Conveying & accumulation

Aromat Corporation: Variable-frequency drives

New VF-8 series of variable-frequency drives from Aromat (New Providence, NJ) provide simple, affordable speed control of standard 3-phase AC motors.

September 30, 1998

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Controls & Machine Components

Intellution Incorporated: SCADA software

Intellution's (Norwood, MA) FIX Paradym-31 supervisory control & data acquisition (SCADA) software is now available in version 4.1. This new release is aimed at significantly reducing plant floor programming and debugging time while providing a more robust solution for PC-based control.

September 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Labeling Systems : Water bottle labeler

Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ) introduces the Model 4520 in-line p-s wrap labeler. This machine is designed for speeds to 250/min. The stepper motor-driven labeling head accepts labels from a 16" OD roll.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Intellution Incorporated: Intellution Incorporated: Motion control software

Integrated Industrial Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA) has released the Motion Pak option for Intellution's (Norwood, MA) FIX Paradym-31 SoftLogic software.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Clinton Packaging: Amber glass bottles

Clinton Packaging Co. (St. Louis, MO) introduces new amber glass bottles with a 38-mm Jaycap neck finish. Available in 60-mL and 100-mL sizes, the pharmaceutical bottles are packed in a clean room and are suitable for hard-to-hold or high-end items.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: Rotary cam switch

Electro Cam's (Roscoe, IL) EC-2000 electronic rotary cam switch circuit board operates even when submerged in water!

September 30, 1998

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Elf Machinery: Unscramblers

ELF Machinery (La Porte, IN) introduces its M- and B-series of unscramblers. Stainless-steel framework and safety guarding are said to meet the most stringent standards.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Hoffman: Powerful operator controls

BTV family of human-machine-interface controls have the flexibility to work with any stand-alone machine. From Indramat (Hoffman Estates, IL), the new HMIs each have two high-performance industrial PCs, two configurable operator panels and two microcontroller-based HMI control units.

September 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging Systems Automation, Inc: Stainless chain transfer

For washdown applications, a new stain-less-steel powered chain transfer can be installed in-line on most conveyors. From Pack-aging Sys-tems Auto-mation (Ply-mouth, MN), the device mounts to either an existing conveyor drive or idler.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Orion Packaging Systems: Orion Packaging Systems: High-speed motion network

New Orion® ServoWire(TM) servo drives and PC-based digital motion controllers from Ormec (Rochester, NY) communicate at speeds to 200 megabits/sec using the IEEE-1394 network protocol, originally Apple Computer's FireWire(TM) network protocol.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: B&R Industrial Automation: Integrated motion controller

NC154 multi-axis module plugs into B&R Industrial Automation's (Roswell, GA) 2005 PLC and provides integrated, high-performance motion and machine control in one compact package.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Continental Packaging Solutions: Oblong bottles

Continental Glass & Plastic (Chicago, IL) has a new line of 2-oz and 8-oz Paris Oblong bottles. Made of HDPE with a frosted "soft touch" feel, the bottles are suited for shampoos, lotions and other personal care products.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

DuPont Packaging: Barrier film

A new barrier film, made with nylon and a new grade of DuPont (Wilmington, DE) Surlyn® packaging resin, was developed by Italian converter Alcom Srl (Campogalliano, Italy).

September 30, 1998