Controls & Machine Components

Siko: Position indicator

The new SIKO AP20 position indicator is equipped to detect the position of spindle adjustments in machines. It displays the corresponding positional data to the operator and passes it on to the machine control system.

March 2, 2018

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Controls & Machine Components

Exair: Ion air knife

Exair’s new Gen4 Super Ion Air Knife eliminates static electricity on plastics, webs, sheet stock, and other product surfaces where tearing, jamming, or hazardous shocks are a problem.

March 1, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Exair: Ionizer/static eliminator

Exair’s Gen4 Ionizing Point delivers a high concentration of positive and negative ions to neutralize static electricity without requiring compressed air.

February 27, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Ready Seal wraps up its palletizing challenges

To meet rapid business growth, this maker of stains and sealants adds new conveyors and automated wrappers, improving its speed and handling efficiency.

February 27, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Piab: Suction cup check valve

Piab introduces piSAVE sense, a flow control/check valve for suction cups used for “object sensing” on flexible vacuum handling devices with a centralized vacuum pump. They allow several suction cups to miss (or partly miss) sheet(s)/object(s) while maintaining enough vacuum level in the system and offering a fast-release or blow-off.

February 26, 2018

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

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