Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Two new lines handle manicure, pedicure products with ease

OPI makes short work of increased product demand with the addition of a tube-filling line and a new monobloc filler/capper with a unique bottle-feeding system.

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Controls & Machine Components

Emergency stop switches

New TH-Contact® TE1 emergency stop switches from Johnson Electric are rugged, IP-65-sealed switches that conform to EN60947-1, EN 60947-5-1, and EN-60947-5-5.

August 31, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Encoder-free motion control

New Sinochron® AC motors from ABM Drives offer encoder-free motion control with overspeed capability and zero slip. Rated at 0.25 to 10 kW, these high-efficiency motors save initial cost, energy, and space, while improving reliability.

August 31, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Enhanced management software

Rockwell Automation has expanded the application development capabilities of its FactoryTalk ProductionCentre software to help users more rapidly and cost-effectively build, deploy, and scale manufacturing production applications across multiple sites.

August 31, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Hollow rotary actuators

Oriental Motor has added the RoHS-compliant DG 200 to its DG series of hollow rotary actuators.

August 31, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Omron Electronics LLC: Safety I/O terminals

Omron Scientific Technologies has introduced DST1-XD0808SW-1 safety I/O terminals, which support 6 safety inputs and 8 safety outputs and are capable of storing simple logic.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Cost-effective case taper

Leader Coding and Marking Mfg.’s Accurex case taper offers cost-effective top and bottom case taping.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Mobile pallet wrapper

GaleWrap, an ITW Corp. company, has introduced the new GW-3500™ mobile pallet wrapper.

August 31, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Igus Inc: Space-saving tube

New this year from igus is the DryLin® EasyTube, a space-saving linear unit for format adjustment tasks to 33 lb in vertical applications or 110 lb when installed horizontally.

August 31, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Smart label printer/applicator

Weber Marking has released the Model 5300rfid, the newest generation of RFID SmartTrak label printer/applicator, designed to easily print, encode, verify, and apply p-s RFID labels to cartons and pallet loads in one preset operation.

August 31, 2008

Sustainability

Highlights from PAF 2008

Space constraints prohibit an all-inclusive report on Packaging Automation Forum 2008, sponsored by Packaging World and Automation World magazines. But here’s a peek at what Unilever, Lilly, and P&G had to say.

August 31, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

On-line printing brings efficiency to Allpack

A new blister-pack line at pharmaceutical contract packaging firm Allpack in Basel, Switzerland, is notable for its use of on-line UV-cured flexo printing of foil lidstock.

August 31, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Pack Expo is packed with solutions

Representatives from these two packaged goods companies will be front and center, shopping lists in hand, when Pack Expo International hits Chicago this Fall.

August 31, 2008