Conveying & accumulation

Hershey 'opens' up for digital motion control (sidebar)

Understanding high-speed motion control

May 31, 1998

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Conveying & accumulation

Hershey 'opens' up for digital motion control

Standardizing on SERCOS for digital motion control in packaging equipment permits Hershey to reduce construction, installation, start-up and maintenance costs.

May 31, 1998

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Hershey 'opens' up for digital motion control (sidebar)

What SERCOS is and isn't

May 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Controls glossary for packagers

With the help of some readers, Packaging World has assembled a glossary that defines controls terms. Most important, these terms are defined in the context of packaging machinery so that virtually all readers can relate them to the machinery we're all familiar with.

May 31, 1998

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Future shock (sidebar)

Controlling the future of packaging

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Clay-coated paper

Clay Coated Natural Kraft (CCNK) paper from Stone Container (Chicago, IL) was developed for industrial and consumer multiwall bags. The clay coating is applied to natural kraft paper, which results in a paper stronger than bleached paper, the company says.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Display tottle

Fenton, Weber & Jones (Tonawanda, NY) offers an inverted hanging display tottle for liquid packaging applications. May be displayed on a shelf, an end cap for promotional displays or at the check-out register.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Plitek, Inc: Design brochure

Plitek's (Des Plaines, IL) new eight-page color brochure details the company's complete line of Pli-Tab® hang tabs and POP merchandisers.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Labelmate USA: Label rewinder

The Mini-Cat-10 is a universal label rewinder from Labelmate (Henderson, NV). Bi-directional, it rewinds labels up to 41/2" W at speeds to 10"/sec and can handle rolls up to 8" in dia.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

X-Rite, Inc: Color measurement guide

X-Rite (Grandville, MI) has released "A Guide to Color Measurement and Quality Control." The guide provides a basic definition of color and explains how it's measured and interpreted as a precise "fingerprint" that becomes a numerical color representation.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Contact coder

The Model CC100 contact coder from Matthews (Pittsburgh, PA) is designed for intermittent coding operations. The coder prints logos, product codes and text onto bottles, boxes, cans, jars and plastic bags at rates of 160 items/min.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Imtec, Inc: TE security labels

Imtec (Bellows Falls, VT) introduces the Guardian series of TE printable polyester security labels. When removed, the word "void" remains.

April 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Sonics & Materials: Ultrasonic plastic welders

Sonics & Materials (Danbury, CT) has introduced two hand-held welders with high amplitude for faster welding of thermoplastics. Model H-201 is a 200- and model H-501 a 500-watt model.

April 30, 1998