Flow wrapping

PFM's new pharma-configured flow packer

PFM introduces a pharmaceutical flow packing with robotic infeed and vision capabilities

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Schneider Electric: Industrial PCs

Schneider Electric introduces the Magelis® Smart iPC, a thin client for Ethernet architectures, and the Magelis Compact iPC, designed for embedding in compact machines or enclosures.

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Motion control solution

Soft Servo Systems has released the SMP series, a new type of general motion controller with as many as 16 axes of high-end general motion control, an industry-standard soft PLC, and a Windows®-based GUI application in a single package.

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National Instruments: PCI-based digitizer

National Instruments announces the NI PCI-5124, a PCI version of its 12-bit, 200 MS/s PXI-based digitizer. The NI PXI-5124 and NI PCI-5124 digitizers deliver more than 75 dBc spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) on two simultaneously sampled inputs with 150 MHz bandwidth.

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Smart Package: Powered inhalant

Touchspray, a high-efficiency inhalant technology, is the ‘Smart Package of the Month’ as selected by the experts at IDTechEx.

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Hershey's view from interpack

A highlight of interpack 2005 in Dusseldorf, Germany, was a presentation by Susan Sinclair, VP of operations engineering at The Hershey Company.

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Z-Tec, inc.jet's breakthrough improves lumber coding at Canadian mill

Innovative use of HP technology delivers high quality print on lumber at top speeds, virtually eliminating downtime

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Germany hosts largest ever Make2Pack working session

Diverse range of participants demonstrates European interest in contributing to the upcoming standard, from CPG leaders to OEMs to technology providers to associations

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Nexen Group: Nexen Group: Ball screw alternative

Nexen Group has introduced the Precision Roller Pinion System (RPS), with advanced technology that converts rotary motion into precise, backlash-free linear motion, while operating at high speeds or over long distances.

March 31, 2005

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Oriental Motor USA: Hollow-shaft rotary actuators

Oriental Motor USA announces the new DG Series of hollow-shaft precision rotary actuators. They are available in 3 sizes: 60-mm (2.36”), 85-mm (3.35”), and 130-mm (5.12”).

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Setra Systems, Inc: Capacitance vacuum gauge

Setra Systems has introduced its new low-cost Model 720 Capacitance Vacuum Gauge. Based on Setra’s robust variable capacitive sensor design, Model 720 offers a 0-5 VDC or 0-10 VDC output that is linear with pressure and independent of gas composition.

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10 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Machinery (sidebar)

What to consider when redeploying or selling idle machinery

March 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

From interpack 2005!

A glimpse at some of the innovative new packaging machines introduced at the interpack show in Dusseldorf, Germany this week.

March 31, 2005