Controls & Machine Components

Allied Motion Technologies: Brushless DC motor with integrated drive

Allied Motion Technologies introduced the KinetiMax 42 EB, a 42-mm diameter outer rotor, brushless DC featuring an integrated speed control loop with speed set input to adjust motor speed from 150 to 5000 rpm.

January 12, 2018

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Secondary Packaging

Breakthrough in pallet-patterning software

As SKU proliferation continues to make flexibility and changeover increasingly important to CPG companies, a new pallet-pattern programming software is attracting a lot of attention.

January 12, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff: Ultra-compact industrial PC series

Beckhoff has announced the release of a new, ultra-compact Industrial PC (IPC), the C6030.

January 9, 2018

Controls & machine components

Integrating checkweighers into factory control systems

Dynamic Checkweigher line uses control systems that fit customer processes, eliminating overfills and offering easy operation and low cost of ownership.

January 9, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Nord Drivesystems: Industrial gearboxes

Nord’s high-torque series of industrial gearboxes, when combined with its industrial motors and drive electronics, provide a complete solution for conveying systems, mixers, agitators, and similar heavy duty applications, offering output torques up to 2,196,000 in-lb.

January 5, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Linear servo track adoption grows

Linear servo track systems free machines from fixed mechanical constraints, shortening changeovers and shrinking machine footprints while sometimes bypassing robotic options. As these technologies mature into second and third generations, adoption is ramping up

January 5, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Lenze Americas expanding board of directors

Lenze expanded its board of directors by adding a fourth member to the current three.

January 4, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Motor thermistor relay

Carlo Gavazzi has launched its latest motor thermistor relay in a compact, DIN-rail mount housing.

December 19, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Vision software

Beckhoff Automation has announced the incorporation of comprehensive image processing capabilities into its PC-based control system with new TwinCAT Vision software, which unites a comprehensive range of machine functionality – PLC, motion control, robotics, high-end measurement technology, IoT, HMI, and now machine vision – all in an end-to-end engineering and control platform.

December 12, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Three-phase monitoring relays

Carlo Gavazzi announces the addition of their latest three phase monitoring relays, the DPA52 and DPB52; these devices provide critical protection against phase loss and improper phase sequence, with DPB52 adding additional protection against under-voltage and over-voltage.

December 8, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

B&R: Image processing solution

B&R has introduced the world's first image processing solution to be seamlessly incorporated into the automation system, and comprising cameras, software and lighting accessories.

December 8, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

ABB: General purpose low-voltage drive

ABB has introduced the ACS580 all-compatible general purpose drive, the newest entry in ABB’s low-voltage AC drive portfolio: it provides user-friendly, energy-efficient motor and process control, keeping user systems running smoothly while saving time and money over the product lifecycle.

December 5, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

A cure for counterfeit controllers?

What if you bought a brand new packaging machine partly on the strength of the controller it relies on only to discover that said controller is a counterfeit and wasn’t made by the firm whose name is on it?

December 4, 2017