Controls & Machine Components

WAGO: Addition to PLC product line

WAGO has added a new member to the PFC200 Family, the PLC with PROFIBUS DP Master interface; the high-performing 750-8208 retains the compact size, large memory and secure VPN and firewall of the PFC200 product line.

March 8, 2017

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Controls & Machine Components

Senior packaging product manager joins Advantzware

Advantzware hired Clay Horsley to help define the future of the company’s product offering.

March 8, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Matrox Design Assistant 5 classroom training to be offered May 2017

Workshop sessions plus one-on-one time with Matrox development experts will provide attendees with Design Assistant 5 training.

March 7, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

icotek Corp.: multi-diameter shield clamp

New mounting types for multi-diameter shield clamp.

March 7, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech: Hexapod positioner

Aerotech’s HexGen hexapods represent a significant advance in six-degree-of-freedom positioning performance; the HEX300-230HL is targeted at medium-load, ultra-precision applications ranging from sensor testing to synchrotron sample manipulation.

March 7, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Freshpet automates with robotic chub loader

This on-trend pet food company removed labor from its packaging line and handled increased throughput thanks to a first-of-its kind case packing solution.

March 6, 2017

Flow wrapping

Industrial PC suits new and legacy machines

No matter whose servo drives and motors a customer prefers, and even if the customer’s machine is ‘legacy’ in status, Winpak’s use of this industrial PC comes up big.

March 6, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Premier chocolate maker opts for short-run coding self-sufficiency

Easy to self-install, cost-effective, cartridge-based, small-character ink-jet printer offers coding operations flexibility and independence.

March 6, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Three-phase power analyzer

Carlo Gavazzi announces the new WM20 three-phase power analyzer, targeted to assist manufacturers and end users in monitoring and managing escalating energy costs.

March 6, 2017

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Harpack-ULMA appoints bakery and confectionary segement manager

Harpak-ULMA hired David Nettles to lead Bakery and Confectionary Segment.

March 3, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Stone scales craft beer beyond micro format

Known for variety, Stone had long required extreme flexibility in its equipment. But as the business scales up, an all-new line had them looking to strike a balance between agility and volume.

March 1, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

MicroVention Improves Total Production Efficiency 50%

Enterprise-level label management system integrates with MicroVention’s ERP system to streamline global labeling process.

March 1, 2017

Cartoning

Devils Backbone keeps it local, familiar

This growing East Coast brewery has found value in responsive, local machine builders and vendors who are intimately familiar with their lines of bottling and canning equipment.

March 1, 2017