Controls & Machine Components

OEE workshop message: just get started!

The first Packaging Line Performance workshop, co-sponsored by ELAU, Schneider Electric and Hartness International, and led by Paul Zepf, the respected OEE expert, yielded hands-on, practical lessons.

March 4, 2008

Machinery: Page 664

Conveying & accumulation

Harsh-environment controls

Now rated NEMA/UL Type 4X/12, the new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 40 AC drive (shown) and ArmorStart NEMA 4X from Rockwell Automation are suitable for harsh environments, including food and beverage industries.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Easily formed pull boxes

New EZ Form Pull Box from Hoffman features a flat design that consumes minimal space for easy warehouse and service truck storage.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Complete motion control

The M3000 motion control IC from System Semiconductor provides a complete system for motion control, handling time-critical motion and motor tasks in silicon to control and position multi-phase step motors.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

DeviceNet routers

Omron has introduced NE1A-EDR01 Ethernet/IP-DeviceNet Routers.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Large-capacity AC drives

Hitachi America has introduced the high-capacity SJ700 Series of inverters, which extend the model range to 500 hp and significantly expand on the performance, capabilities, and functions of the SJ300.

March 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

User-friendly drive interface

Applied Motion Products has introduced the ST10-Si Stepper Drive, which delivers 24-80 VDC with an output current to 10 A peak.

March 4, 2008

Flexible packaging

Nuspark makes custom packaging standard

Compact vertical and horizontal cartoning, case erecting & packing, robotic pick & place – Nuspark does it all and more. And they build customized solutions from pre-engineered packaging modules, a perfect fit for ELAU Intelligent Servo Module technology.

March 3, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

New case erector is multifunctional, flexible

Pro Pack Systems is rewriting the book on case erecting/bottom sealing with its modular, recipe-driven, servo-adjusted, print-on-demand Pro Print™ EBS 15 machine offering advanced Markem, ELAU and Nordson subsystems.

March 3, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Lane divider

SpanTech’s High Speed Switch conveyor is a versatile lane divider designed to split a flow of products while maintaining product pitch.

March 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

Stik Pak machines go mainstream

Ropak took stick pack machinery to a new level in time for the single serve packs to become the hottest trend in consumer packaging – and they’ve achieved some incredible throughputs -- up to 1,000 per minute.

March 3, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Latest Adabot™ adds capabilities

Fallas Automation’s latest robotic case packer for flexible packages offers wider payload range, stainless washdown construction, lets operators build pick recipes.

March 3, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

'Packing peanuts' hotline is on the loose fill

Don't toss 'em out or wring your hands: There’s another option for discarding excess EPS pieces.

March 3, 2008