Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Inline I/O system

Rexroth’s Inline I/O system is now available with a SERCOS interface to provide single-bus architecture for your entire control system. This single-bus structure provides a cost-effective, open motion/logic solution for automated machines, without compromising machine speed or flexibility.

September 30, 2005

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Controls & Machine Components

Festo Corporation: Festo Corporation: Linear actuator catalog

Festo offers a new, 220-page catalog that provides an easy way to select a ball screw or belt-driven linear actuator, or to design a complete multi-axis system from the company’s full range of electro-mechanical linear actuators.

September 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Brushless speed control

Oriental Motor has expanded its BX Series of brushless DC speed control systems to include high-output-power models of 200 and 400 Watts. Available with quiet GFH gearheads or in a round shaft version.

September 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Flexo/offset printing

Curtis Packaging introduces its proprietary flexo/offset printing process that makes metallic packaging effects more cost effective and timely by eliminating the need for foil-laminated board.

September 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Sherwood Technology: Overt security feature

Sherwood Technology has launched the the DigiVU OVD, an overt security feature for protecting brands. The company’s DigiVU chemistry is applied to metal substrates and activated by a laser source to form a hologram-type image.

September 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Esko-Graphics: Design life-cycle management initiative

Esko-Graphics offers its new Design Life-Cycle Management Initiative in North America. This suite of software and hardware streamlines the package-design and production process, from ideation through design, packaging, and production.

September 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Moen Industries: Bliss tray former

The PF129-TFB T-Fort Bliss Former evolved from the technology of Moen’s “H” and “E” Fort Bliss Designs. This family of machines and display trays provide good top-to-bottom compression strength along with the displayability required by club and warehouse stores.

September 30, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Pro Mach: Fleetguard's robotic case erecting, case packing and stretch wrapping line

At Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005, Pro Mach's expansive booth showcased the U-shaped line that offers case erecting, case loading, case labeling, palletizing, and stretch wrapping. This same machinery will be shipped and installed at Fleetguard\'s Nashville, TN, plant in December 2005.

September 30, 2005

Flexibles

Fluteless fruit snacks club pack

Member's Mark zoo animals fruit snacks are in 72-count paperboard containers that use a special reinforced board instead of fluted corrugated to save weight.

September 30, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola pours packaging into environmental efforts

The interest and significance of “environmentally friendly” packaging seems to continually ebb and flow.

September 30, 2005

Flexibles

UV-flexo ink

Sun Chemical introduces its SOLARCAT, an advanced cationic UV-flexo ink that the company says cures two times faster than other UV-flexo inks on the market.

September 30, 2005

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

What is missing in packaging education

Learning how packaging is produced—the machinery side of the equation—is painfully lacking in packaging education.

September 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lowry signs agreement with Lockheed Martin

Lowry Computer Products has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for distribution of I-Guides UID/RFID compliancy software for Department of Defense contractors and suppliers.

September 30, 2005