Conveying & accumulation

PACK EXPO Video: Accutower dynamic buffer system

PACK EXPO : Krones is introducing the Accutower dynamic buffering system at Pack Expo 2004 in its booth, S-2466. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

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Conveying & accumulation

PACK EXPO Video: Gripveyor conveyor system

PACK EXPO : Hartness offers its Gripveyor conveyor system at Pack Expo 2004 in its booth, N-3817. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Cartoning

PACK EXPO Video: ProLine FC horizontal cartoning

PACK EXPO : Triangle is offering its ProLine FC horizontal cartoning machine at its booth, S-806, at Pack Expo International 2004. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

PACK EXPO Video: Infinity Series 3-D accumulator

PACK EXPO : Garvey introduces its Infinity Series 3-D accumulator at Pack Expo 2004 in its booth located at N-3813.See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Controls & machine components

PACK EXPO Video: Compak II bagger

PACK EXPO : Kliklok-Woodman is introducing its Compak II bagmaker at Pack Expo 2004 in its booth, S-1601. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Protective/transport packaging

PACK EXPO Video: Air-Paq inflatable packaging

PACK EXPO : Pactiv offers a look at its new Pactiv 9000 Air-Paq® engineered inflatable packaging at its booth, S-2342, at Pack Expo International 2004. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Resolution choices

Zebra Technologies has expanded print resolution choices for its XiIIIPlus series high-performance thermal printer line. Companies using compliance labeling and other applications can print labels faster with the 203-dpi version 170XiIIIPlus.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Exlar Corporation: Exlar Corporation: Linear actuator

A new 5” -frame GSX Series linear actuator with T-LAM™, the segmented motor stator design, is available from Exlar. Company says the design packs 50% more force in a smaller package than other actuators and outlives comparably sized ball screw device by 15 x.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Amacoil, Inc: Design options for linear drive speed control

Uhing “rolling ring” drives from Amacoil, Uhing’s exclusive North American distributor, now feature 2 design options for adjustment of linear speed, neither of which requires electronic controls or programming.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: Motion control software

National Instruments’ LabVIEW graphical development software creates customized motion controllers for any platform with the company’s SoftMotion technology.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Transducer indicator/conditioner

Model SC500 transducer indicator/conditioner from Honeywell offers small size (1/8 DIN), 3 transducer input options (strain gauge, high-level, and LVDT), and 5 output options (including RS-232 and RS-485).

October 31, 2004

Flexibles

'Glass'-coated oriented films

Techbarrier is a series of oriented films from Mitsubishi Plastics coated with SiOx to achieve oxygen and water vapor barrier properties approaching those of aluminum foil.

October 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Sargento dips into snack trays

Sargento Cheese Dips! from Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, WI, answer intensifying consumer demand for convenient snack food packaging.

October 31, 2004