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Controls & Machine Components
Siemens Industry Inc: CE touchpanel
Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) introduces the Simatic TP170A touch-panel display based on the the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, which offers “instant on” functionality and does not require a hard disk to operate.
May 31, 2000
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Controls & Machine Components
CTC Parker Automation: Industrial workstation
CTC-Parker Automation’s (Milford, OH) industrially hardened PC9 workstations support SCADA, networking and enterprise demands. Available with Celeron Pentium II processors, long-life 12” or 15” flat-panel touchscreen monitor and 32X CD-ROM drive.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
GATF: GATF: Printing predictions
The 2000 Technology Forecast, published annually by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (Sewickley, PA), prints reports by various sources in the printing industry.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Hewlett-Packard Indigo: Digital presses
Indigo N.V., parent company of Indigo America (Woburn, MA), unveils 3 web presses for label printing (WebStream 100, 200 and 400 models). The web presses, which will be available by the first half of 2001, have typical 4-color throughputs of 16-, 32- and 64-m/min.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Raytek Corp.: Infrared process imaging
Raytek® Corp. (Santa Cruz, CA) debuts the Thermalert® MP50™, an industrial infrared process imager that provides edge-to-edge imaging, monitoring analysis and control on continuous sheet and web processes.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Ion Industrial: Static neutralizer
The patented Virtual AC™ Intelligent Static Neutralizer is said to be the first system to offer a computer interface. From a single computer, the Control Panel software can monitor and control up to 31 individual AC static neutralizers connected together in an integrated system.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Van Dorn Demag: Injection molding
The Pinnacle Series 140- and 280-ton injection-molding machines will debut from Van Dorn Demag (Strongsville, OH). Feature new clamp design with 5-point toggle.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
AC drive
The ACS 400 AC drive from ABB (New Berlin, WI) is compatible with motors of 3 to 20 HP at 208 to 240 V ac. The features of this variable-speed drive include washdown housing, 7 preset speeds, 2 programmable relay outputs, 1 programmable analog output, 2 analog inputs and a 30-character alphanumeric display.
May 31, 2000
Additives, coatings & inks
Cremora's switch to PET
Eagle Family Foods Inc.’s switch in packaging materials in its 1-kg size of Cremora powdered non-dairy creamer was the first move in an across-the-board transition.
May 31, 2000
Secondary Packaging
Robotic case packer
Starting at less than $250ꯠ, the RP 240 robotic case packer from Edson (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) top loads light or heavy products into small or large packages at speeds to 15 cases/min, or 50 layers/min.
May 31, 2000
Flexibles
Novelty packages greet FMI visitors
Retorted trays for Café Express™ from Wornick are launched at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide. In a nearby booth, a 12-oz bottle is topped by an HDPE push/pull closure molded in the likeness of Scooby-Doo™.
May 31, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
PCs penetrating packaging lines
In an exclusive PW survey, nearly half of packagers now report using PC-controlled packaging equipment, with more growth projected. However, commitment to PLCs remains strong.
May 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Goodbye to drug package inserts?
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has formed a “Paperless Labeling Task Force” to investigate how timely distribution of full prescribing information can be provided to pharmacists using new technologies instead of relying on the printed package inserts now required by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).
May 31, 2000
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