Controls & Machine Components

Schmalbach-Lubec: Hot-fill PET design literature

Schmalbach-Lubeca (Manchester, MI) has developed new literature that graphically depicts a new series of “panel-less” concepts in single-serve hot-fill PET bottles.

March 31, 2002

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The packaging supply chain--what's next?

A new collaborative mentality fortified by the latest IT tools is reshaping the packaging supply chain.

March 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Avail's upgrades up close

What did Avail Medical get for its $180ꯠ investment—comprising all costs including shipping—in its most recent machine improvements for a vertical form/fill/seal machine? In short, plenty.

March 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: PLS simplifies PLC setup

Electro Cam (Roscoe, IL) has introduced a PL-1746-C02/C03-R1-S Plug-in Module for Allen-Bradley PLCs that has the ability to turn on outputs based on a product-present input signal from sensors such as photocells or proximity switches.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: Safety light curtain

C4000 is a safety light curtain with a self-contained, noncontact control that combines high resolution with a small size. From Sick (Minneapolis, MN), it features a small-profile cross section with protective heights ranging from 300 mm to 1꼀 mm (1’ to 6’).

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl + Fuchs: Ergonomic buttons

Pepperl+Fuchs (Twinsburg, OH) palm buttons are an ergonomic alternative to mechanical push buttons. A slight touch activates the button, helping to reduce repetitive motion injuries.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: Safety relays

A line of devices that helps provide safety in packaging machinery is available from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA). The PSR safety relays are used in emergency stop circuits, safety door applications, and two-handed control systems.

February 28, 2002

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Rockwell Automation: Portable, wireless HMIs

The Allen-Bradley MobileView portable, wireless human-machine interface (HMI) devices from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) can be used while moving around a machine, down a production line, or throughout an entire plant for greater worker and plant productivity.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Sunx Sensors: Safety light curtain

The SF2-EH safety light curtain from Sunx Sensors, a div. of Ramco Innovations, (West Des Moines, IA) conforms to IEC 61496-1/2 international standards and is compatible with equipment conforming to OSHA, ANSI, and ANSI/RIA 15.06 regulations.

February 28, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Custom Building Products: Custom case packing for multiple bottle sizes

On a packaging line for bottles of building materials, case packing operations done for 16-oz oval bottles start with the servo driven laner followed by collation, case erection and cross-loading.

February 28, 2002

Flow wrapping

OMAC readies pilot tests

A flurry of activity was announced this February at the OMAC Packaging Workgroup meeting in Orlando, FL, including at least two pilot tests on real packaging equipment.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

TOSS Machine Components, Inc: Digital heat-seal controller

TOSS Machine Components (Nazareth, PA) introduces the RES-400 series machine controller that oversees all heat-seal functions without requiring a supplemental programmable logic controller.

February 28, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing: High-speed servo motors

Two new lines of Centurion™ servo motors from Giddings & Lewis (Fond du Lac, WI) feature high speed and fast acceleration. The low- and medium-rotor inertia XSM servo motors are ideal for demanding indexing applications, including wrapping and cartoning.

February 28, 2002