Controls & Machine Components

Plug-and-play motion control

Festo’s CPX-E control platform helps OEMs reduce motion handling design time, lower acquisition costs, speed up assembly and improve performance.

October 19, 2018

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Robotics

Extending Robot Programmability

Stäubli enables Rockwell Automation PLCs to control its robots.

October 19, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Graphical panel meters

AutomationDirect’s Trumeter graphical panel meters are designed to measure voltage, current, or frequency and provide analog meter-style visual and accurate numeric readings. User-selectable measurement options include 0-600 AC or DC voltage, current at 0-5A direct, or 0-9,999A via transducer, and frequency from 2 to 400 Hz.

October 19, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Stepper drives for Ethernet and Fieldbus network protocols

The advanced drives provide system designers and machine builders flexibility to control step motors using the network protocol of their choice.

October 17, 2018

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Baggers suited for fulfillment centers and beyond

Automated Packaging Systems used PACK EXPO to introduce two new Autobag® bag packaging systems with advanced engineering technology for flexibility and efficiency in large bag applications. It also debuted a cushioning wrap and thermal transfer printers.

October 17, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Combi customizes case packing

System increases speeds, lowers costs and improves quality.

October 17, 2018

Robotics

An ‘easy button’ for robot programming

Yaskawa Motoman’s Smart Pendant eliminates conventional coordinate (X,Y,Z) frames, using human coordinate references for robot programming.

October 17, 2018

Filling/capping, dry

Pallet drum filler capper is compact, accessible, and safe

Pack’r is showcasing its new product, the PR1500 semi-automatic pallet drum filler capper at Booth #S-1536.

October 17, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Quality control assured with supply chain software release

An Enhanced Quality Solution for Nulogy’s supply chain software addresses CPG and co-packer quality and regulatory requirements.

October 17, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Your digital story starts here

Siemens unveils a digital twin simulation made complete with its Digital Enterprise Suite for machine builders.

October 17, 2018

Filling/capping, dry

Sous vide at Starbucks

Who knew that a very popular breakfast item served at Starbucks would show up at one of the booths occupied by an exhibitor at PACK EXPO International 2018?

October 17, 2018

Filling/capping, dry

Autofill drums and totes

Ideal-Pak Massman, LLC a supplier of liquid filling machines to the international paint and coatings, chemicals, lubricants, and food and beverage industries, today at PACK EXPO announced its PT-Auto, the newest addition to the PT family of drum and tote filling machines.

October 16, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Cartoning of the future

At the Langen booth in the South Hall, a concept for optimally flexible cartoning was on display.

October 16, 2018