Controls & Machine Components

Parker: High-performance automation controller

Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division launches the Parker Automation Controller (PAC).

February 12, 2015

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Converting equipment

DscoopX unveils Packaging Renaissance event

DscoopX, the largest annual conference for users of digital printing in North America, will host the first ever DscoopX Packaging Renaissance.

February 11, 2015

Robotics

ABB Robotics: Robot controller software

RobotWare 6 from ABB Robotics offers manufacturers greater flexibility and reliability, with an extensive toolbox for developers and broad communications capabilities; the enhancements improve the programming and control of robotic systems and equipment, without sacrificing motion control and safety.

February 6, 2015

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

One-step bottle forming & filling ‘on the precipice of commercialization’

Presenters from Amcor and Sidel advise attendees at The Packaging Conference on their one-step form-fill LiquiForm technology, said to be a step-change in efficiency and flexibility.

February 2, 2015

Converting equipment

Blow molder cuts energy use 45%

A new blow molder with an energy-saving oven configuration enables German beverage company to decrease energy use while boosting productivity, efficiency, and quality.

February 2, 2015

Operational Excellence

Serialization to meet Turkey’s requirements

A massive serialization project is completed in an impossibly tight timeframe by taking a modular approach across 24 packaging lines and by assembling a tight-knit team.

February 2, 2015

Operational Excellence

Distribution environments are critical

Conditions of distribution, including an understanding of logistics and transport modes, can significantly improve the design of primary food packaging.

January 30, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth: PLC integrates I/O for speed, flexibility

Bosch Rexroth’s IndraControl XM21/22 programmable logic controller (PLC) combines the speed of the Sercos automation bus with Rexroth’s flexible IndraControl S20 input/output (I/O) series into one complete and scalable control system.

January 29, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Maker of thermoformed cups warms to PC-based controls

Kalamazoo, MI-based Fabri-Kal has been moving rather aggressively in the direction of PC-based control architecture in the thermoforming equipment they use to make plastic cups, bowls, and other containers found everywhere from the supermarket shelf to the kitchen pantry.

January 23, 2015

Flexible packaging

Off The Shelf: Novel reclosure feature on aseptic stand-up pouch

A Colombian dairy by the name of Alqueria is among the first to commercialize a clever reclosure feature for stand-up pouches of aseptically filled milk.

January 22, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Clef Des Champ produces labels in-house on Primera's CX/FX1200

Clef Des Champs uses the CX1200 Color Label Press and FX1200 Digital Finishing System to produce their product labels in house. They have found many benefits in using the machines such as: label inventory reduction, no lead times and the ability to do short runs for the labels they need.

January 21, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Inline fittings

AutomationDirect’s NITRA® line of pneumatics products now includes push-to-connect inline fittings.

January 21, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Siko: Compact actuator

Suitable for format adjustments with optimized setup times, Siko’s new AG25 actuator features the same special power and control electronics, absolute sensor systems, and integrated position controller as the AG05 positioning drive, but in addition to the data interfaces that have previously been offered, the industrial Fieldbus interfaces Ethernet/IP, Profinet and EtherCAT, Sercos III, and POWERLINK have been added to allow flexible design of a wide range of line and ring topologies.

January 21, 2015