Controls & Machine Components

Enhanced Robot

Sage Automation’s new Polar Robot is capable of payloads to 2ꯠ lb and was designed specifically to maximize vertical stroke while minimizing ceiling height requirements.

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Secondary Packaging

Fallas Automation Inc: Ergonomic Case Erector

The CE700 case erector from Fallas Automation is capable of sustained high speeds (to 25 cases/min) and continuous 3-shift operation. Unit features an easy-load hopper with ergonomic height, stainless-steel construction, small footprint, and optional hot-melt glue application.

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Controls & Machine Components

Thompson Scale: Filler Upgrades

Thompson Scale now offers the 4693 Filler Upgrade, available for a variety of filling and packaging equipment, including machinery that loads product into bags, boxes, tubs, totes, drums, or bulk bags.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

P.E. USA, Inc: Roll-Fed Labeling

From P.E. USA comes the Rollmatic labeling system, designed for roll-feeding labels onto full or empty cylindrical and shaped bottles. Running at speeds from 100-1ꯠ bpm, features include automatic label self-alignment, servo motor control for film cutting length, rotary blade on the cutting drum, and gripperless label transfer using a vacuum cylinder.

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Controls & Machine Components

Dairy Product Filler

Sympak Group offers the new Corazza WFT continuous-motion weight filler for spreadable and drinkable dairy products. Automatic Taring System ensures that each container is tared and recorded as it enters the filling carousel and filled to an exact net weight, regardless of container variations.

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Flexible packaging

Filling/Capping Beverage Pouch System

PPi Technologies Global offers its PSG YUE UltraClean filling and capping beverage pouch system. Machine evacuates the pouch using nitrogen, fills the pouch, washes the spout thread, places the spout cap, and tightens the cap to the desired torque.

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Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Stepper Motors

The new AS1xxx stepper motors from Beckhoff Automation provide a cost-effective alternative to servo motors in the small- and medium-capacity ranges.

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Controls & Machine Components

Heidenhain Corporation: Heidenhain Corporation: Analog To Digital Interface

Heidenhain has introduced the EIB 192 External Interface Box, which changes its signal from analog to digital by changing 1Vpp encoder signals to an EnDat 2.2 bidirectional digital interface.

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Controls & Machine Components

Copley Controls Corp.: Servo Amplifier

Copley Controls has introduced Model 800-1514 dual-axis servo amplifier for current (torque) control of brushless servo motors in packaging automation.

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Conveying & accumulation

Robots a perfect fit for packaged solution

Robots handle primary and secondary packaging on a customized turnkey line that collates, cases, labels, and palletizes industrial filters.

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Controls & Machine Components

Integration of next-generation packaging systems simplified with devicenet

DeviceNet replaces traditional I/O hardwiring and signaling for simpler, faster, and more reliable system integration.

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Filling/capping, dry

Vision System Speeds Container Development

London, England-based alcoholic beverage producer Diageo has launched its new leche-flavored liqueur line “Dulseda” in what the company claims is “the fastest time to market ever.”Key to the accelerated glass bottle design development and testing was Diageo’s use of the Vision Bottle Gauge (VBG) automated testing station supplied by Agr International (www.agrintl.com).

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Closures

Data acquisition bottles

You may be surprised at what's packed inside these containers.

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