Labels

Cut heat shrink label costs by up to 80%

New high speed, high quality shrink labeling machinery uses roll-fed material in place of sleeves that cost 3-5X more.

December 31, 2004

Machinery: Page 792

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ID Technology adds RFID business unit

ID Technology has added an RFID business unit to accommodate the manufacture of its expanding RFID product line.

December 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ID Technology becomes exclusive U.S. distributor

ID Technology has signed an exclusive U.S. distributor agreement for the Electronic Printing Development (EPD) line of thermal transfer overprinters.

December 31, 2004

Labeling

10 questions to ask your automation supplier

Standards may make it hard to tell controllers apart, but a functional specification makes it easy.

December 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Dynamic Conveyor appoints new representatives

Dynamic Conveyor Corp. has appointed new representation in the Midwest.

December 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Multipacker for the food industry

Arpac will show its new BrandPac BPTS-5000 Series pad supported, print registered film multipacker at the NW Food Manufacturing and Packaging 2005 Show, Booth #105.

December 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Tips to improve sterile packaging line efficiency

Want to reap the benefits of on-time production and eliminate preventable line problems? Here are tips to get the most out of your inspection systems, buffers, ergonomic stations, and robotic systems.

December 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

SATO America Introduces UHF RFID High-Performance OEM Print Engine

SATO “S” Series provides complete and automatic UHF RFID labeling

December 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controller/motion module

Rockwell Automation has introduced a new module that combines an Allen-Bradley® 1756-L6x family ControlLogix® controller with a Sercos interface™ motion module.

December 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Controls platform

Visual Motion 10 from Bosch Rexroth is a fully-reusable motion-control platform. It allows OEMs and end users to retain their initial programming investment, while a newly integrated, IEC 61131-3 compliant, multi-tasking PLC allows for combined motion and logic on a single hardware and software platform.

December 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Enhanced motion controller

Delta Computer Systems is now shopping RMC70 Series motion controllers with analog feedback capabilities. The AA(x) versions include a single-axis module with 1 analog control output and 1 analog feedback input, or a 2-axis version with 2 outputs and 2 inputs.

December 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Walgreens commits to RFID/EPC technology

National drugstore chain Walgreen Co. in November announced that it is participating in programs testing radio-frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technologies.

December 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Purdue Pharma uses RFID on OxyContin

In mid-November, Stamford, CT-based Purdue Pharma LP announced a pilot program to apply radio-frequency identification (RFID) labels (right) to 100-ct bottles of its OxyContin tablets shipped to Wal-Mart and wholesaler H. D. Smith, two of its largest customers.

December 31, 2004