Flexible packaging

FDA rings bell for antidepressant class

For the first time, FDA urges manufacturers to put an entire class of medications into unit-of-use packaging.

December 31, 2004

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Controls & Machine Components

Servo Magnetics Inc: Brushless DC motor

The new 000-0326 high-performance brushless DC kit motor from Servo Magnetics is designed for low-voltage applications where an efficient, high-torque motor is required.

November 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Electro-pneumatic servo system

The Rexroth AirNC electro-pneumatic servo system is ideal for demanding food and packaging applications. It integrates into the main control via digital, analog, or serial communications.

November 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

RFSAW, Inc: High-performance RFID tags

The new Model 501 Global SAW Tag (GST) RFID system from RFSAW claims to solve industry problems such as reading at long range, reading tagged metal items, and reading items with high liquid content.

November 30, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Packaging automation standards: what's under the hood?

Standardization makes machine controls look the same – and that’s a good thing. But look under the hood and you’ll see important differences.

November 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ultra-thin RFID tags

Texas Instruments has announced 2 new additions to its line of 13.56 MHz Tag-it[tm] HF-I products: the 32.5 mm CD/DVD Inlay and the 24.2 mm Circular Inlay. Both inlays are compliant with ISO/IEC 15693 vicinity card standard and ISO/IEC 18000-3 item management standard, making them suitable for adoption worldwide.

November 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ProMat 2005 offers RFID Knowledge Center

Some 25ꯠ sq ft of radio-frequency identification will be a technological centerpiece for the exposition.

November 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID in dozens of stores now

Labor-saving, RFID-enabled store displays have been providing packagers with unique and timely data for two years.

November 30, 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 to 100-ct bottles of its OxyContin tablets shipped to Wal-Mart and wholesaler H. D. Smith, two of its largest customers.

November 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bruce Foods commits to RFID

Bruce Foods will implement radio-frequency identification for its specialty foods in 2005.

November 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Firm solves RF/RFID pollution

Pharmacy and benefits management firm Prescription Solutions solves a vexing frequency problem between its bottle-tracking RFID-enabled pucks and an induction sealer.

November 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

RFID tag benchmark study

Like to know how different RFID tags perform head-to-head under various conditions? This benchmark study looked at how eight different tags performed.

November 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Synch or sink: Demystifying data synchronization

With data pools and the like, it’s synch or sink, as an expert explains why data synchronization is the foundation of successful RFID.

November 30, 2004