Controls & Machine Components

Packaging OMAC group rolls up sleeves

The OMAC Motion for Packaging Working Group met in Chicago in March to hammer out an official mission and articulate four key goals for the group. The OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) working group consists of end-users, packaging machinery builders and controls suppliers seeking to increase commonality and simplification among today’s complex motion controls in packaging machinery.

March 31, 2000

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GE Fanuc Automation: Automation solutions

GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA) offers a 469-page catalog detailing its complete line of automation products and services, including Cimplicity software.

February 29, 2000

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Priority One Packaging Machinery: Water bottle loader/unloader

Handling 3- and 5-gal water bottles, the Mariner from Priority One (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) simultaneously unloads empty bottles from racks and loads full bottles onto racks at speeds to 50 bpm.

February 29, 2000

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Advanced Micro Controls Inc: Networkable PLS

The Nexus programmable limit switch, from Advanced Micro Controls (Terryville, CT), is a high-speed resolver-based PLS with up to 16 outputs that comes with a ControlNet interface.

February 29, 2000

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Omron Electronics LLC: Ultra-slim micro PLC

Omron’s (Schaumburg, IL) new CPM2C micro PLC incorporates a range of communications options and functionality into a unit measuring 33mmWx65mmDx90mmH (1.3”W x2.6”Dx3.5”H).

February 29, 2000

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Aerotech, Inc: Low-cost positioning

BA Intellidrive series compact indexer from Aerotech (Pittsburgh, PA) is said to provide low-cost control for many simple positioning applications. Capable of point-to-point motion from a stored program, initiated from an input or through remote mode.

February 29, 2000

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Rockwell Automation: Allen-Bradley Ethernet I/O

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) permits real-time control capabilities using a non-proprietary version of Ethernet. Allen-Bradley 1756 ControlLogix™ I/O solution is based on industry-standard TCP and UDP protocols.

February 29, 2000

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Exair Corporation: Blowoff kit

Designed for blowoff, cooling and drying functions, the Model 1909 Blowoff Kit from Exair (Cincinnati, OH) gives the customer the choice of air pattern and force.

February 29, 2000

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O. Berk Company: PET jars

O. Berk (Union, NJ) has introduced a line of low-profile and straight-base injection-molded PET jars. The low-profile jars are available in 2-, 4- and 8-oz sizes.

February 29, 2000

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Berlin Pkg.: Product catalog

Berlin Packaging’s (Arlington Heights, IL) 1999-2000 product catalog is available. The 64-page color catalog displays plastic, glass and metal containers offered by the company.

February 29, 2000

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Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Industrial motors catalog

Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has published the new Reliance Electric Industrial Motors Catalog for 2000. The 262-page catalog has been expanded to include standard products and the modification options available to them.

February 29, 2000

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DHL Airways, Inc: Shipping service

DHL Airways (Redwood City, CA) has launched ThermoExpress™, the air express industry’s first temperature-controlled shipping service. Offers an alternative to dry ice for shipment of perishables.

February 29, 2000

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AutomationDirect: Schematic software

Automationdirect.com (Cumming, GA) has introduced VIADirect UltraLITE, an entry-level software suite that aids engineers in the design and layout of control systems.

February 29, 2000