Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: High-speed modules

AutomationDirect’s Productivity3000 programmable automation controller line includes three new high-speed counter input and pulse output modules.

May 7, 2012

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Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: 24V-switching power supplies

Designed to efficiently convert AC to DC, Turck’s new 24VDC Power Supply family provides safety extra-low voltage (SELV), according to EN 60950, and is suitable for the 24V supply of power to equipment and interface modules of the Turck series IM, IMS and IMC.

May 7, 2012

Flexible packaging

Efficient v/f/f/s for the really big stuff

PKT specializes in bag filling, palletizing and stretch wrapping. New at the IPACK IMA show in Milan Italy was the FPK88, a 2,000+ bag per hour continuous vertical form/fill/seal machine for large bags.

May 7, 2012

Secondary Packaging

New palletizer doubles production

TMG makes case packers and palletizers for rigid bottles. At IPACK IMA in Milan, Italy, TMG introduced the Sirio 2S high level palletizer, capable of handling up to 6,000 bundles per hour. A dynamic manipulation and pre-formation system forms layers without stopping the movement of bundles.

May 7, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeler delivers mechatronic flexibility

At the IPACK IMA show in Milan, Italy, KOSME, a business unit of KRONES, introduced a new labeler using control technology from B&R Industrial Automation.

May 7, 2012

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Optimizing product flow on the packaging line

In this white paper, Yamato explores the physical relationship of the FFS machine to the upstream equipment.

May 7, 2012

Sustainability

Boston Scientific boxes savings by producing shippers on demand

The company’s Netherlands distribution center reduces freight and corrugated inventory costs with three converting machines that provide a four-month return on investment.

May 7, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Vendor evaluation methodology for labeling equipment

When evaluating labeling machinery suppliers, it’s important to follow a disciplined methodology to eliminate as much subjectivity as possible. What follows is a simple Vendor Evaluation Analysis methodology that is well-suited to labeling equipment. Broadly, the process breaks down into four phases.

May 7, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Nine tips for buying liquid filling equipment

There are several things to keep in mind when selecting liquid fillers to ensure the right fit for your application.

May 4, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Becton, Dickinson takes proactive stance on device identification

Medical technology company/Mercy Health System’s joint packaging data integration program includes some 650 products and 950 global trade ID numbers.

May 2, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Ross Controls: Lockout valves

The Modular L-O-X manual lockout valve and Modular L-O-X with EEZ-ON operation from Ross provide innovative, durable, reliable energy isolation in a compact, space-saving design that also provides full flow.

May 2, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

One can line begets another

Oriental Brewery was so pleased with the turnkey, high-speed, highly automated can line it installed last year, it’s installing a near twin this year.

April 30, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

A bionic actuator

Based on a design derived from nature, the ‘fluidic muscle’ is a whole new breed of actuator that could have a big impact on the sealing of flexible films.

April 30, 2012