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Controls & Machine Components

A Unilever perspective on controls integration

A recent lunch with David Atherton, engineering director personal care liquids at Unilever, produced a number of insights into the packaging machinery controls integration and automation space. To wit:

September 27, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Watlow: Panel mount controller

Now available from Watlow is the EZ-ZONE™ PM controller, which extends the integrated control

September 5, 2007

Controls & machine components

Smart cameras

Sick has launched new versions of its IVC-2D and IVC-3D Smart Cameras: the IVC-2D Reader,

September 5, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Motion control with tracking

The Epsilon EP from Emerson Control has been designed with the features and capabilities

September 5, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label Printers: Label Printers: Touchscreen controller

HSAUSA has introduced the CT-Touch™ high-resolution 15” LCD touchscreen controller for a variety of industrial applications.

September 5, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Non-contact safety switches

Omron has introduced D40A non-contact door switches, which feature high-visibility,

September 5, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC demo at Pack Expo Las Vegas

OMAC technical director Dave Bauman says that a full booth of demo sponsors is scheduled for Pack Expo Las Vegas.

September 5, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

The OPW rallying cry

OMAC Packaging Workgroup Chairman Rick Van Dyke and Bill Henderson,

September 5, 2007

Controls & machine components

An OMAC update

PackML Version 3.0 is out, and a full complement of demo sponsors are prepared to educate and enlighten visitors to the OMAC booth at Pack Expo Las Vegas.

September 5, 2007

Cartoning

Serpa Casepacker gets new servo modules

Serpa’s all-servo P200 Balcony Casepaker now uses PacDrive Intelligent Servo Modules to maximum advantage for pharmaceutical applications.

August 24, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Random case sealer ideal for demanding production environments

Pearson's CS30-RT Random Case Sealer is a high-speed automatic machine for tape sealing random-sized cases at speeds up to 30 cases per minute. This compact and rugged continuous-motion sealer was built for speed and flexibility in the most demanding production environments.

August 22, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Optimize people, material and information flow with Rexroth lean

This video illustrates the wrong and right ways to organize work, and discusses how to optimize the three main types of flow in a lean operation.

August 16, 2007