Controls & Machine Components

Encoder Products: Online 3D configurator

Encoder Products Co. has introduced a new online 3D Configurator tool for their most popular encoder models; the unit allows the user to customize select encoders to fit the desired application, including packaging, robotics, motors, or any other application where motion control is needed.

March 18, 2016

Machinery: Page 344

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner Efficiencies Help Contract Packager Satisfy Customers

Servo-driven unit reaches speeds of up to 400 cartons/min in a small footprint, helping QPSI put its supply chain discipline to work.

March 17, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Dordan re-accredited for ISO 9001:2008 certification

Dordan Manufacturing passes extensive on-site audit for ISO 9001:2008 certification.

March 17, 2016

Material handling

Cold Chain Market Worth US$234.49 billion by 2020

Providers focusing on adopting new technologies; cold chain viewed as a business opportunity in the next five years.

March 16, 2016

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Packaging machinery innovator “Red” Hamrick remembered

Luther “Red” Hamrick, CEO of Hamrick Manufacturing & Service left a legacy in the packaging industry.

March 16, 2016

Controls & machine components

Pepperl+Fuchs: High-performance universal code reader

MAC335 Universal Code Reader quickly reads small and large codes at distances ranging from 20 mm to 300 mm.

March 15, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: NEMA enclosures

AutomationDirect added over 200 NEMA 4 and 4X enclosures and subpanels, in a wide variety of sizes, to their extensive Hubbell-Wiegmann line.

March 14, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Sick: Safety encoder

DFS60S Pro certified safety encoder integrates safe motion into machine safety architecture.

March 14, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

PHD, Inc.: Product catalog

Catalog showcases PHD’s complete standard product line.

March 14, 2016

Cartoning

ADCO hires May as Senior V.P. of Operations

Michael N. May will direct the vision, strategy, planning, and execution of engineering and manufacturing operations.

March 14, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff: Embedded PC

Combining flexible PC-based control technology with an EtherNet/IP interface, the new CX8095 Embedded PC from Beckhoff Automation is a low cost slave controller with integrated connection to high-performance EtherCAT I/O technology.

March 11, 2016

Material handling

UPS Launches Cryogenic Shipping in Europe

With a growing global cryogenic market, UPS uses cryogenic containers for temperature-sensitive logistics in Europe.

March 10, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling Systems joins Systech’s Unisolve partner ecosystem

The two leaders in packaging and serialization technology enter into equipment and implementation agreement.

March 10, 2016