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Controls & Machine Components

Stepper drive

Applied Motion Products offers the new STAC6 High Performance Stepper Drive, available with 2 integral control options. Features include current output from 0.5 to 6.0 amps, 90-135 VAC input, 50/60 Hz, and software-selectable resolutions from 200 to 51겨 steps/revolution at speeds to 133 revolutions/sec.

December 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Look who's specifying Make2Pack now

Learn how you can profit from the upcoming ISA 88.05 standard. Come to our luncheon briefing during IPACK-IMA. Qualified* pre- registered attendees will receive complimentary Turin 2006 Winter Olympics tickets, courtesy of ELAU.

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Controls & Machine Components

New standard could be the key to machine sales

The following message from Make2Pack goes out to packaging equipment builders and automation suppliers:

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Item-level ePedigree implementation

An item-level serialized RFID solution with "parent-child" association software is rolling out with five pharma pilots including for Pfizer's Viagra.

December 31, 2005

Labeling

2006: what's in store for packaging machinery?

2005 was a year of notable firsts, and 2006 promises even more generational change in packaging efficiency, functionality and flexibility.

December 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Hershey's new direction on controls

“We invested heavily in controls technology, but in the last few years we’ve changed directions because in too many cases the technologies we implemented were complicating, not simplifying, our packaging operations.”

December 31, 2005

Cartoning

Software, servos, and controller breed a new kind of cartoner

Carton forming, filling, and sealing are all integrated in a single unit that occupies minimal space on the factory floor.

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Controls & machine components

Automation show joins WestPack

Complementing WestPack when it hits the Anaheim Convention Center January 31 is ATX, which will feature the latest in automation/assembly systems.

December 31, 2005

Controls & machine components

High-end decoding

The PIATI™ line of machine vision solutions from The Value Engineering Alliance now includes the PIATI™ XPL, a high-end ECC200 Data Matrix decoding system.

December 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID upgradability

Weber Marking Systems’ new RFID Ready program makes it possible for companies to obtain Weber label printers and printer/ applicators that can be upgraded to include RFID technology when needed.

December 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Pilz International: Motion-control automation

The new PMCprimo and PMCtendo motion-control products from Pilz Automation Safety supply a complete motion-control safety automation system by providing and extending the programmability of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and servo motors in packaging, printing, and materials handling equipment.

December 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

Healthcare packaging pros discuss critical issues

Healthcare packaging experts discuss counterfeiting, packaging and personalized medicine, oil/resin pricing concerns, and material and machinery advances.

December 31, 2005