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August 14, 2012
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Sponsored by: Cognex
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Live webinar: Vision straight out of the box
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The In-Sight® 7000 has been designed to make deploying a vision system easier than ever before. It is the ideal choice for production situations requiring regular part changes, or where finding space for a vision system on the production line is a challenge.
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Cognex
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High performance vision sensor inspections: No PC required!
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The SensorView™ 2 smart display from Cognex gives production managers the power to create, edit and monitor vision sensor activity without the need for a PC. With integrated part detection, lighting, I/O and job change, Checker 4G is the easy and affordable way to verify the products you manufacture.
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Cognex
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New OCRMax sets the standard for industrial OCR
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Achieve the highest read rates for OCR and OCV applications with the newest "power" tool available on In-Sight and VisionPro. OCRMax is fast, and easy to use! Download the free trial software including OCRMax.
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Cognex
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In-sight vision systems product guide
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Ease-of-use is the core of In-Sight® vision systems starting with smart vision tools that automatically select features, set parameters and operate in real world conditions without adjustment. Our EasyBuilder® software interface offers everything required to easily set up reliable applications.
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Cognex
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Want more production out of packaging equipment?
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More and more packaged goods companies are turning to the performance indicator known as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to wring more production out of existing packaging equipment. Contributing editor Greg Farnum filed a story recently in Automation World that nicely captured a number of useful insights into this machine performance issue.
Here are a few highlights:
• Todd Smith, FactoryTalk metrics product manager at Rockwell Automation: “OEE is a simple performance indicator to which all managers can relate. Because it shows a machine’s actual performance compared to its theoretical maximum, OEE can be applied to accurately compare any machine or any line, in any industry, anywhere in the world.”
• Barry Lynch, global industry manager for consumer products at GE Intelligent Platforms: “Margin pressure since 2010 has been increasing. The cost of energy, raw materials, and packaging materials among other factors have all been increasing. As a result, companies are looking for ways to drive up the profitability of existing assets. OEE is a key metric in helping them do this.”
• Andy Hansbrough, market development manager for motion system provider Kollmorgen, predicts that OEE functionality will be integrated within the machine by the machine builder in what might be called an “OEE-onboard” approach: “Operation teams need OEE or equivalent metrics from their machines and factories to be productive and to accomplish their objectives. The easier it is for them to understand factory performance, the easier it is for them to take action when and where it is needed. So expect more integration of OEE with machines as a value-added feature.”
• Mike Pantaleano, business manager for information software and manufacturing intelligence at Rockwell Automation: “The concept of ‘information-enabled equipment’ is still not a main priority for many OEMs, but it is clearly becoming an issue for their end users, who try to stitch solutions together from a variety of OEMs.” OEE and other machine-based KPIs will have a continuing and growing impact on the packaging space, including packaging equipment OEMs. Packagers, says Pantaleano, need to have better information on how their machines are actually performing, and they are increasingly expecting this functionality to be built into equipment before it arrives.
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NEW AUTOMATION PRODUCTS
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Miniature pneumatic mufflers >>
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Clippard’s line of miniature pneumatic silencing mufflers utilize porous sintered bronze air mesh to reduce air exhaust noises from valves, cylinders and other pneumatic products for quiet system operation.
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Clippard
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Custom couplings >>
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Candy Controls introduces manufacturing services for “custom” couplings within its extensive Coup-Link product group.
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Candy Controls
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Data cables >>
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AutomationDirect’s high-quality, low-capacitance data cables are designed with impedances specific for RS-232/422 and RS-485 communication applications in industrial environments.
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AutomationDirect
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Operator panels >>
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The new TxB operator panels and TxC panel PCs from Beijer Electronics both featuring the latest iX 2.0 HMI software, extending their TxA operator panel line and offering more functionality and higher performance.
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Beijer
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Linear motion system >>
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Rexroth's Omega Module linear motion system adds more capability to the EasyHandling modular system, allowing higher dynamics over longer distances in feed units, by combing low traveling mass and fast belt drive, so that top speeds can be reached.
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Bosch Rexroth Corporation
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HMIs with advanced features >>
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Three new HMI models from Maple Systems including a 7-in. (HMI5070P), 12.1-in. (HMI5121P), and 15-in. (HMI5150P) TFT touchscreen display, are housed in a sleek aluminum enclosure that is compact and resistant to corrosion, and are specifically designed for efficient graphic animation and heavy data processing.
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Maple Systems
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SUPPLIER DIRECTORY
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Tap into the convenience and comprehensive supplier information in this new online directory of packaging machinery and materials. Search over 17,000 products; get pricing and information.
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Learn more >>
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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PABS 2012
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Attend The Product Authentication & Brand Security Conference located this year in surburban Chicago at the Hyatt Rosemont Hotel, September 10-11.
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Labelexpo Americas 2012
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Visit with over 400 exhibitors of packaging machinery, materials and technology at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL on September 11-13.
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PACK EXPO International 2012
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With an expanded focus on processing and integrated processing-packaging systems, PACK EXPO International 2012 offers business solutions to stay ahead of the curve. This year's event is at Chicago's McCormick Place, October 28-31.
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