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Litton Poly-Scientific: Electronic components

Litton Poly-Scientific (Blacksburg, VA) supplies motors and drives, actuators, fiber- optic links and switches. It claims to be one of the largest builders of specialty motors in the world, including the Silencer® line of brushless motors.

November 30, 2000

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Siemens Industry Inc: Flow chart programming tool

Siemens Energy & Automation’s Industrial Software Business Unit (Alpharetta, GA) has introduced S7-Charts, a new tool that allows users to design, develop and program flow charts for Simatic S7-300 and S7-400 PLCs and WinAC PC-based control platforms.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Camstar Systems: E-manufacturing software

Camstar Systems (Campbell, CA) has announced version 2.0 of its InSite™ e-manufacturing solution. The new system adds functionality for centralized system management of distributed, multi-site operations, plus a Web-enabled collaborative interface that delivers real-time production intelligence and control throughout the enterprise and into the manufacturing supply chain.

November 30, 2000

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GE Fanuc Automation: Touchscreen

GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, GA) has made an addition to its QuickPanel family of slim-profile touchscreen graphical operator interfaces. The 6’’ TFT QuickPanel Jr.

November 30, 2000

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lpha gear drives, Inc: Alternative to pneumatics

Alpha Gear Drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) has introduced a high-precision, low-cost linear and rotary actuation system called Ternary. Available in linear (TLS Series) and rotary (TRS Series) motion, the Ternary products provide increased control, flexibility, accuracy and reliability, all at reduced cost compared to pneumatic actuators.

November 30, 2000

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Phoenix Contact Inc: Inline modular I/O

The most significant feature of the Inline family of automation (I/O) modules from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) is the integration of signal conditioning and full network communications into small, modular housings.

November 30, 2000

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Diagraph, An ITW Company: Supply catalog

Diagraph® (St. Louis, MO) offers Diagraph Direct, a full-color catalog of marking and shipping equipment and supplies. Catalog contains stencil machines, stencil board, stencils, inks, rollers, brushes, markers and more.

November 30, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Organic alcohol?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in the process of finalizing its labeling regulations for organic food products. It expects to complete the task by the end of 2000, which will be followed by a 12 to 18 month implementation period.

November 30, 2000

Filling/capping, dry

Regal solution protects bottles

Chalone Vineyard of Napa, CA, is the first to benefit from a new molded fiber technology called PulpFusion. Regale claims it can reduce costs by 80% and lead time by 90% compared to other molded fiber technologies.

November 30, 2000

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Raymond Communications: Laws update

Raymond Communications (College Park, MD) has released its year-end "State Recycling Laws Update.” The 130-page edition is in its ninth year and covers 32 recycling issues.

November 30, 2000

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The Intl. Fresh-cut Produce Assn.: Research projects

The Intl. Fresh-cut Produce Assn. (Alexandria, VA) has completed “Fresh Focus 2000: Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Fresh-cut Produce.” Survey represents the first definitive information on the fresh-cut industry available, according to association.

November 30, 2000

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Theft prevention

Westvaco (New York, NY) has created a new, wholly owned subsidiary that provides solutions to prevent brand theft. Westvaco Brand Security, Inc.

November 30, 2000