Controls & Machine Components

Solenoid valves

The new Maximatic® line of solenoid valves from Clippard are available in 3-way, 4-way, single, or double solenoid, plus various mounting options, making them suitable for a range of applications.

October 3, 2007

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Cartoning

Call for PAF presentations

With the third rendition of the Packaging Automation Forum set for May 19 - 20 in Chicago, PAF organizers are seeking speakers who can address the broad area of packaging automation through better use of integrated controls technology.

October 3, 2007

Labels

Smart packaging--gaining traction in the marketplace

The promise of smart packaging has always been impressive. Now, at last, some pretty intriguing commercial applications are starting to surface.

October 3, 2007

Flexible packaging

Water bottles deliver refreshing environmental twist

Amid a wave of anti-bottled water sentiment, light-weighted bottles and bottles made with corn-based PLA flow into the market in the United States and in Europe.

October 3, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

More RFID test centers

This list supplements the RFID Labs and Test Centers directory we initially published in the August issue. For a full listing of the more than 20 labs along with additional details, see www.packworld.com/view-23573.

October 3, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label symbols make nutrition choices simpler, but never simple

By Eric F. Greenberg, Attorney-at-Law

October 3, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

Metric conveyor drive

The MS-7 Metric Conveyor Drive from ABB features a 1 HP integral gear motor, double-strand chain and sprocket, automatic chain tensioner, and automatic lubricator all housed in a safety enclosure.

October 3, 2007

Case erect/seal

Inline adhesive applicator

The SynchroDot™ Pro from Glue Dots is an automated inline adhesive applicator that integrates into any production line.

October 3, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Continuous-motion case/tray packers

The Douglas Continuous Motion Aiom® DL case/tray packers use direct product loading to gently and quickly load products onto a case or tray blank at speeds to 55 cases or trays/min.

October 3, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Sustainability: buzz or business?

Why did packaging automation supplier ELAU participate in the recent Sustainable Packaging Forum? Because enabling technology will make the difference between achieving sustainability and tomorrow’s cliché. Why did packaging automation supplier ELAU participate in the recent Sustainable Packaging Forum? Because enabling technology will make the difference between achieving sustainability and tomorrow’s cliché.

October 1, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Sigma-5 Servo Series Announced

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. proudly announces the revolutionary Sigma-5 servomotors and amplifiers.

September 30, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

New Mechatronic Control System Introduced

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. proudly announces the release of the MotionWorks IEC Mechatronic Control System.

September 30, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

A Unilever perspective on controls integration

A recent lunch with David Atherton, engineering director personal care liquids at Unilever, produced a number of insights into the packaging machinery controls integration and automation space. To wit:

September 27, 2007