Conveying & accumulation

Slideways Names R.C. Turk its Florida Representative

Slideways, manufacturer of custom and standard plastic components for packaging machines and conveyor systems, named R. C. Turk its representative for Florida.

May 16, 2022

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Robotics

RōBEX’s Robotic Automation Expo a Success

RōBEX

Cal Bowers, VP of Growth for RōBEX, estimated that 270 manufacturing customers, potential clients, industry partners, educators, and students attended the 3rd annual 2-day technology demonstration at RōBEX headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio.

May 16, 2022

Controls & machine components

Force Control Industries Offers Made in America Industrial Clutches and Brakes

Force Control Industries, Inc.

This family-owned company designs, manufactures, inventories, and services industrial clutches and brakes. It has been manufacturing domestically for over 50 years, supplying cost-effective Buy American Act-compliant industrial products.

April 21, 2022

Contract Packaging

The Cost of Capital and Executional Risk and Exclusivity

While any joint endeavor between co-man/co-packs and brand owners involves some building blocks like transparency, honesty, and trust, the most complex pursuits require an added level of commitment to manage risks appropriately.

April 12, 2022

Controls & machine components

Lenze Americas Makes Key Executive Management Appointments

Lenze

Lenze appointed Tom Mathias President and CEO and Michael Harper Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

March 4, 2022

Controls & Machine Components

iCam-Based Linear Pick-and-Place Mechanism Maintains Control of Empty Cartons

Transferring empty cartons from a high-speed forming machine into a smart carton identification and loading system helps to maintain control of the lightweight boxes prior to use.

February 25, 2022

Controls & machine components

JW Winco Publishes New Standard Parts Handbook

JW Winco, Inc.

The handbook will support designers and engineers with the largest selection of standard parts. It lists more than available 75,000 standard parts.

February 18, 2022

Controls & Machine Components

Report: Innovative New Controls at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the controls category.

February 6, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Hi Pro Equipment Sales Team Earns 2021 Eriez Merwin Award

Eriez

Hi Pro Equipment, Inc. has represented Eriez for 21 years and is now a three-time recipient of the Merwin Award with previous wins in 2012 and 2017.

January 28, 2022

Controls & machine components

ei3 Completes Acquisition of Cognitive Solutions and Innovation AG

ei3 Corporation

ei3, an IIoT solution provider, completed the acquisition of Cognitive Solutions and Innovation AG (COGSI AG) of Zurich. COGSI will assume the ei3 brand and is being re-branded as ei3 Europe.

January 19, 2022

Controls & machine components

Case Study: Bastian Solutions Teams with Mitsubishi Electric to Create Automated Stacker Crane

Mitsubishi Electric Automation

Bastian Solutions was asked to engineer a stacker crane for a new automated warehouse. The end user specified a Mitsubishi Electric control system, but Bastian selected Mitsubishi Electric for the drive components.

January 12, 2022

Controls & machine components

Motion Industries Acquires Kaman Distribution Group

Motion

The addition of Kaman will boost Motion’s concentration in core industrial products and services as well as in the growing technical/automation arenas, including precision engineering.

January 4, 2022

Conveying & accumulation

Slideways Offers Tutorial on Measuring Curves for Flat Top Chains

Slideways, Inc.

Slideways’ 10-minute video tutorial “How to Measure Curves for Flat Top Chains” features step-by-step instructions on how to measure existing conveyor corner tracks for retrofit or repair.

December 22, 2021