Controls & Machine Components

Molded pulp corners

The High Performance Series of molded fiber corners from Fibreform Packaging (Germantown, WI) are strong, lightweight and easy to handle. They provide improved protection over EPS corners, says the company, by moving weight distribution away from sharp corners.

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Surface-mounted strobe

Precision Multiple Controls (Midland Park, NJ) has introduced the Lumastrobe® series of surface-mounted strobes. Originally designed for fork lifts and similar lifting equipment, it can be used in any industrial application where bright amber light is best to signal a hazardous condition.

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Replacement parts

Eurodex Components (Ringwood, NJ) procures original replacement spare parts from overseas component manufacturers, instead of machine manufacturers.

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Controls & Machine Components

Bleached board brochure

International Paper, Bleached Board Div. (Memphis, TN), has introduced a 28-page brochure describing its Everest bleached board in eight different langua-ges.

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Flexible coupling line

The Curved Jaw Type flexible coupling line from Lovejoy (Downers Grove, IL) can replace European-standard models, especially in power-transmission applications using foreign-made machinery.

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Stock plywood containers

Nefab (Chicago, IL) has introduced ExPak® stock containers designed for transport and export of valuable, sensitive, and/or dangerous goods.

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Safety light grid

The Areal(TM) safety light grid from Leuze-Lumiflex (Rockaway, NJ) is designed to replace traditional fences and barriers that keep personnel away from hazardous packaging lines.

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Brushless resolvers

Low profile Smartsyn brushless resolvers from Automation Control Technologies (Princeton, NJ) provide speed, rotation direction and position feedback of a shaft, or servo-control of a motor.

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Safety relays

The KNA3 safety relay from Crouzet (Carrollton, TX) instantly detects faults such as short circuits or incorrect wiring in order to meet European requirements.

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Tie-rod cylinders

Midland Pneumatic's (Machesney Park, IL) ISO 6431 interchangeable tie rod cylinders are made with a combination of Acetal plastic and 316 stainless steel to resist corrosion.

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Label software

QuickStep(TM) is a new step-and-repeat software from Barco Graphics (Vandalia, OH). For packaging and label configurations, this icon-based interface has an object-oriented design to create an easy-to-learn program.

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Dual-heat shrink tunnel

K.O.E. (E. Norwalk, CT) has introduced a new shrink tunnel with two types of heat to achieve precise fit and placement of heat-shrinkable labels. The combination hot air tunnel first uses radiant and convection heat to gradually heat the labels.

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Manufacturing software

Tangible Vision (Downers Grove, IL) has released Version 1.0 of its Imprimus(TM) software. This object-oriented, graphical user interface-based client/server manufacturing software allows sales and marketing personnel to create price quotes, customer orders and return authorizations.

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