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NEWS FROM PACK EXPO 2005

Guess what? There is a free lunch, at least for ELAU customers at PACK EXPO Las Vegas this year.

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Free Tickets Available to Robots & Vision Show

Free VIP tickets are available for the International Robots & Vision Show in Rosemont, IL, September 27-29, 2005.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

NJM Packaging : Literature Outsert Feeder

Model 276 ......OUTSERT FEEDER This carousel outsert literature feeder significantly increases the component storage capacity of labelers, enabling pharmaceutical packagers to reduce labor costs and improve ergonomics while meeting the rising demand for affixing product-specific outserts to packages at high speeds.

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Controls & machine components

4-megapixel vision cameras

Toshiba Teli America has introduced its CSB4000 series of machine vision cameras, extending the scope of CMOS camera capabilities with ultra-high resolution, FireWire® or Camera Link® output, full-frame global shutter, and window of interest functionality.

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Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Digital servo drives

Baldor has extended its MicroFlex family of digital servo drives with the launch of a new model for use with brushless rotary AC servomotors utilizing resolver feedback.

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B&R Industrial Automation: I/O slice system

B&R Industrial Automation introduces its X20 System, a complete control solution as well as a remote I/O system. System can work as an addition to a standard fieldbus to expand existing control systems, or as a complete controller, demonstrating its full performance capability when combined with X20 System CPUs.

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Beckhoff Automation: Compact control cabinets

Beckhoff Automation has expanded its C63xx compact control cabinet Industrial PC family with 2 new variants. While earlier models in this family had only 1 free PCI slot, the new C6340 and C6350 IPCs both have 3 free PCI slots, making them more flexible and capable of including a wider range of applications.

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Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: USB 2.0 devices

National Instruments has expanded its USB-9000 series of high-performance USB data acquisition devices with the release of 8 new USB 2.0 Hi-Speed DAQ devices.

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Servo Magnetics Inc: Brushless DC motor controller

The new 371-0028 brushless DC motor controller from Servo Magnetics provides 1ꯠ watts of power in a small footprint of 3”Wx4.65”Lx1.75”H. This servo-amplifier is suitable for closed- or open-loop velocity and torque control of BLDC motors producing greater than 160 oz-in at 7ꯠ rpm.

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Maple Systems: Touchscreens

Now available from Maple Systems is the HMI550H-005 Classic operator interface touchscreen, priced at $1499. The 10.4”, 256-color TFT touchscreen is full-featured, including pop-up windows that display keypads, alarm status, bar graphs, and more.

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GE Fanuc Automation: Enhanced PLC

GE Fanuc Automation has enhanced its Series 90™-30 PLC family with a new Ethernet Network Inter-face Unit (ENIU). This high-performance communications module en-ables users to connect Series 90-30 I/O over the Ethernet to a master controller through a single point of connection, helping to save configuration time and reduce overall components.

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Danfoss Drives: Variable frequency drives

Danfoss has introduced a new, high-power platform for VLT® 5000 Series variable-frequency drives, extending the product range and providing increased flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and reliability.

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Rockwell Automation: Safety scanner

Rockwell Automation offers its new Allen-Bradley DeviceNet Safety scanner and I/O that gives manufacturers the opportunity to place safety and standard devices on a single network, simplifying control system design in complex applications such as those found in the automotive, semiconductor, packaging, food, and beverage industries.

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