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Controls & Machine Components

Electronic Catalog

Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) has released Version 6.0 of its interactive electronic catalog on CD-ROM. Users can access technical information on 5귔 of its motors and drives.

October 31, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner favors operator training

REPORTING FROM PACK EXPO: Small-footprint, servo-driven Stealth cartoner from MGS Machine (Maple Grove, MN) features a Windows NT HMI touchscreen with online manuals and self-diagnostics for operator training.

October 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Internet-enabled print engines

REPORTING FROM PACK EXPO: Thermal-transfer label printers Internet-enabled for remote print management were on display at the booth of Zebra Technologies.

October 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Sparks Belting Co.: Sparks Belting Co.: Conveyor pulleys

A new technical manual from Sparks Belting (Grand Rapids, MI) describes the company’s Dura-Drive™ line of motorized conveyor pulleys and shows how to incorporate the compact drives into existing and new belt conveyor systems.

October 31, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Low-level palletizer

The KES 2190 low-level palletizer from Kaufman (Waterville, OH) uses an encoder to track the position of the carriage lift. This information is communicated to the motor controller and then to the system’s PLC, which uses the information to maintain consistent layer positioning.

October 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Pilz International: Machinery safety guide

Pilz (Farmington Hills, MI) has introduced the 6th edition of its Guide to Machinery Safety. Details information on machinery regulations and standards for the U.S.

October 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Rapistan Systems: Customer service brochure

Rapistan Systems (Grand Rapids, MI) offers an updated, 12-page brochure including information on customer service. Covered are replacement and component parts, modernization and enhancements, a variety of maintenance contacts, 24-hour service support, technical documentation, system audit services, repairs and training capabilities.

October 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Dueling technologies spell success

At Japan’s Daiwa Can, one aseptic PET line uses in-line mold/blow/fill. Right beside it, another line blows bottles and sterilizes them in a second operation just before filling.

October 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Coors rolls out the barrel can

Pub barrel cans of Coors Killian’s Red are wrapped in heat-shrink OPP at a rate of 250 cans/min by a cut-and-glue labeling system located downstream from the can shaper.

October 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Energy-saving software

Baldor Electric (Fort Smith, AR) offers a free-of-charge, updated version of its “Save” software, a method of calculating energy savings relating to electric motor usage.

September 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

GE Fanuc Automation: Data mining

GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, VA) has joined with Microsoft Corp. to combine its Cimplicity® family of software products with the Microsoft® SQL Server™, creating Cimplicity SQL.

September 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Magnetic Technologies Ltd.: Magnetic brake

Magnetic Technologies’ (Oxford, MA) Model 513-001 magnetic brake is constructed of stainless steel for fine tensioning applications. Available in 1” dia and torque ranges of 0.15 in-oz to 2 in-oz.

September 30, 2000