Controls & Machine Components

Capmatic servo filler is flexible, precise

New piston filler uses ELAU’s PacDrive for fast fills accurate to +/- 0.2%, regardless of bottle geometry.

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Controls & Machine Components

Igus Inc: Plain and Spherical Bearings and Linear Guide Systems

Updated iglide® bearings catalog showcases high-performance plastic bearings made from engineered polymers. Plastic bearings are lubrication-free, maintenance-free, and corrosion resistant.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Trends in machine control

“Logic and motion control, human-machine interaction, diagnostics—even intelligence—in a single device is today’s machine control.”

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Make2Pack update

On August 17-19, at Pfizer’s offices in Peapack, NJ, the World Batch Forum-sponsored joint working group that is focusing on developing a standard to address automation techniques and approaches useable across all of manufacturing held its first meeting.

August 31, 2004

Palletizing/depalletizing

North America 'discovers' ELAU

Progressive OEMs and packagers exploit PacDrive automation technology in machines to debut at PACK EXPO 2004

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

High-efficiency stretch sleever

PDC Europe offers its STG-Series high-efficiency stretch sleever in a compact frame. Machine is equipped with a single-head applicator and linear servo motors.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Shifting roles in packaging ops

Bradley Carson, packaging engineer at drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, talks with PW about the shifting roles of the packaging people on the plant floor and how training strategies need to adjust.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Super-E

Baldor Electric Company offers Super-E® NEMA Premium™ efficiency motors from 1 through 1500 HP in low and medium voltages. TEFC, ODP, WPI and WPII enclosures are available with choice of environmental protection such as severe duty, IEEE 841, explosion proof, and washdown duty.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech, Inc: Aerotech Announces New Brochure

Aerotech offers automation solutions for the automotive, machine tool, assembly, and packaging industries. Aerotech is pleased to announce the availability of our new brochure “Automation Solutions for the Automotive, Machine Tool, Assembly, and Packaging Industries.” The 40-page, color brochure presents Aerotech’s multitude of motion control and positioning systems and components developed specifically for these industries.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: 2-phase stepping motors

Oriental Motor USA introduces the new 1.97 sq” (50 sq mm) frame size PK25 series of miniature 2-phase stepping motors. The series is the latest addition to the PK product line offering high torque and compact size.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl + Fuchs: Pepperl + Fuchs: New safety nodes

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces two new SafetyNodes. The G2 style module is IP67 rated for field-mounted applications with the AS-i Yellow Flat Cable, while the KE1 style is IP20 rated for enclosure applications on DIN rail.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: D-Sub connectors

Phoenix Contact’s solder-and crimp-free Subcon D-Sub connector is now available in either a 37-pin version or a high-density 15-pin version. The Subcon product family provides a way to make D-Sub cable assemblies with no hassle, which is suitable for use in field installations in uncontrolled environments.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Microscan Systems: RSS readers

Microscan offers multiple product solutions for reading the new space-efficient Reduced Space Symbology and Composite Symbols. With both imagers and laser scanners to choose from, manufacturers no longer have to compromise on performance or features when selecting a bar code reader for RSS or Composite Symbols applications.

August 31, 2004