Controls & Machine Components

Banner Engineering: Safety limit switches

Banner Engineering introduces its SI Series Safety Limit Switches designed to effectively monitor the position of a wide variety of guards, gates, covers and other moveable machine fixtures and tooling.

June 3, 2015

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Controls & Machine Components

Gebo Cermex: Diagnostic audits for determining container degradation

Gebo Cermex has added two new options to its range of audits—the “shocks” audit and the “pressure” audit—that will soon be incorporated into its overall EIT (Efficiency Improvement Tool) to detect, locate, and measure the critical points on the packaging line.

June 2, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Duravant acquires established manufacturer Hamer

Hamer’s assets expand Duravant’s reach in high quality specialty automated packaging equipment and systems.

June 1, 2015

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Twin-bowl filling is just the ticket

Limited floor space was a factor as Heaven Hill Distilleries evaluated new filling equipment. It led to the Bardstown plant being the first to install a new kind of filler.

June 1, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Small cartoner brings huge benefits

Short-run orders at this distribution and packaging center are on the rise, and it was getting increasingly expensive to produce them. Semi-automatic cartoner to the rescue.

June 1, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Ring slide components deliver precise motion

This builder of tablet counting systems needed precise control of bottle infeed for a 200 bottles/minute system going to a maker of substitute narcotic tablets.

June 1, 2015

Flexible packaging

Single-source line for pouch packaging

When the Ute Tribe’s agricultural enterprise launched a new line of corn meal for retail sale, having a single source for most of the packaging equipment proved helpful.

June 1, 2015

Robotics

HepcoAutomation and KUKA partner up

HepcoAutomation’s partnership agreement expands KUKA robot activities in general automation.

May 28, 2015

Conveying & accumulation

Multi-Conveyor receives ACUITY safety award

Multi-Conveyor receives second ACUITY Safety Achievement Award.

May 27, 2015

Robotics

ABB brings robotics manufacturing to U.S.

The start of local robot manufacturing in Michigan cements ABB's commitment to North American customers.

May 27, 2015

Operational Excellence

Complexity of e-commerce supply chain raises the stakes for manufacturers

With jumps in e-commerce volume and complexity, manufacturers must address challenges in shipping, communicating with third-party retailers, and secondary packaging marketing.

May 26, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff: Controller upgrades for injection molding machines

Beckhoff Automation has announced the XMold and eMold controllers, integrated solutions to enhance automation in injection molding machines; leveraging high-end PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology, the XMold system is intended for the most complex injection molding machinery in the industry, while eMold is designed to suit cost-sensitive applications as an efficient yet powerful solution.

May 26, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Molex: Heavy duty connector

Molex Inc. announces the expansion of its Heavy Duty Connectors following the recent acquisition of the GWconnect® product range from Italian industrial connector manufacturer Westec Srl.

May 22, 2015