Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electric Automation: Safety features in amplifiers

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. integrated CC-Link IE Field Safety features into its MR-J4-GF Servo Amplifiers, facilitating complete industrial Ethernet safety communication capabilities and attributes.

February 23, 2018

Machinery: Page 266

Secondary Packaging

Depalletizing beer cans

An overhead depalletizer is the first piece of equipment in a brand new canning line at this Grand Rapids, MI, craft brewer.

February 23, 2018

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New line brings 750 cans/min capability to Michigan brewer

Operating for about a year now, the newest canning line at Founders Brewing Company is capable of producing 750 cans/min and features a cloud-based Warehouse Management System.

February 22, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Modular system provides multipack flexibility

In response to a major retail customer’s request, Finnish dairy producer installs a three-module system to pack yogurt and quark cups into multipack sleeves and cartons.

February 17, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Nanotec: Small stepper motor

Nanotec’s SC2818 stepper motor features a flange size of 28 mm and a torque of up to 0.22 Nm. The step angle of the 2-phase hybrid motor is 1.8°.

February 16, 2018

Operational Excellence

Survey reveals serialization’s potential across industries

New survey reports that companies across different industries consider the most important advantages of serialization to be protection against brand and product piracy and greater transparency in the logistics chain.

February 13, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

ABM: Custom drives for extreme environments

ABM hoist drives are designed to withstand exposure to extreme ambient conditions and are suitable for ambient temperatures down to -40°C.

February 12, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Exair: No drip atomizing spray nozzle

Exair’s patented 1/4 NPT no drip internal mix 360 degree hollow circular pattern atomizing spray nozzle atomizes fluid and sprays away from the nozzle in all directions.

February 9, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Cooler return program is a ‘win-win’ for lab

UC-Berkeley’s Glaunsinger Lab reduces environmental impact by reusing coolers for its temperature-sensitive reagents, chemicals and kits.

February 8, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: General purpose, rolled-steel AC motors

New MTR2 series IronHorse® general purpose, rolled-steel motors from AutomationDirect are available in 1-phase and 3-phase versions.

February 5, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Building Markets in Milk

This co-manufacturer is betting on a new American appetite for shelf-stable milk. Though much of the U.S. isn’t ready for shelf-stability in its everyday milk, Gossner is a first mover on specialty, value-added milk products that lay a foundation for turning the larger adoption tide.

February 5, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Pressurized closure delivers at time of consumption

Vessl Inc. has the worldwide master license to a patented closure technology that could upend the very way we think about bringing a wide variety of liquid products to market.

February 1, 2018

Coding, Printing & Labeling

InkJet, Inc. expert to present technical paper at The Inkjet Conference

InkJet, Inc. will participate in the inaugural United States version of The Inkjet Conference scheduled for April 12-13 at The Westin O’Hare hotel in Chicago, IL.

February 1, 2018