Controls & Machine Components

Flow line weighers

Flow line weighers from Ramsey Technology (Minneapolis, MN) measure the mass flow rate and total mass of free-flowing particulate materials with an accuracy of ±.5% or better.

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Controls & Machine Components

Temperature control

SYSCON-RKC (South Bend, IN) has introduced the REX-S100, a 1/16th DIN single-display temperature control. A deviation display lamp for at-a-glance indication of deviation between present and set temperatures.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

One-piece photoelectrics

Honeywell's Micro Switch Div. (Freeport, IL) has introduced the PDMP Series photoelectric controls with a one-piece limit switch-style construction for easy installation.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Speed reducer line

Baldor Electric's (Fort Smith, AR) Universal Series and 900 Series of worm gear speed reducers have center distances from 1.33" to 3.5".

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Cylinder position sensors

Namco Controls (Mentor, OH) has introduced the Low Profile Rotatable Cylindicator® sensors for applications requiring end-of-stroke indication on hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Additions to I/O system

Allen-Bradley (Milwaukee, WI) has added four input and output modules, two terminal bases and a communication adapter to its Flex(TM) I/O system, which is a combination I/O and terminal strip unit to save cost and space.

January 31, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

26° of separation for poultry

A new standard to separate fresh and frozen poultry has been proposed by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Spurred on by "news events" like bowling with frozen broilers, USDA has proposed that any poultry chilled below 26°F would have to be labeled as "previously frozen." In the past, USDA allowed processors to label as fresh all poultry even if it had been frozen to an internal temperature of 0°F.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

EPS collection map

The Association of Foam Packaging Recyclers (Washington, DC) has designed a four-color map highlighting 185 collection locations for EPS peanuts and packaging.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Booklet labels

The SGI Division of Engraph (Memphis, TN) has introduced multi-page booklet labels designed for the pharmaceutical, health care and personal care products industries.

January 31, 1995

Conveying & accumulation

Electric conveyor roller

The MICROROLLER(TM) electric conveyor roller from Sparks Belting (Grand Rapids, MI) is a self-contained unit that provides drive power to roller conveyor systems, eliminating the need for external drive components such as belts, chains and sprockets.

January 31, 1995

Conveying & accumulation

Product transfer system

The "Elevayor" from Maryland Wire Belts (Church Creek, MD) is a patent-pending, small-footprint vertical transfer system designed to replace inclined straight conveyors when there is a need for space savings.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

HazMat training

The International Compliance Center (Niagara Falls, NY) has announced its 1995 schedule of hazardous materials training programs. Includes information on marine and rail shipments of dangerous goods.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Shipping and labeling supplies

Weber Marking (Arlington Heights, IL) has released its 1995 catalog of shipping and labeling supplies. The 20-page catalog lists the company's full line of labels and ribbons according to labeling applications and imprinting technologies, in-cluding impact, thermal-transfer and laser.

January 31, 1995