers

FreshPax(TM) oxygen absorbing packets from Multiform Desiccants (Buffalo, NY) are now available in strip form. They are designed for use on the company's dispensing systems, which dispense single or mul-tiple pac-kets at speeds to 400/min.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Label design

GrafTek's (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) LabelView for Windows is a label design software package previously designed for use solely with DOS.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Pallet standards

The National Wooden Pallet & Container Assn. (Arlington, VA) has released "Uniform Voluntary Standard for Wood Pallets." This marks the first industry standard on what constitutes an acceptable quality for pallets, says the assn.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 1995

Coffee can with valve device

Sonoco (Hartsville, SC) has developed a new composite canister that allows coffee beans hot off the grinder to be packaged. This innovative opening feature incorporates a one-way pressure-release valve that allows CO2 to escape, eliminating the need for standard vacuum packaging.

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