Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electric: Make smart machines even smarter

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc., introduces Pak/iQTM a comprehensive portfolio of packaging products designed to improve the performance and lower the total cost of deploying smart packaging machines.

August 22, 2018

Machinery: Page 270

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: I/O expansion modules

AutomationDirect adds the BRX I/O expansion modules to its BRX Micro PLC product line. Signal ranges available are 0-20 mA, 4-20 mA and voltage ranges are 0-5 vDC, 0-10 vDC, +/- 5 vDC, +/- 10 vDC. Max input and output signal resolution is 16-bits.

August 22, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Cobot relieves operators of tedious task

Plastic bottle blow molder looks to automation to reduce labor required for stacking bottles in bins, allowing it to move employees to more meaningful jobs within the facility.

August 20, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unilever Dubai meets end-of-line challenges with automation

The largest personal care plant in the Middle East-Africa, Unilever Dubai handles product collation, shrink bundling, case packing, and palletizing of eight shaped bottle sizes at 350/min, with a 10-min changeover.

August 20, 2018

Palletizing/depalletizing

New bagging line brings worker safety, more business

Corn ingredient co-op replaces a manual bagging process with a fully automated line, equipped with a bagger, robotic palletizer, and stretch hooder, to address operator safety issues and lost customers.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Icy, sweet treats case-packed at 300 cups/min

Plant producing frozen desserts for J&J Snack Foods takes the sting out of handling cold treat cups for operators, installing a robotic case packer that handles the icy packs with ease.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Better butter palletizing

California’s largest dairy co-op replaces manual palletizing with four robotic palletizers, each with the ability to handle four different case sizes and two pallet configurations at one time

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Robot moves the case, not the product, for gentle handling

Co-manufacturer/co-packer invests in robotic case loading for delicate snack foods, where the robot manipulates the case, rather than the package, to eliminate product damage.

August 20, 2018

Secondary Packaging

RRPs for candy pouches require robotic case packing

A Ferrara Candy packaging center installs two robotic case packers capable of loading its consumer-preferred stand-up pouches in a range of retail-ready packaging configurations.

August 20, 2018

Filling/capping, dry

Deitz Co.: HMI for automated pill counter

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth #S-1410! Deitz Co. launches an HMI as standard for easy, intuitive operation on its Pharmafill TC4 tabletop pill counters.

August 17, 2018

Coding, Printing & Labeling

PLC fits modular design approach for inline printer

Tailored for printing pharmaceutical packaging materials, Hapa’s Web 4.0 meets internal control requirements while delivering key customer benefits.

August 16, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Case packer features flap conditioner

Because flaps on corrugated reshippers don’t have the crisp memory that is typically found on brand new corrugated cases, a ‘flying opener’ is being deployed at McManis Family Winery.

August 15, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Integrated stepper motors and drives

AutomationDirect adds Integrated motors and drives to its SureStep line of stepper motion control products. Units provide accurate micro-stepping position and speed control for smooth motion and step response and require only two components, power supply, and integrated stepper motor/drive.

August 14, 2018