Controls & Machine Components

Computational Systems Inc: Monitoring systems

CSI (Knoxville, TN) offers the 4500 Series Online RBM Consultant, a monitoring tool that can be used with packaging equipment. Handles 32 channels of sensor inputs, 16 pulse tach inputs and 16 opto-type digital I/O relay channels for online monitoring of machinery.

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LINPAC: Product catalog

Linpac Materials Handling (Georgetown, KY) offers a full line product catalog describing Ropak™ brand reusable container systems. The 20-page, full-color catalog highlights 3230, 4048, 4548, Extended Length, Fixed Wall and Hopper Bottom containers with photos, size specifications, dimensions and weight capacities.

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Service Industries: Replacement slats for bottle fillers

Service Industries (Rolling Meadows, IL) introduces replacement slats for bottle filling machines. These inexpensive change parts are compatible with existing equipment from most slat-style filler manufacturers.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

OMAC: Standardize packaging machine 'states'

Should packagers define an industry standard for the various states of a packaging machine? That and other weighty questions were debated at the most recent OMAC meeting in late February in Orlando, FL.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

API : Motion solutions

API Motion’s (Amherst, NY) new brochure describes complete motion solutions for high-speed servo and stepper labeling equipment. Products include Centennial drive controls, Turbo servo motor, hysteresis clutch and industrial encoder.

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Zero - Max: Sizing and selection software

Zero-Max (Plymouth, MN) offers sizing and selection software for its CD couplings. Provides recommendations based on a given set of operating application requirements supplied by the user.

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Filling/capping, dry

Industrial Dynamics/filtec: Can and bottle sensor

Industrial Dynamics’ (Torrance, CA) FS-80IP proximity dud detector finds bottles or cans with low vacuum or pressure as they run on filling/capping lines.

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Moog Inc: Digital servo drive

The L180 Series digital servo drive from Moog (East Aurora, NY) operates brushless AC servo motors for packaging, plastics, materials handling and robotics applications.

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Cincinnati Interface: Communications interface

Panel interface connectors (PICs) from Cincinnati Interface (Cincinnati, OH) consist of power outlet and one or more data ports. PICs mount to the outside of the packaging machine or controls cabinet.

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Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing: PC motion/logic control

MMC (Machine & Motion Control) for PC from Giddings & Lewis (Fond du Lac, WI) claims to combine PC and motion control for a “plug and play” experience.

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Kollmorgen: Motion controllers

Kollmorgen’s (Radford, VA) Servostar MC multi-axis motion controller family now includes a PCI-card version and a standalone self-contained model. The Servostar MC controls up to 16 axes of coordinated motion via SERCOS drive amplifiers.

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Fieldbus manifold system

From Rexroth Mecman (Lexington, KY), the F-Design decentralized pneumatic fieldbus manifold system permits direct control of generic I/O field devices, including sensor inputs and valve solenoid coils.

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Baldor Electric Company: Drives and motors

Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) has expanded its line of inverter and vector drives and motors. Inverter and vector drive products include: Enclosed non-ventilated (TENV) ratings through 20 hp; enclosed blower-cooled (TEBC) ratings through 800 HP; inverter drive motors approved for explosion-proof environments, from ½ to 75 HP; washdown-duty inverter drive and vector drive motors through 10 HP; paint-free washdown inverter drive motors from ½ to 10 HP.

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