Controls & Machine Components

Safety controller fits robot integrator

Taking safety inputs and keeping track of them redundantly to prevent harm to operators—it’s an important task in today’s increasingly sophisticated machines.

September 3, 2014

Machinery: Page 391

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The case for and against RFID in pharma

Reaching necessary read accuracies remains a challenge in pharmaceuticals, but RFID could still prove useful.

September 3, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Cognex: Expanded 3D sensor portfolio

Cognex announces an expanded portfolio of 3D laser displacement sensors, an industrial vision controller, and powerful new 3D vision tools. The DS1050, DS1101, and DS1300 sensors address an unprecedented variety of 3D applications demanding high resolution and expanded measurement range.

September 2, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Tsubaki: Cam clutches

Made of a special alloy steel that provides extended wear, increased fatigue life, and greater torque holding capacity, U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission’s uni-directional/mechanical Cam Clutch product line locks the inner and outer races through the locking action of cams, transmitting torque in one direction of rotation while overrunning in the other.

September 2, 2014

Material handling

Anti-counterfeiting packaging market worth $128.6 billion by 2019

Authentication technologies to grow the highest within this market due to increasing awareness of counterfeit products.

August 31, 2014

Bagging & Pouching

Equipment tailored to Taiwan's needs

At Taipei Pack 2014, exhibitors display packaging equipment designed to meet the health, safety, cost, automation, and convenience requirements of Taiwan’s CPGs and consumers.

August 28, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Unitronics: Controller

Unitronics introduces another addition to its Jazz® 2 Series - the JZ20-T40.

August 27, 2014

Filling/capping, dry

Coca-Cola masters ROPP cap on aluminum bottle

Groundbreaking work with roll-on pilfer-proof technology has helped Coke move from an impact-extruded aluminum bottle to a much lighter drawn and ironed bottle.

August 27, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Aventics: Control valve is compact, lightweight

See it at PACK EXPO, Booth #3551 (with Bosch Rexroth)! Suitable for assembly close to the actuator, Aventics’ Advanced Valve AV03 valve systems are extremely compact and light, exceptionally modular, and are said to use up to 20% less compressed air, providing engineers more freedom to arrange pneumatics decentrally to increase efficiency.

August 26, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Motion Technologies: Miniature integrated stepper motor drive

UIM240XX Miniature Stepper Motor Drivers are miniature, high performance stepper motor drives.

August 22, 2014

Filling/capping, dry

Tray Seal Meats – Protruding

Large roasts of various protruding heights packaged on tray seal skin machine.

August 20, 2014

Thermoform/fill/seal

Thermoform – Bulk Hot Dogs

3 across thermoform trays with bundles of hot dogs. Sealed and labeled.

August 20, 2014

Thermoform/fill/seal

Thermoform - Pizza

A single lane of circular thermoformed trays for pizza. Sealed from film above, package gets cut into a circle, excess film is lifted up off product.

August 20, 2014