Coding, Printing & Labeling

Remotely monitor and control the Linx 7900 with Linx Insight

This video is the next best thing to a hands-on demo of Linx Insight software that lets users remotely monitor and control their Linx 7900 CIJ printers through an easy-to-use computer or mobile Web browser. Watch and see how its design can help you to perform day-to-day printer operations more efficiently.

January 30, 2013

Machinery: Page 456

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The award winning Linx CJ400 small character inkjet printer

The new Linx CJ400 Continuous Ink Jet Coder is compact, portable and includes features that reduce maintenance costs for trouble-free service life. Watch this brief video for a close-up look at those features and benefits.

January 30, 2013

Material handling

Controlled room temperature takes center stage

Sanofi-Aventis speaker points to multiple challenges in shipping medications by air, land, and sea.

January 30, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Small-footprint spiral conveyor

Slimline spiral conveyor from Ambaflex has a small footprint and can handle products on a 12” wide conveying surface.

January 30, 2013

Material handling

IATA insights on new temperature-sensitive product requirements

Andrea Graf-Gruber of the International Air Transport Assn. addresses the shifting landscape for air carriers.

January 30, 2013

Material handling

Temperature-sensitive logistics market in state of flux

Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan shares observations from Cool Chain Logistics Europe in Basel, Switzerland.

January 29, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Low-cost microstepping drive, accessories

AutomationDirect’s SureStep line of motion control products now includes a low-cost digital stepper drive in a compact package that operates with high-speed pulse input signals (Step and Direction, or jumper-selectable CW/CCW step) and has a selectable resolution range of 200 to 20,000 steps per revolution.

January 29, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

New approach to sortation

The SpanTech Transorter offers a unique way of sorting ultralight items or anything weighing up to about 55 lb.

January 28, 2013

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

A robot for $22,000?

Baxter is a $22,000 robot from Rethink Robotics that performs repetitive tasks at modest speeds. Force-sensing technologies make it extremely safe for operation around human beings

January 28, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pallet labeling

Pallet labeling system from Logopak, which includes an RFID option, prints and applies labels on one, two, or three sides of a pallet.

January 28, 2013

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

High speed weigher won't let your cookies crumble

How is it possible to weigh and fill up to 210 packs per minute of crumble-prone cookies or snacks without damaging them? Yamato answers that question with this video of the F518MV High Speed & Fragile Handling Solution, which combines high-speed capability with features to protect product integrity. Click to see features, from smooth product transfer to a large product window that helps improve speed and efficiency.

January 25, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: I/O modules

TO-PASS® Compact Telecontrol Modules provide I/O monitoring, error-reporting and supplementary I/O control via bidirectional SMS (text) messaging.

January 23, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

GE Intelligent Platforms: Operations management software

GE Intelligent Platforms announced the availability of its latest manufacturing software solution, Proficy® Plant Applications 6.1.

January 23, 2013