Conveying & accumulation

Short series brake motors

Baldor now offers 3-phase short brake motors ready for immediate delivery from stock.

June 2, 2008

Machinery: Page 646

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging: the new enabler

Our PTIS group of packaging thought leaders from across the value chain and across packaging functions is happy to be contributing to Packaging World on a regular basis.

June 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Web Plus

June 2, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Industry Watch

June 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

New BIB wine line toasts tried-and-true technologies

Mission Bell Winery’s 5-L bag-in-box wine line serves as a blueprint for a new 3-L line that provides ‘outstanding’ sterility, ergonomics, and productivity.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Cognex Corporation: Image-based ID readers

Cognex offers the new DataMan® 700 series, which includes 2 versions of handheld ID readers.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: Magnetic absolute encoders

Turck has introduced new Sendix® encoders with 12-bit analog and 14-big CANopen outputs designed for applications requiring rugged, high-resolution encoders.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Keyence Corp. of America: Rugged photoelectric sensors

The Keyence PX Series Photoelectric Sensor heads carry an IP-69K environmental rating, allowing them to be subjected to high-pressure washdown applications, even at temperatures to 176ºF.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Intelligent platforms

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced a new version of its award-winning Proficy® Plant Applications Production Management Software suite.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: High-capacity power relay

Omron has introduced the G7Z high-capacity power relay, a compact and powerful alternative in applications where bulkier and less efficient contactors have traditionally been used and consumed valuable panel space.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC Packaging workgroup rebuttal

Editor’s note: When our resident packaging automation blogger Keith Campbell (www.ontheedgeblog.com) posted some comments on OMAC and its mission, it prompted the OMAC Packaging Workgroup Executive Committee to send in a rebuttal of sorts. On this and the adjacent page, we bring you the blog and the rebuttal.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC should maintain a simple focus on packaging

Editor’s note: When our resident packaging automation blogger Keith Campbell (www.ontheedgeblog.com) posted some comments on OMAC and its mission, it prompted the OMAC Packaging Workgroup Executive Committee to send in a rebuttal of sorts. On this and the adjacent page, we bring you the blog and the rebuttal.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Amcor upgrades on safety

At Amcor’s NSW beverage can manufacturing plant, an innovative integrated safety control system helps fast-track a safety upgrade while simplifying operation and optimising efficiency.

June 2, 2008