Controls & Machine Components

Operator stations

Barber-Colman's (Loves Park, IL) new Optima AC is an operator station for the MACO® 4000, 5000 and 6000 control systems for plastics manufacturing equipment.

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Aromat Corporation: Operator panel

A new low-cost, easy-to-use text display operator panel is available from Aromat (New Providence, NJ). The NAiS® brand ATM-20 stores up to 248 messages with up to 248 scrolling or flashing characters per message for commanding a variety of functions.

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Controls & Machine Components

Packaging sheet stock

An engineered metallocene plastomer composite called T-Board(TM) is available from Sentinel Products (Hyannis, MA). Consisting of a rigid, high-density crosslinked PE foam core sandwiched between a soft-skin metallocene-based foam exterior, T-Board's multi-layer construction makes it suitable for use as partitions or tier pads in packaging totes.

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Auto-Mate Technologies: Induction cap sealer

Auto-Mate Technologies (Riverhead, NY) has introduced Model AM-20 induction foil cap sealer. It eliminates water cooling to save power. Measuring only 29" W, the portable sealer is the smallest 2 Kw induction foil sealer in the industry, says the manufacturer.

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Controls & Machine Components

Tray Wrapper

Model 601-T continuous-motion tray wrap system from Kayat Eng. (Edgewater, FL) provides a smooth, continuous flow of shrinkwrapped products at speeds to 60 trays/ min.

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Controls & Machine Components

Piston filler

ELF Machines (LaPorte, IN) will demonstrate a new piston filler designed specifically for medium- to high-viscosity products. It features heavy-duty, stainless steel construction.

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Controls & Machine Components

White paper

Horton Industrial Products (Minneapolis, MN) has published a white paper that details the results of tests conducted comparing Horton's Air Champ clutch/brake to a comparable electric clutch/brake.

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Controls & Machine Components

Pressure filler

Cozzoli's (Plainfield, NJ) new Time/ Pressure filler (TPF) uses a touch-screen interface for quick operator set-up. Its software program uses product characteristics, manifold pressure and selected fill nozzles to determine proper fill time.

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Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Energy efficient motors

Baldor Electric (Fort Smith, AR) has introduced energy-efficient motors that comply with the Energy Policy Act (EPAct). Standard-E(TM) motors are said to run cooler and last longer.

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Controls & Machine Components

Coding diverter

Travtec's patented Base Coding Diverter II from Certified Machinery (Lawrenceville, NJ) is specifically designed for use with ink-jet printers, labelers and verification equipment, where access to the base of a container is required while the container is being carried along a conveyor.

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Controls & Machine Components

Granular scale

WeighPack Systems (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) has introduced the Multi-TRIX scale for powders and granulars. It reads in 1-g increments with combination capabilities to self-adjust its final dump in multi-dump situations.

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Conveying & accumulation

Conveyor flow system

The Power Converge unit from Runway Enterprises (Frankfort, IL) gently oscillates containers as they move down a conveyor lane to reduce jamming and bridging.

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Controls & machine components

Plastic clip system

The Plasti-Clip Line from Poly-Clip (Mundelein, IL) is a new system that uses USDA-approved plastic clips to close bagged or netted products. This makes easy metal detection possible and allows microwavability.

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