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Nuts and seeds packager upgrades labeling operations

Installs automatic labeling machines to replace manual labeling of PET containers.

June 6, 2010

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Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: DIN rail power supplies

B&R’s DIN rail mountable power supplies range from 2.1 A single-phase to 40 A 3-phase and can handle an input voltage range of 100-240 VAC for single-phase devices to 400-500 VAC for 3-phase devices.

June 5, 2010

Tamper-evident machinery

Eaton Corporation: Limit switches

Eaton’s LS-TitanTM family of safety-rated limit switches reduce tampering and protect processes.

June 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Locking wiring devices

Bryant wiring devices from AutomationDirect provide a full line of locking and straight blade plugs, connectors and receptacles and are available in 15, 20, and 30 amp models.

June 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Servo drive integrates EtherNet/IP technology

Rockwell Automation’s Allen-Bradley Kinetix 6500 servo drive leverages embedded EtherNet/IP technology for integrated motion control.

June 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

GE Intelligent Platforms: Software connects enterprise systems

Proficy® Open Enterprise 1.2 from GE Intelligent Platforms is an out-of the box solution that connects enterprise systems and the Proficy suite of software.

June 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Single-axis AC servo drive

Sinamics® from Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. is an economical, single-axis AC servo drive that is easily commissioned, flexible and may be conveniently connected to higher-level controllers.

June 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Space-saving HD bus terminals

Beckhoff’s ultra-compact HD Bus Terminals feature 16 digital I/O channels in the housing of a 12 mm electronic terminal block.

June 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Compact HMIs

Omron's NV3-Series of HMIs provide simple device connections to multi-vendor PLCs.

June 5, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

P&G puts PackML through its Pace

With help from an engineering consultancy service, P&G’s corporate engineers re-programmed a Pace bottle unscrambler so that it would be compliant with the ISA-TR88.00.02 PackML Standard.

June 5, 2010

Tamper-evident machinery

Bottled disinfectants get more reliable seals

New induction sealer delivers consistent performance without bottle stalls or cap meltdowns.

June 5, 2010

Flexible packaging

Innovation built on green principles

Sustainability remained a key criterion in this 22nd edition of the DuPont Awards. But this is mostly a story about innovation.

June 5, 2010

Flexible packaging

Slack fill complaint leads to empty feeling

Consumer group the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Adminstration and many U.S. states to suppress a problem the group’s head calls “commonplace.

June 5, 2010