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Controls & Machine Components

Applied Motion Products: Daisy-chain board connector

Applied Motion Products offers a new daisy-chain board connector for its NEMA 11 frame StepSERVO Integrated Motors. The new optional connector separates communication terminals into two standalone power and I/O connectors, making it easier to establish daisy-chain connections on RS-485 and Modbus RTU networks.

January 16, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Allied Motion Technologies: Brushless DC motor with integrated drive

Allied Motion Technologies introduced the KinetiMax 42 EB, a 42-mm diameter outer rotor, brushless DC featuring an integrated speed control loop with speed set input to adjust motor speed from 150 to 5000 rpm.

January 12, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Breakthrough in pallet-patterning software

As SKU proliferation continues to make flexibility and changeover increasingly important to CPG companies, a new pallet-pattern programming software is attracting a lot of attention.

January 12, 2018

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Device company streamlines global labeling process

For neuroendovascular technology company MicroVention, SQL script decreases production labor hours while the GS1 Wizard helps meet UDI standards.

January 11, 2018

Converting equipment

New digital capabilities for labels

Increased demand for print runs of 100 to 100,000 ft made it necessary for this label converter to expand further into digital printing.

January 10, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff: Ultra-compact industrial PC series

Beckhoff has announced the release of a new, ultra-compact Industrial PC (IPC), the C6030.

January 9, 2018

Controls & machine components

Integrating checkweighers into factory control systems

Dynamic Checkweigher line uses control systems that fit customer processes, eliminating overfills and offering easy operation and low cost of ownership.

January 9, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Nord Drivesystems: Industrial gearboxes

Nord’s high-torque series of industrial gearboxes, when combined with its industrial motors and drive electronics, provide a complete solution for conveying systems, mixers, agitators, and similar heavy duty applications, offering output torques up to 2,196,000 in-lb.

January 5, 2018

Conveying & accumulation

Key Technology appoints senior director of North America sales

Key Technology announces the appointment of Ray Kramer to the position of Senior Director of North America Sales.

January 5, 2018

Conveying & accumulation

Air rinsing gets spiced up

When this Iowa spice company moved to a more contemporary and efficient air rinsing system for glass bottles in three different sizes, it also upgraded date coding and code inspection.

January 5, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Linear servo track adoption grows

Linear servo track systems free machines from fixed mechanical constraints, shortening changeovers and shrinking machine footprints while sometimes bypassing robotic options. As these technologies mature into second and third generations, adoption is ramping up

January 5, 2018

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

Tin-ties meet automation

This New York coffee producer needed to automate the application of tin-tie reclosures to its bags of ground and whole-bean coffee. An ingenious and affordable machine was the result.

January 5, 2018