Machinery

Robotics

Machine Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Robotic cartoner

Cartoning 100 pouches/min and up to 17 pouches/carton, the Model 550 top-load cartoner from Dimension Industries (Maple Grove, MN) features robotic pick-and-place mechanisms that collate pouches and form them into patterns before loading.
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Machine Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Case packer

Starting at less than $250ꯠ, the RP 240 robotic case packer from Edson (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) top loads light or heavy products into small or large packages at speeds to 15 cases/min, or 50 layers/min.
Controls Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Bottom labeler

Exact’s (Morrisville, PA) SHL-100 labeler applies labels to the bottom of meat packages at speeds to 50 packs/min. Combines industrial robot technology and stepper motor drive.
Feature Article
| February 29, 2000

PCs offer strengths in other areas

The following letter was received in response to a two-part series by David Newcorn, Special Projects Editor, on PC vs PLC controls, published in September and December 1999 (see packworld.com/go/pcctrl).
Machine Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Materials handling system

The robotic five-axis Flexcell™ from Dynax (Sarasota, FL) loads, unloads and assembles delicately finished packaging components. including bottles, closures or other small pieces that have easily marred finishes.
Feature Article
| January 31, 2000

Postal service spends $66 million for tray handling

Last fall, the U.S. Postal Service awarded a $66 million contract for 100 robotic container loading systems to ABB Flexible Automation (New Berlin, WI).
A robotic gripper places a case (above) onto a pallet at Marcal's Elmwood Park, NJ, facility. The facility employs two robotic p
Feature Article
| January 31, 2000

Palletizers lift Marcal's efficiency

Robotic and in-line palletizers automate what had been primarily a manual process at Marcal Paper Mills’ Elmwood Park, NJ, plant. A two-year system payback is anticipated.
Machine Product Brief
| December 31, 1999

Case/tray packer

The SFX-100 case/tray packer from Salwasser (Reedley, CA) uses a 2-axis robotic arm with vacuum or gripper tooling to lift and place full layers of product into 1 or more cases/trays in each cycle.
News
| December 31, 1999

Robotics is hot

Third-quarter statistics show that the North American robotics industry is having its best year ever, says the Robotics Industries Assn. (Ann Arbor, MI).
Feature Article
| December 31, 1999

Molded pulp moves into new markets

The use of molded pulp as a dunnage or commodity material in packaging goes back to World War I. But only in the past few years have packaged goods manufacturers begun to design molded pulp to meet specific applications.
Joe Kimbrell, Rovema
Feature Article
| November 30, 1999

Machine builders debate PC vs PLC control

Part two of our report on PC vs PLC control for packaging machinery, from the perspective of design engineers at leading packaging machinery builders.
Feature Article
| November 30, 1999

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Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 1999

Brushless DC servo motors

ARC Systems (Hauppauge, NY) has developed a complete line of 2-wire brushless DC servo motors that are drop-in replacements for conventional brush-type DC motors.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 1999

Stepper motor drive

The PSU50-133 5-Phase Stepper Motor Drive from Nyden Corp. (San Jose, CA) is suitable for OEM applications such as robotics, pick-and-place, x-y stages, medical equipment and semiconductor manufacturing.
Controls Product Brief
| September 30, 1999

Planetary gear reducer

Alpha Gear Drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) offers a "Micro" version of its TP low-backlash planetary gear reducer. Measuring 3.4"Wx2.8"L, the Micro features a minimum backlash of less than 1 arc min.

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