Coding, Printing & Labeling

Memjet hires new general manager of commercial print

Eric Owen’s global sales and marketing expertise will increase Memjet’s presence in high-volume commercial print and packaging markets.

June 28, 2017

Machinery: Page 293

Material handling

Global control preferences color new serialization/aggregation lines

MGS focuses on small-footprint machinery that interconnects to other equipment on pharmaceutical lines and allows a single point of functionality.

June 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Miniature pneumatic pinch valves

Clippard’s NPP Series 2-Way pneumatic pinch valves are air-piloted devices designed to open or close tubes for controlling flow of liquids and gases.

June 27, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Konica Minolta launches Professional Print Division

Charles Lissenburg will head the new division as General Manager.

June 26, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Encoder Products: Programmable thru-bore encoder

Encoder Products Co. has introduced the Model 58TP – a 58 mm, thru-bore, programmable encoder specifically designed for the challenges of an industrial environment, and featuring an advanced set of electronics that allow the encoder to be programmed for exact application needs.

June 23, 2017

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

Sealed paper packaging spreads wings

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs debuted their joint effort in sealed paper technology at PACK EXPO International 2016, but at interpack 2017 the two firms revealed significant advances aimed at sugar and flour producers, both large and small scale, to be the users of this technology.

June 22, 2017

Adhesive application

Video explains how a hot melt glue system eliminates line stoppages by melting glue "on demand"

Watch this short video to see Corey Johnson, Global Product Marketing Manager at Graco Inc., explain how a hot melt glue delivery system virtually eliminates charring and line stoppages. The compact InvisiPac HM25c Tank-Free glue system easily integrates into existing lines and heats up to operating temperature in under 10 minutes.

June 21, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

AMCI: All-in-one stepper motion control

Advanced Micro Controls Inc. (AMCI), has added larger motor sizes to their lineup of PLC-based SMD series “all-in-one” stepper motor + drive + controllers, to satisfy a wide variety of applications with varying torque requirements.

June 21, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Festo: Energy efficiency module

The intelligent energy efficiency module MSE6-E2M from Festo automatically monitors and optimizes the compressed air consumption of production equipment and can alert plant personnel to system leaks.

June 20, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Monitor packaging lines on mobile devices using the new Beumer app

Beumer Group develops a mobile app for monitoring the operation of entire packaging lines.

June 14, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

icotek: Universal brush strip

icotek introduces its gland plates for dust-proof cable entries into Hoffman enclosures.

June 14, 2017

Material handling

Apace accelerates track-and-trace operations

New solid-dose bottling line increases capacity, reduces labor costs and achieves Level 4 serialization and Level 3 aggregation.

June 13, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Meyer Industries acquired by Precision, Inc.

The more than 75 full-time engineering, customer service, and skilled-trade employees will continue to work at the San Antonio plant. Customers and vendors are not expected to experience any disruptions during the transition.

June 13, 2017