Controls & Machine Components

Induction cap sealer

Enercon Industries (Menomonee Falls, WI) has introduced the Compak(TM) Jr, a self-contained induction cap sealing system. It measures 7" x 12" x 14" and weighs under 20 lb.

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UV-activated coatings

Waldorf (St. Paul, MN) has introduced Chamelacolors(TM), a new graphic enhancement coating for folding cartons that is activated by sunlight. Exposure to sun or black light activates the coating for a timeable color change that can take from 5 to 30 sec.

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Controls & Machine Components

Measuring caps

Klear Measure(TM) caps for spice jars from E.S. Robbins (Muscle Shoals, AL) have a built-in measuring chamber. Jars are tilted to fill the chamber to a desired level.

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Controls & Machine Components

Truck loading program

Advanced Truck Loader(TM) 4.0 is a software program from Advanced Logistics Systems (Roche Harbor, WA) that facilitates loading of trucks to maximum legal axle weights.

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Controls & Machine Components

Hand-held scanner

The Verispec RF from Parish Automation (Lakewood, NJ) is a hand-held, cordless scanner for bar code scanning, decoding and verification. Allows operators to scan and transmit up to 50' from the base station.

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Case/tray-lid shipper display

Salwasser's (Reedley, CA) case packer loads 12 and 24 overwrapped, multi-packed candy bars into both wraparound cases and display trays, using an HSC as a lid.

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Controls & Machine Components

Servo drives

BRU-Series Advantage Line is a new generation of servo drives from Reliance Motion Control (Eden Prairie, MN). The manufacturer calls the line a universal drive because it inte-grates brushless drive and vector drive technologies into a single drive, and because it is essentially five drives in one with its ability to accept a variety of command sources.

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Rewinding/finishing station

CenTek Intl.'s (Bowling Green, OH), ReFlex(TM) CT100 re-winding/finishing station for label converting applications includes a 7.5" web and permits easy side-web loading.

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Controls & Machine Components

Milk cap insert

Lustorite® Promotions (Chesterfield, MO) has developed a promotional milk cap insert. The LustorCap is a patented liner similar to those found in soda caps.

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Controls & Machine Components

Aseptic vial filler

The MAFS(TM) (mini aseptic filling system) from TL Systems (Minneapolis, MN) handles vials from 2 ml to 500 ml at speeds to 750/min with a 24-pump system.

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Pharmaceutical cartoners

Thiele Eng.'s (Minneapolis, MN) PSC Plus Pharmaceutical Small Center Cartoner runs at speeds to 400 cartons/min. Provides improved ergonomics, operating efficiency and reduced maintenance over larger cartoners.

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Garbage reference book

"Garbage Trash Refuse Waste Discards Rubbish & Junk: The Book-3" is a reference book from Nichols Dezenhall Communications (Wash-ington, DC) detailing the state of garbage in America.

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Controls & Machine Components

Digital tension controller

Horton Manufacturing's (Min-neapolis, MN) TC820 tension controller is for web printing or converting involving unwind, centerwind, centerwind drive or mid-process control.

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