Controls & Machine Components

Balluff: Optical sensor

Balluff has introduced an optical sensor that fills the gap between conventional discrete sensors and vision systems.

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Controls & Machine Components

Festo Corporation: Front-end controller

The CPX modular electrical terminal is now available with an embedded PLC.

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

High-performing micro-drive

The new V1000 adjustable frequency drive from Yaskawa is said to be the world’s smallest, while offering a large menu of performance- and efficiency-enhancing features.

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Modular AC drives

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Pro-face America: Industrial touchscreen PCs

Pro-face America’s new PS3000 series family of Light Duty Industrial Touchscreen Computers includes IPC sizes of 8.4”, 12”, and 15”.

January 11, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Bar code reader

The BCL500i Bar Code Reader from Leuze was developed for high-speed palletizing, with adjustable scan rates from 600 to 1,200 scans/sec, a reading range of 300 to 1,600 mm, an optical deflection or oscillating mirror, and +/- 30° sweep.

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Fast control solution

Now available from Beckhoff Automation, eXtreme Fast Control (XFC) technology combines PC-based and Industrial Ethernet technologies.

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Controls are key to high speeds

An in-rack PC that plugs right into the backplane of this combination weigher’s main processor brings bagging speeds to 170/min.

January 11, 2008

Flexible packaging

High-volume retailers set the pace for packaging

Consumer packaged goods companies follow high-volume retailers’ packaging lead as they seek to align with retailer strategies, brand positioning.

January 11, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Safe monitoring system

Carlo Gavazzi’s DuplineSafe Safety Bus monitoring system reliably transmits signals over long distances (up to 5Km without repeater).

January 10, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Series end effectors

The Impulse Multipick series end effectors for high-speed picking applications are now available from JLS Automation. Developed to achieve higher picking efficiencies that allow for fewer robots and a smaller footprint for the company’s Talon Series picking systems.

January 10, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The reality of RFID for Rx

Panelists from McKesson Corp., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Amerisource Bergen Corp., and Ahold USA recognize that while radio-frequency identification (RFID) offers promise in the pharmaceutical sector, its adoption raises questions.

January 10, 2008

Converting equipment

Cooperation proves critical in tube manufacturing

In this Q&A, Mel O’Leary, Jr., president and CEO of Meredith-Springfield Associates, describes how copolyester resin and supplier cooperation helped make the Artegraft tube.

January 10, 2008