Controls & Machine Components

Enhanced variable frequency drives

Lenze-AC Tech has released higher power, enhanced SMVector NEMA1 drives.

August 4, 2008

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Controls & Machine Components

Kits for rapid design verification

The MDrivePlus product line from IMS now includes QuickStart Kits for NEMA motor sizes 14, 17, 23, 34, and 42.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Worm gearboxes

AutomationDirect expanded its mechanical power transmission product line to include worm gearboxes in four frame sizes and six gear ratios from 5:1 to 60:1.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

PAC brings glue application under central control

Tray packing machines are no different than all the other equipment in the packaging machinery universe. To be suitable for today’s marketplace, they must be flexible enough to offer fast and easy format changes.

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lessons learned: packaging materials

Advice about packaging materials from nearly 700 responses to a May 2008 survey centered on themes of sustainability and quality.

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Soup maker 'soups up' printing/coding efficiencies

Kettle Cuisine standardizes on one coding supplier for foodservice pouches, retail cup labels, and corrugated shipping cases.

August 4, 2008

Cartoning

Automation shines at Heinz

Smart Ones frozen meals are whisked through a highly automated packaging line at Heinz’s Pocatello, ID, facility. Cartoning and vision inspection stand out.

August 4, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging and food safety

On a regular basis, foodborne illness outbreaks are reported in the news.

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

How can they get away with that? (Well, maybe they can't.)

For all those who have ever looked at Internet ads or emails or late-night infomercials for dietary supplement and food products claiming all sorts of medical miracles and wondered, ‘How can they get away with that?’ the answer appears that at least some of them cannot.

August 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supercharging products with embedded RFID

Useful things to know about RFID that were disclosed during this recent Webinar.

August 3, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

AS-interface modules

Pepperl+Fuchs’ new G12 family of AS-Interface modules are easy to install and provide flexible, user-friendly operation.

August 3, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Biopolymers march on

Biopolymers have finally begun to establish themselves as viable players in packaging.

August 3, 2008