Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Plc software

AutomationDirect has launched DirectSOFT5 PLC programming software, a 32-bit Windows®-certified tool for the entire DirectLOGIC line of PLCs. The most significant of the software’s new features to improve ladder logic programming is the addition of “IBoxes,” modularized instructions that perform simple to complex ladder logic.

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IDEC Corporation: Relay upgrades

The next generation of SmartRelays from IDEC features improvements such as firmware, hardware, and software upgrades, as well as a new expansion module.

April 30, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Excellent value, solid performance checkweigher

Hi-Speed A100 Checkweigher: Excellent value, solid performance, easy to use and maintain.

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Bell-Mark Corp.: Bell-Mark Corp.: Bell-Mark Corp.: Cartridge Inking System

The Bell-Mark Corporation introduces a Cartridge Inking method, and an open cavity Doctor Blade (InkWell™) which will be standard equipment on the Friction drive and Servo drive FlexPrint models.

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Controls & Machine Components

Packaging Automation Forum a 'resounding success'

The Packaging Automation Forum, produced by Packaging World and Automation World magazines, was everything we hoped it would be when we began planning it last October.

April 30, 2006

Flow wrapping

Bell-Mark Corp.: Bell-Mark Corp.: Continuous Motion Thermal Transfer Printer/Coder

Bell-Mark introduces the new 1200mm per second EasyPrint c. The new high speed EasyPrint c offers a floating printhead suspension to maximize substrate contact for the best quality print available.

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Canfield Connector: Solenoid connector

The unique design of Canfield Connector's MCCR solenoid connector uses pass-through technology to enable the control of multiple solenoids, either parallel or independent devices, with a single connection to the controller.

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Controls & Machine Components

HP-based printing

HSA USA offers the HSAJet-TCU controller, designed to offer low-cost HP-based printing solutions for applications requiring high-resolution, high-quality printing for limited runs.

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Automation Federation established

The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA) has announced that its Executive Board has approved the establishment of The Automation Federation as an umbrella organization under which associations and societies engaged in manufacturing and process automation activities can work more effectively to fulfill their missions.

April 30, 2006

Cartoning

EEC forum reports lean, integrated and robotic trends

The Eastern Equipment Committee’s revamped annual forum features such notables as Changeover.com expert John Henry, mechatronic machinery developer Norden Pac and packaging automation innovator ELAU.

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Controls & Machine Components

Industry Watch

TRACKING PACKAGING CHANGES

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Controls & Machine Components

Coming May 23-24

We’ve teamed up with sister publication Automation World to bring you the Packaging Automation Forum, our first conference. Hershey, Coors, Miller, P&G, Astrazeneca, Wyeth, and Lilly are among the firms whose representatives will be delivering presentations.

April 30, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Touchscreen facilitates custom wrapping

Stretch wrapper’s touchscreen controls store five pre-programmed wrap patterns that can be switched on the fly, accommodating custom wrap patterns.

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