Controls & Machine Components

Festo: Pneumatic mini slide

Festo launches its DGST compact pneumatic mini slide designed for precision handling, press fitting, pick-and-place, and electronic and light assembly applications.

August 9, 2019

Machinery: Page 228

Labels

Third digital label press installed

This Ohio label converter is expanding into the digital label production space as a way of separating itself from the competition.

August 9, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PASE Group: Drum and tote filling machine

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #C-2414. PASE Group will demonstrate its Dual Lance semi-automatic drum and tote filling machine. Machine provides high accuracy semi-automatic net weight filling while allowing for two different products to be filled by the same filling machine.

August 8, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Digital print on compostable barrier substrate

Digital printing news on the flexible film front comes from Ireland’s foxpak flexibles.

August 7, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Why Food and Beverage Must Keep Pace with IIoT or Else Perish

While transformation in the food and beverage manufacturing can be slow going, some manufacturers are looking to Industry 4.0 enablers to gain a competitive edge in the industry, but not every organization has taken advantage.

August 6, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

JW Winco: Pneumatic toggle clamps

The GN 860 and GN 862 series toggle clamps from JW Winco feature a unique property—using the over-center principal, which provides a positive lock during closing, the retaining force is maintained even after loss of pressure at the cylinder.

August 6, 2019

Filling/capping, dry

Cup filler makes quick work of thick, sticky cream cheese

J&L Food Specialties invests in a rotary piston filling and sealing machine that easily packages its viscous cream cheese spreads with speed and accuracy, resulting in a savings of $75,000 plus/yr.

August 4, 2019

Operational Excellence

New logistics technologies introduced at DHL Global Chicago hub

A recent visit to DHL’s Chicago Gateway highlighted new NFC, RFID and automated weight and dim technologies the company is introducing, as well as its life sciences and healthcare logistics operations.

August 3, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Wintriss Controls: OEE/data collection software

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #US-8460! Wintriss Controls Group will showcase its ShopFloorConnect® Version 6.0 software designed to collect downtime and production efficiency data from every machine in a manufacturing operation.

August 2, 2019

Converting equipment

AI applied to digital printing

Capitalizing on the growing interest in digitally printed corrugated is a converter out of Layton, UT, that is leveraging Artificial Intelligence to optimize efficiency and reduce waste.

August 2, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

SCARA robot and unified machine control

Douglas Machine moves from integrated linear thrusters to robotics and picks a single PLC for both robotic kinematics and traditional machine functions.

August 1, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Nord Gear: Gearboxes

Nord Gear launches three new units to its NORDBLOC.1 line of gearboxes—the SK 871.1, SK 971.1, and SK 1071.1. Units have a power range of 1.5 to 60 HP, a torque range of 3,540 to 8,850 lb-in., and a ratio range of 1.41 to 8.09:1.

July 31, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

ValTara: Monoblock filler for dropper bottles

ValTara launches a monoblock bottle filling system that automatically liquid fills, inserts a dropper, and caps bottles. It is designed to fill up to 3,600 bottles/hr.

July 30, 2019