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Controls & Machine Components

Safety module

Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced the VAA-2E-G4-SE AS-Interface Safety at Work module, an IP67-rated AS-Interface safety module that features 2 inputs for connection of a non-contact Type 4 safety device according to EN 61496-1.

December 18, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Copley Controls Corp.: Low-cost sub-system

Copley Controls offers a cost-competitive sub-system for fast-response position control applications in packaging automation.

December 18, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: Network I/O Catalog

Turck's new Network I/O catalog combines 9 other catalogs and brochures into a single comprehensive compilation of the company's network I/O products.

December 18, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Handheld pendant station

Micronor has introduced the MR175 Ergonomic Handheld Pendant Station for control of industrial machinery of all types.

December 18, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: 2-level terminal blocks

Phoenix Contact's new UTTB 4 and UTTB 2.5 Double-Level Terminal Blocks increase wire density and feature a compact design and ideal handling.

December 18, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Handheld terminal

The new Allen-Bradley GuardPLC handheld terminal from Rockwell Automation helps maintenance workers program and configure Allen-Bradley GuardPLC safety controllers and I/O modules without the hassle of brining a personal computer to the plant floor.

December 18, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Action Instruments: Signal conditioners

Action Instruments, a div. of Eurotherm, now offers signal conditioners approved for input/output signals from Div. 1 hazardous area locations.

December 18, 2006

Labels

Checking up on healthcare packaging

Vital issues include validation, FDA regulations, counterfeiting, and the challenges of shipping pharmaceuticals and biologics through the cold chain.(Part I of II)

December 18, 2006

Flexible packaging

What's new in food & bev?

Convenience is king in food and beverage packaging—now and for the foreseeable future. But other trends bubbling to the surface bear watching.

December 18, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Answering innovation's challenges

Pick a leader to champion your cause, prove out your ideas with senior management, and observe ‘category cues' while pushing beyond them, say the experts.

December 18, 2006

Labels

Eclipse goal: build consumption with stationary pack

The Wm. Wrigley Co. challenged its Marketing Department to increase consumption among loyalists of the company's Eclipse chewing gum.

December 18, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

RFID variables tested

During Pack Expo 2006, Robert Clarke, Ph.D., of Michigan State University's School of Packaging (www.packaging.msu.edu, or e-mail [email protected]), presented original research that looked at a number of variables that affect RFID performance in the real world.

December 18, 2006