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Controls & Machine Components
Open automation solutions will change the packaging industry
PC-based control technology from Beckhoff can control and monitor individual packaging machines to complete packaging lines. Beckhoff industrial PCs and the TwinCAT automation software can be used to manage a wide range of packaging functions such as filling, forming, sealing, labelling, collecting, re-packing and palletising.
October 8, 2013
Coding, Printing & Labeling
New breed of on-demand case printer cuts costs
The Scribe 600 Printer from Script Technology Corp. is a rotary screen printing device that uses labeling software and a thermal imager to create an image in a stencil that is then placed on the cylinder to print corrugated substrates.
October 7, 2013
Secondary Packaging
Tritium tray shrink packer
Large-capacity magazine holds up to 1,500 corrugated tray blanks in a standard configuration, though Standard-Knapp can extend that to 3,000 blanks should a customer require it.
October 7, 2013
Controls & Machine Components
New drive technologies save energy & wiring, and runs more efficiently
SEW Eurodrive USA demonstrates new drive technology on working bottling line on the Pack Expo 2013 show floor that saves energy and wiring, and helps conveyors run more efficiently under varying speeds and loads.
October 7, 2013
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Integrated vision sensors with lighting and touch panel interface
Banner Engineering demonstrates how its iVu Integrated Vision Sensors for bar code, date-code presence/absence and other applications can be made more effective by integrating lighting, vision sensing and a user-friendly touch-panel interface.
October 7, 2013
Controls & Machine Components
Multi-touch HMI/SCADA housed in industrial PCs and monitors
This video gives you two great solutions, hardware and software, in one! InduSoft demonstrates the multi-touch capabilities of its HMI/SCADA software housed in industrial PCs and monitors from partner Beckhoff Automation.
October 7, 2013
Controls & Machine Components
Single cable simplifies servo connections to DIN rail-mounted controls
Beckhoff Automation shows you how One Cable technology can provide motor power, feedback and thermal information, via EtherCAT, between its CX-200 family DIN rail-mounted PC-based controls to multiple two servo motors, including a washdown-rated stainless steel design.
October 7, 2013
Controls & Machine Components
Three positioning solutions...which one's right for your application?
This demonstration from Bimba Manufacturing shows basic, intermediate and advanced solutions for positioning. Which is right for you? Pneumatics, servo-pneumatics or a double electric-actuator solution? Watch this video for the pros & cons of each.
October 7, 2013
Secondary Packaging
All-electric palletizer is versatile, with advanced features
Model L7 all-electric palletizer from TopTier offers advanced features like an HMI that permits configuring settings and shows maintenance required; controls that catch pattern/case problems during the infeed stage; and automatic film recovery after breakage. All-electric operation means no pneumatics.
October 7, 2013
Controls & Machine Components
Integrated safety on a valve terminal
At Festo's Pack Expo booth was a demonstration of how a Profibus fieldbus node can be connected to a safety network. This allows reliable communication to a pneumatic valve manifold, thus eliminating additional hardware.
October 7, 2013
Sustainable Packaging
AMERIPEN takes initiative on waste reduction, material recovery
New AMERIPEN Executive Director Donna Dempsey provides an overview of some of the association's latest projects, including its 100 Cities Survey of packaging recovery in America's 100 largest cities, and its new white paper, €œAMERIPEN Analysis of Strategies and Financial Platforms to Increase the Recovery of Used Packaging.
October 7, 2013
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Horizontal sealer boosts production 50%
Get a close-up tour of the new Packworld USA PW 3416 horizontal vacuum bag sealer, which features a new user interface developed with direct input from a customer. Find out how it helped that customer to both eliminate ergonomics-related injuries and increasing production 50%.
October 7, 2013
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2-D code reader gets connectivity, lighting upgrades and more
Straight from the Pack Expo 2013 show floor, see the latest features Datalogic Automation has packed into the Matrix 300 2-D bar-code reading system. Find out how the integrated liquid lens technology does away with lens technology replacement, and learn about all the latest illumination, mechanical and networking updates.
October 7, 2013
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Low-profile continuous motion bag maker.
The Apache CM bag maker from Kliklok-Woodman runs at 160 bags/min. Flex-mount frame and low-profile design make it stand out, and it's available with ultrasonic sealing.
October 7, 2013
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Circuit breaker is modular
Because the new circuit breaker from Eaton is modular, packaging machinery OEMs can pick and choose other controls components they consider to be best in breed. Brings new simplicity and functionality to lock-out/tag-out situations.
October 7, 2013
Secondary Packaging
Case erector/bag inserter
New servo case erector from OK International forms 21 cases/min and feeds them into the bag inserter that also comes from OK International. Bags are automatically cuffed over the edges.
October 7, 2013
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Band sealer for healthcare applications
Band sealer from OK International is for sealing of packages in the medical space. It has a wrinkle detection system that eliminates the risk of making a bad seal in a bag. All production is electronically monitored, so if the machine strays out of its validation parameter settings, there's no chance of a bag with a bad seal not being detected and rejected.
October 7, 2013
Coding, Printing & Labeling
All-electric, servo-driven label applicators
Diagraph's all-electric, servo-driven label applicators allow users to apply labels on multiple panels and on multiple package types. According to the company, the all-electric system provides all the performance and throughput features of a pneumatic system, but with up to 50% less energy costs.
October 7, 2013
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