Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: Drive solution for low power applications

B&R’s ACOPOSmicro controls stepper motors and offers support for servo motors.

January 12, 2011

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Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Distributed drive platform

Siemens’ Sinamics® G110D drive platform is designed for installation in close proximity to motors located throughout facilities where dust and water ingression are a concern.

January 12, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Wittenstein, Inc: Servo gearbox

The alpheno® servo gearbox from Wittenstein improves precision and operating noise and provides an increase of up to 130% power density compared to the company’s alpha SP+.

January 12, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Balluff: Expanded range of IO-Link I/O hubs

As part of its expanding package of control connectivity solutions, Balluff has added a large range of IO-Link I/O hubs, ranging from M8 to M12 with plastic or metal housing.

January 11, 2011

Flexible packaging

Oxygen, water vapor permeation units installed at pharmaceutical testing laboratory in Tibet

Testing equipment to be used to measure package permeation for traditional Tibetan herbal remedies and conventional pharmaceuticals.

January 10, 2011

Flexible packaging

The Greener Package top 10 for 2010

Articles dealing with end-of-life packaging solutions—primarily compostability, biodegradability, and recyclability—top the list of most-viewed stories in 2010.

January 9, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Pro Mach Acquires Shuttleworth, Inc.

Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Shuttleworth, Inc., a leading global conveyor automation and product handling machinery manufacturer based in Huntington, Indiana. Shuttleworth, with facilities in Belgium and Malaysia, will become a division of Pro Mach’s End of Line Business Unit.

January 6, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Industry watch

January 5, 2011

Flexible packaging

Celery packer installs flow-wrap machines with extended infeed conveyor system

Duda Farms doubles throughput, improves bag seal consistency, and cuts labor costs and film waste.

January 5, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Spray paint company cuts labeling costs and enhances label printing flexibility

In-line POD system and wrap labeler replace lithographed cans and manually applied UPC stickers.

January 5, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Xbox 360 accessory packs reduce package size 40%

As Microsoft was redesigning its console cartons to eliminate some materials, it also did a materials swap-out when designing the packaging for Xbox 360 accessories, reducing package size as much as 40% while increasing shipping efficiency up to 40%.

January 4, 2011

Secondary Packaging

HMI inspired by iPads and ATMs

The engineers who designed this servo-driven, eight-axis stretch hooder were determined to make it more user-friendly and intuitive.

January 4, 2011

Sustainability

McKesson teams with IBM for sustainable supply chain

Prescription drug distributor McKesson Corp. announced that it is now using IBM’s new Web-based analytics offering, the Supply Chain Sustainability Management Solution (SCSM), to simultaneously minimize both its carbon dioxide emissions and its distribution costs.

January 4, 2011