Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Inserter/crimper

PMC Industries has introduced its second generation Servo-driven Inserter/Crimper, designed for fully automatic operation of as many as 200 crimped pumps/min.

March 9, 2007

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Horizontal tube feeders

New Horizontal Tube Feeders from Auger Feeders are available in 4” or 6” dias, and in various port to port lengths ranging from 24” to 96”.

March 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Cup filler

The Jackopack 4-cup filling machine from Tek Makina fills dairy products such as yogurt drinks and crème fraiche in quantities from 50g to 500g at constant speeds of 92 cups/min.

March 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Stainless-steel PC front

To accommodate industrial PC users with stringent environmental requirements, Beckhoff Automation has introduced IP65-rated accessories for its C36xx PC line.

March 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Festo Corporation: Multi-axis controllers/drives

The Festo SE-AC-SMLC Multi-Axis Controller is at the center of a fully integrated control solution providing hardware and software building blocks that are engineered to easily plug together and work as a system.

March 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Ethernet capability

AC Technology now offers a 10/100 mbps Ethernet port on its Model 940 PositionDrive.

March 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

THK America, Inc: THK America, Inc: High-efficiency actuator

THK’s new Type VLA Actuator has fewer components and a low overall cost, by using a TLK LM guide for its base.

March 9, 2007

Closures

Maple Systems: Preloaded panel PCs

Maple Systems has introduced the Gold Series Panel PCs, preloaded with Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional.

March 9, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

SAP: Printer networking

Now available from Loftware is a new technology for connecting SAP® enterprise systems to the company’s Printer Server® to solve the “last mile” connectivity problem for SAP customers, who usually drive SAP-derived data to networks of printers.

March 9, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

SAP: Printer networking

Now available from Loftware is a new technology for connecting SAP® enterprise systems to the company’s Printer Server® to solve the “last mile” connectivity problem for SAP customers, who usually drive SAP-derived data to networks of printers.

March 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: Ultra-fast Ethernet

B&R Industrial Automation offers Ethernet Powerlink, a platform with a completely open, 100% software-based system that can utilize Gigabit Ethernet to run 10 times faster than other real-time Ethernet options on the market.

March 9, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label applicator is a perfect fit

Sea Breeze deploys low-volume printing solution.

March 9, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

New labelers benefit from high-speed serial network

Simplified programming and smooth coordination of all axes of motion are key benefits gained now that a new-generation PLC has been incorporated in these labelers.

March 9, 2007