Controls & Machine Components

Wago: Panel-mount adapters

New panel-mount adapters and strain relief plates for the WAGO 831 Series Multi Connection System are now available.

August 4, 2017

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Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl+Fuchs: Rotation speed monitor now with restart inhibit

The SC-System's family of signal conditioners by Pepperl+Fuchs can now be used even more comprehensively: the single rotation speed monitor with just a 6 mm installation width processes digital input signals of all binary sensors currently on the market and is now fitted with a restart inhibit.

August 4, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff: Compact, low-cost control panel

Beckhoff has introduced the CP6906 Control Panel display; offering a 7-in. touchscreen with 800 x 480 WVGA resolution, and a robust housing consisting of an aluminum bezel and sheet steel rear cover, this passive display is the ideal solution for applications with pronounced budgetary constraints, without sacrificing quality.

August 1, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Brother Gearmotors: Brushless DC gearmotors

Brother Gearmotors has introduced a line of brushless DC electric gearmotors, ideal for environments requiring virtually maintenance-free operation and accurate speed control as well as operation over a wide speed range.

July 28, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Digitized pneumatics boost OEE on pouch machine

Bosch Packaging Technology introduced a freely scalable pouching machine to food and pharma markets that features some remarkable pneumatics.

July 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa America: Direct-drive servo motors

The new Yaskawa SGM7F line of direct drive servo motors delivers from 4 to 35 Nm of torque in a device as small as 2.1 in. high and 5.3 in. in diameter (53 x 135 mm).

July 25, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Encoder Products: Hollow-bore absolute encoder

The Model MA58H absolute encoder is designed for harsh factory and plant floor environments; heavy duty, rugged and reliable, this hollow-bore absolute encoder is available in both single and multi-turn resolution.

July 18, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Level 4 serialization system offers a transformative promise

A Level 4 system has the potential to usher in a new era of supply chain efficiency, transparency and compliance.

July 11, 2017

Secondary Packaging

Intelligent actuator makes size change simple

The newest addition to a line of versatile robotic case packers features an intelligent actuator that lets an operator go to a new case format by simply pressing a button at the HMI.

July 5, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

End effector requires its own controls

To bring its game changing robotic end effector to the marketplace, Soft Robotics’s Carl Vause says that a whole new approach to controls had to be taken.

June 28, 2017

Material handling

Global control preferences color new serialization/aggregation lines

MGS focuses on small-footprint machinery that interconnects to other equipment on pharmaceutical lines and allows a single point of functionality.

June 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Miniature pneumatic pinch valves

Clippard’s NPP Series 2-Way pneumatic pinch valves are air-piloted devices designed to open or close tubes for controlling flow of liquids and gases.

June 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Encoder Products: Programmable thru-bore encoder

Encoder Products Co. has introduced the Model 58TP – a 58 mm, thru-bore, programmable encoder specifically designed for the challenges of an industrial environment, and featuring an advanced set of electronics that allow the encoder to be programmed for exact application needs.

June 23, 2017