Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Embedded PC

The new CX9000 Embedded PC from Beckhoff Automation shrinks PC-based control technology into a compact, I/O Bus Coupler-size housing. With an entry-level price of $500, the PC offers ample computing capacity for even complex automation tasks, and includes a 100MB Ethernet connection as standard.

August 31, 2006

Machinery: Page 713

Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: Stepper Motor Module

Two new B&R Industrial X67 Stepper Motor Modules provide builders with cost-effective solutions while offering integrated motor detection, 64 microsteps, stall detection, compact size, and IP67 protection.

August 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

New Couplings

The next generation of ServoClass® Couplings has been introduced by Zero-Max . These new couplings feature zero backlash and are designed with 304 stainless-steel disc packs and 7075-T6 aluminum hubs and center members.

August 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: SICK, Inc: Incremental Encoders

DGS65 blind hollow shaft, incremental encoders from Sick Stegmann feature a rugged IP65/66-rated housing with collets for shaft dias of 6, 8, 10, and 12 mm.

August 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Integrated Control

Omron recently introduced the NSJ series HMI controllers, which integrate 2 of the company’s proven products—the NS HMI and the CJ1 PLC —in a single, flexible, cost-effective HMI controller.

August 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Dual-Core Motherboard

The eAutomation Group of Advantech has introduced the AIMB-762 industrial dual-core ATX motherboard, which supports the Intel dual-core Pentium D, Pentium 4, and Celeron D processors in the LGA775 socket.

August 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Danfoss Drives: Extended Drive Ranges

VLT® AutomationDrive variable frequency drives from Danfoss Drives are now available in the 40-60 HP power range. This power extension covers IP21 and IP55 rated enclosures in the voltage range of 380-480/500 V.

August 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Heidenhain Corporation: Heidenhain Corporation: Linear Encoder Updates

Heidenhain’s LC Series absolute linear encoders have been redesigned from the ground up to better meet today’s measurement requirements in machine tools and now include 2 interfaces--the company’s EnDat 2.2 and FANUC 02.

August 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Training Scholarships Aim To Encourage RFID Implementation

Avery Dennison RFID (www.rfid.averydennison.com), a business unit of Avery Dennison Corp. , is sponsoring $500 RFID training scholarships to help manufacturers implement RFID into their supply chains.

August 31, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Blue Ice Vodka Bottle Reaches New Heights

When Distilled Resources Inc., Rigby, ID, added 1-L and 1.75-L bottles to its Blue Ice Vodka line in June, the company wanted to maintain brand consistency and retail shelf height limits.

August 31, 2006

Sustainability

PLA-Packed Vitamins

This summer, Highland Laboratories, Mt. Angel, OR, began to replace its more than 200 opaque and amber PET bottles used for dietary supplements with similar containers made of polylactic acid from NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com).

August 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Rx UHF RFID Pilot

Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH, kicked off an RFID pilot this summer that is “primarily focused on the operational aspects of incorporating RFID in our current operating processes in both packaging and distribution,” explains Renard Jackson, the firm’s executive vice president of packaging services.

August 31, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Demand For Flexibility Will Only Grow

PMMI board member Bernard McPheely is CEO of Hartness International, a manufacturer of advanced conveyor and case packing equipment. Here he talks about developing packaging equipment to reduce changeover time and increase operating speeds.

August 31, 2006