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

Machinery: Page 650

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

Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Safety switches

Carlo Gavazzi’s new range of mechanical safety switches can be used in any number of workplace safety applications.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Catalent expert addresses turnkey serialization

Catalent Pharma Solution’s Akan Oton provides a contract manufacturer/packager’s perspective on serialization, authentication, and track-and-trace technologies in pharmaceutical distribution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beating the e-Pedigree deadline

The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn’t stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Direct print brings direct benefits to bag coding

Galloway’s move from labels brings real-time coding changes to foodservice bags of BIB frozen dairy products.

June 1, 2008

Filling/capping, dry

Custom packaging lines energize vitamin maker

Identical tablet lines add versatility, reduce labor costs, and increase production at Inverness Medical Nutritionals’ facility in Freehold, NJ.

June 1, 2008