Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Premium efficiency motors

AutomationDirect’s IronHorse™ general purpose AC motor line now includes cast iron 3-phase premium efficiency motors available in horsepower ranges from 1 to 200 hp.

July 26, 2011

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Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Drive frequency inverter

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #C-3434! Siemens’ Sinamics® drive frequency inverter combines motion control, safety and standard tasks in a single device, reducing footprints and improving overall efficiencies.

July 26, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Proportional valve driver

Clippard’s EVPD Proportional Valve Driver is designed for laboratories and OEM product development, and can be customized to fit OEM applications, including control parameters.

July 26, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Variable speed drives

Schneider Electric’s Altivar™ 212 variable speed drive and the S-Flex enclosed version are designed to provide OEMs and control panel builders with energy efficient and economical solutions for pump and fan applications.

July 12, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Harmonizing productivity with machine safety

Editor's note: I recently came across a white paper by Alex Bryce, sales manager at Pilz Automation Technology, in which he gives some thoughtful consideration to the sensor systems currently available and the selection criteria that designers should consider.

July 5, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Banner Engineering Corp.: Indoor/outdoor beacon light

The EZ-LIGHT£ K50 Beacon Light from Banner Engineering provides intense levels of light output from all directions.

July 4, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Honeywell announces winners of its 2011 Channel Partner of the Year awards

Honeywell has announced the winners of its annual Channel Partner of the Year awards at the 2011 Americas Distribution Channel Executive Conference, being held in conjunction with Honeywell’s flagship annual Americas Users Group Symposium.

June 20, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

One controller handles three delta robots

Easier installation at the customer plant is just one of the benefits gained by designing a multi-robot pick-and-place machine governed by a single controller.

June 9, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

William B. Rudow, Inc : William B. Rudow, Inc : William B. Rudow, Inc : William B. Rudow, Inc : Variable speed drive produces 200% torque

Useful for new installations or retrofits, the A1000 variable speed drive from Yaskawa America, Inc. provides compatibility with interior and surface permanent magnet motors for highly-efficient, precision control.

June 8, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Bluetooth communication for automation systems

Wago Corporation's 758-915 Bluetooth® ETHERNET Gateway wirelessly transfers ETHERNET protocols, such as PROFINET, MODBUS/TCP or EtherNet/IP via Bluetooth® 2.0.

June 7, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Morrison Container Handling Solutions added as a title sponsor for Colin Powell talk at PACK EXPO

Tickets are on sale now for Gen. Colin Powell’s address at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011, “Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust & Values.” Morrison Container Handling Solutions has signed on as a title sponsor.

June 1, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Micro-level controller family

The Allen-Bradley Micro800 PLC family from Rockwell Automation, together with the Connected Components Workbench software, is customizable, convenient, and easy to use, while providing control capability to nano- and micro-level controller applications.

May 31, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Case Study: How Hershey's thwarted SKU proliferation with hybrid palletizing solution

Detailed case study from Intelligrated highlights the drivers behind Hershey's decision to automate from manual palletizing, including high labor costs, an explosion in SKU's and pack pattern configurations, and worker safety concerns.

May 24, 2011