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Controls & machine components

Compact vision system

The NI CVS-1455 compact vision system from National Instruments is said to deliver nearly twice the processing power and 4 times the storage capacity of the NI CVS-1454 system released in July.

February 29, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

PackSoft and PLCopen to cooperate

Gerd Hoppe, chair of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup’s PackSoft Team, says that PLCopen has agreed to permit the PackSoft team to build on results already achieved by PLCopen.

February 29, 2004

Flexible packaging

High-visibility packs to see rapid growth

A studypublished in March 2004 by the Freedonia Group forecasts United States demand for clamshells, blister packs and other prominent packages will reach $7.2 billion in 2008.

February 29, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

PMMI issues call for presentations

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute issued an April 9, 2004, deadline for presentations at the Conference at Pack Expo, held in conjunction with Pack Expo International, November 7-11, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

February 29, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Printheads

FoxJet offers the new 768 ProSeries printhead that prints to a height of 4” without the “stitching” that often occurs when a series of smaller, disposable heads are linked together.

February 29, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Motion control catalog

Norgren published a new, consolidated catalog called “Motion Control Solutions, part number APC-1”. The full-color catalog will guide consumers through Norgren’s pneumatic products: actuators, valves, pressure sensing and control, air preparation, fittings, KIP, Herion, and Watson-Smith lines.

February 29, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Washdown AC drive

The Allen-Bradley® PowerFlex® 70 NEMA 4X AC drive from Rockwell Automation features a UL-listed and IP66-rated enclosure that protects against high-pressure water spray, corrosion, and cir-culating dust while conforming to National Sanitation Foundation standards for food equipment.

February 29, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Smallest I/O-IPC

The WAGO-I/O-IPC 758 Series Industrial PC from Wago Corp. integrates all standard PC functions including network and fieldbus interfaces. The 266 MHz Pentium-processor-powered unit with Linux or Microsoft Windows-based operating system permits decentralized control, subnetworking with popular fieldbuses, as well as recording, analyzing, and measuring data.

February 29, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Panel PCs

Beckhoff USA offers an entire line of aluminum-constructed Control Panel PC LCD monitors ranging from the miniature CX1000 to the full-size ATX motherboard CP6500.

February 29, 2004

Flexible packaging

FPA's 'highest achievement' winners

Winners of the Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2004 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards demonstrate the impact of technology on the form and function of flexible packaging.

February 29, 2004

Controls & machine components

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

February 29, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

COOL delay

Implementation of the mandatory country-of-origin labeling program has been delayed for two years. Food retailers and some producer groups won a round when Congress passed an omnibus spending bill in late January that contained the delay as part of the U.S.

February 29, 2004