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Conveying & accumulation

Six Innovative Products

High-precision bus terminalThe KL3356 analog input bus terminal provides a measurement accuracy of 0.01% for direct connection of resistor bridges, strain gauge sensors, and all common input signals.

April 30, 2005

Controls & machine components

Cost Concerns for Vision

Ease-of-use is a big factor for those who are integrating vision equipment, but cost is also a driving factor. Systems today can go for as little as $1귔, representing a substantial decline from the recent past.

April 30, 2005

Tamper-evident machinery

Simplicity Brightens Vision's Future

Vision processing is a difficult task requiring many calculations that must be done in real time or close to it. But in the past few years, microprocessors and digital signal processors reached performance levels that make it possible to process complex algorithms in the available time.

April 30, 2005

Filling/capping, dry

Arla Foods' Quest for "B2M" Integration

Arla Foods, the Danish dairy giant with annual sales of US$7 billion and global production facilities, is integrating high-level business information with its plant-floor information systems. The end result is impressive.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

How the Cheese Slices

Cougar Automation Technologies’ customer, a large manufacturer of processed cheese, had both a plant-floor problem and a “back-office” problem.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Brewing Up Standards

Even though bringing standards together in an enterprise-wide solution is very new, there are companies that are now reaping the benefits.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Promises, Promises, What's in it for me?

To many process engineers, packaging equipment can look like something from another planet. Often the controls part of a machine can be rudimentary in their view, and troubleshooting machines from many suppliers can be a headache to figure out.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

IBM launches RFID on RPCs

IBM will track and trace assets between France and Ireland using RFID-enabled reusable plastic containers.

April 30, 2005

Dairy

Time-temperature sensor

Now available from Avery Dennison are TT Sensor™ active labels for time-temperature indication. Two-piece design construction (indicator label plus activator label) makes TT Sensor easy to use in terms of application, activation, and readability.

April 30, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Lay-flat fuoropolymer bags

The new lay-flat fluoropolymer bag product line from Welch Fluorocarbon offers bags that are chemically inert, nonwettable, noncontaminating, and capable of withstanding temperatures from -400°F to 400°F.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID Journal Live!

This year’s RFID Journal Live!

April 30, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

New design more helpful to customers

Mattel recently announced a new initiative involving packaging graphics that help consumers locate the right games for their specific needs.

April 30, 2005