Operational Excellence

The Global Supply Chain and Value-Add to Serialization Compliance

According to Dave Ulrich, QA Director of SC Compliance at Abbvie, “The future is here, whether we like it or not.”

October 16, 2019

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Controls & Machine Components

JW Winco: Specialty hinges

JW Winco offers specialty hinges designed for welding onto multi-joint hinges with complex kinematics.

October 16, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Improved Network Enables Higher-Volume Beer Production, Packaging Lines

Grupo Modelo’s Nava Brewery, now owned by Constellation Brands, updated the industrial network to include three separate industrial plant networks for brewing, packaging, and utilities.

October 15, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff: Uninterruptible power supply units

Beckhoff introduces the CU81xx uninterruptible power supply (UPS) series with one cable technology that minimizes installation work. Units are designed for universal use in the field.

October 15, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

B&R: Safe encoder mount for motors

B&R is equipping its standard motors with a safe encoder mount, making them suitable for all safety applications.

October 11, 2019

Tamper-evident machinery

MMC Packaging Equipment: High-speed Closure Slitting, Band Folding Machine

The machine is engineered with Industry 4.0 attributes and features a six-camera vision inspection to meet quality objectives.

October 10, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PamerPack: Filling/capping machine

PamerPack offers the FILCAP-X designed for packing liquids and capping small-size, unstable, non-standard packaging not suitable for conditioning in a linear system.

October 9, 2019

Converting equipment

More Digital Finishing of Corrugated

The rapid growth of e-commerce, among other marketplace forces, appears to be making digital finishing of corrugated packaging more appealing than ever.

October 9, 2019

Secondary Packaging

tna Co-founders Appointed to Australian Society of Honor

TNA Solutions

Nadia and Alf Taylor, co-founders of tna, were presented with insignias commemorating their appointment as Members (AM) of the Order of Australia.

October 8, 2019

Operational Excellence

Outlook to 2030 in the Pharmaceutical Cold Chain

The Cold Chain Council met in Chicago last week to discuss future trends in the pharma cold chain, and digital transformation stands out as the key process.

October 8, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Allen-Bradley: Motor controllers

Allen-Bradley introduces ArmorStart ST distributed motor controllers with integrated safety that can be mounted directly on a machine, allowing users to implement functional safety with fewer components.

October 8, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Three heads are better than one for Danish wine bottler

Bulk wine supplier Skanvin installs a triple-head automatic filling line to meet the bag-in-box requirements of customer Treasury Wine Estates.

October 5, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Reflective level sensors

Non-contact EchoPod and EchoTouch reflective ultrasonic liquid level sensors from AutomationDirect feature Flowline’s proprietary Reflective Technology that delivers reliable level measurement in condensing environments.

October 4, 2019