Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotic bow-tying system adds personal touch to chocolate boxes

Robotics solutions provider designs a system to wrap chocolate boxes with a ribbon and form a bow using a six-axis robot programmed to operate in a number of unusual angles.

July 9, 2016

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Controls & Machine Components

KHK USA now has 15,000 metric gears available within three days

The largest selection of stock metric gears can be delivered anywhere in the U.S. in three business days.

July 8, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Kollmorgen: Natural navigation capability for AGVs

With the addition of natural navigation capability to Kollmorgen’s NDC8 platform, the need for reflectors or markers to the existing environment for navigation has been effectively removed.

July 8, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Honeywell to acquire Intelligrated, a leader in supply chain automation technologies

Intelligrated will join Sensing and Productivity Solutions (S&PS) in Honeywell’s Automation and Controls Solutions business.

July 7, 2016

Flexible packaging

Multivac announces Brian Walker as a Western Region Field Service Technician

Walker will work closely with customers to ensure new installations are up to speed on the first day and to resolve all issues in the field quickly.

July 6, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner appoints new Northern Mexico Regional Manager

The new position's main goal is to establish brand recognition and growing sales in Mexico’s northern regions.

July 5, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech: Photonics alignment platform

FiberMax is a second-generation 3-6 axis photonics alignment platform built on Aerotech’s proven ANT nanopositioning product line, designed for critical photonics alignment in a highly automated, 24/7 production environment with no compromise in speed, accuracy, and resolution.

July 1, 2016

Sustainability

Developing Economies, Sustainability Driving Growth for Labels Market

Smithers Pira says economic, lifestyle changes and the focus on sustainable packaging will drive market growth by 5.4% annually through 2021.

June 30, 2016

Operational Excellence

Live from the BioLogistics Summit: Stability Budget Saves Shipments

Temperature excursions during shipping of biological products may be unavoidable. A specialist from Merck shares her advice on creating a Stability Budget to help you react to the unexpected.

June 29, 2016

Converting equipment

Software helps packaging converter with FSMA compliance

Whether it involves maintenance management or management of customer artwork and the approval chain, this converter leverages software to comply with FSMA.

June 28, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Festo: Electrical axes solutions

The Optimized Motion Series (OMS) of packaged linear and rotary electrical axes solutions, introduced by Festo, helps lower OEM overhead by speeding up specification, assembly, and commissioning of axes.

June 28, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hema celebrates 80 years of service and innovation

More than 3,500 Hema machines have been installed in over 100 countries around the world.

June 28, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Optimized pneumatics

Like other packaging machinery OEMs, FOX IV looks for ways to optimize machine design, including the pneumatics assembly that drives its print-and-apply labeler.

June 27, 2016