Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: I/O slice system

B&R Industrial Automation introduces its X20 System, a complete control solution as well as a remote I/O system. System can work as an addition to a standard fieldbus to expand existing control systems, or as a complete controller, demonstrating its full performance capability when combined with X20 System CPUs.

June 30, 2005

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1457

Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: I/O slice system

B&R Industrial Automation introduces its X20 System, a complete control solution as well as a remote I/O system. System can work as an addition to a standard fieldbus to expand existing control systems, or as a complete controller, demonstrating its full performance capability when combined with X20 System CPUs.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Safety scanner

Rockwell Automation offers its new Allen-Bradley DeviceNet Safety scanner and I/O that gives manufacturers the opportunity to place safety and standard devices on a single network, simplifying control system design in complex applications such as those found in the automotive, semiconductor, packaging, food, and beverage industries.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

IP debate falling on deaf ears?

Is the intellectual property debate overblown? According to a survey at AIM Global, it looks like it is

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID advice from the leaders

“I wake up every morning hoping...hoping that RFID goes away, and then spend the rest of the day working diligently for its inevitability.”

June 30, 2005

Labels

RFID security for shipping containers?

The Department of Homeland Security is pushing adoption of RFID technology via ‘e-seals’ for shipping containers entering the United States.

June 30, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Coleman confirms tags on-line

The Coleman Company uses an inline system with sensors, antenna portal, and a ‘smart’ reader equipped with a special input/output device to confirm tag viability.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

An inside view of RFID R&D at MIT

RFID research at MIT’s Auto-ID Labs includes custom tags for bottles of water, RF graphical simulation, and the study of the effect of air gaps and metal.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hype or Reality? Achieving end-to-end supply chain integration using RFID

Three of the shortcomings of RFID-enabled applications are not with RFID technology, but need to be addressed for successful implementation.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Sidebar: CCI's RFID lessons learned

Asked what he has learned thus far as his company implements RFID, Cesar Castillo’s Dr. Rafael Moreno responds with the following observations:

June 30, 2005

Flexible packaging

Rx distributor turns to internal RFID

In-house UHF RFID at Cesar Castillo marries item identification with storage location to address inventory errors and inefficiencies.

June 30, 2005

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bottle unscrambler

Nalbach Engineering Co.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

New servo machine fills and seals cups, tubs and bottles

HAMBA Filtec has applied advanced technology to proven packaging principles in its new Flexline machine, with no fewer than 19 servo-automated functions setting the standard for flexibility in plastic bottle, cup ad tub filling and sealing. Introduced at the 2005 interpack show in Düsseldorf, Germany, the machine is designed for food and beverage packaging, from yogurt and yogurt drinks to margarine and snack foods.

June 30, 2005