Controls & Machine Components

Plast-O-Matic Valves: Metering pump

Plast-O-Matic Valves' (Cedar Grove, NJ) VPA air-operated metering pumps are designed to deliver exact quantities of liquids in automated or manual processes and filling systems.

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Efector, Inc: Proximity switch

The IMC Cube from efector (Exton, PA) is a proximity switch that has a constant sensing range on all metals. The switch can sense steel, stainless steel, aluminum or copper at the same range, eliminating the need for correction factors.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Paper properties

Paper Optics, a new handbook from AB Lorentzen & Wettre (Kista, Sweden), discusses the basic principles of optical properties of paper. Presents relevant formulas and tables and describes how optical properties of paper are affected by the manufacturing process.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Banner Engineering Corp.: Safety light screens

The Latch Output Mini-Screen® safety light screens from Banner Eng. (Minneapolis, MN) provide protection in access and perimeter guarding applications.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Euchner: Safety switch

The Euchner (Rockaway, NJ) NM Series mini safety switch is a light-weight safety interlock available in 2 compact fiberglass reinforced housing sizes: 3.23"x0.98"x1.25" and 4.41"x0.98"x1.25".

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Bimba Mfg. Co.: Tie-rod cylinders

Bimba Manufacturing Co. (Monee, IL) now offers NFPA aluminum-body tie-rod cylinders. The TA series cylinders are available with single or double rod end, oversized rods and 9 bore sizes ranging from 11/2" to 10".

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

CTC Parker Automation: Control software

CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH) has introduced its PC-based control package called Machine Logic(TM), which will be a part of CTC's new Machine Shop Suite of software for factory floor automation.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Crown Roll Leaf, Inc: Design consultation

Crown Roll Leaf (Paterson, NJ) offers graphic designers and packaging designers free consultation. Crown Roll will help designers evaluate the latest holographic materials.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Intellution Incorporated: Software solutions

Intellution's® (Norwood, MA) FIX Dynamics(TM) family of industrial automation software solutions now supports Microsoft Windows(TM) Distributed interNet Applications for Manufacturing architecture.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Aromat Corporation: Operator panel

Aromat Corp. (New Providence, NJ) has announced a new NAiS-brand, 8-colors-plus-shades graphics operator panel available in 2 touchscreen versions.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging steel

Hoogovens Packaging Steel (Ijmuiden, the Netherlands) has introduced a new polymer-coated packaging steel named Protact. Made for use in the food and aerosol sector, Protact can replace traditional lacquering processes.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Associated Bag Co.: Specialty hanging bags

New specialty bags from Associated Bag (Milwaukee, WI) protect newspapers, magazines, brochures, coupons and other types of literature. Made of extruded PE, they feature a door-knob hole for hanging and are mounted 100 per pad on a paperboard header.

June 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Cutler-Hammer: Cutler-Hammer: Interlock switches

Cutler-Hammer (Westerville, OH) has introduced the E48 safety guard interlock switches, which provide a safe way to lock machine guards in place and shut down a machine automatically when the guards are removed.

June 30, 1999