Secondary Packaging

A real 'grab bag'

September brings a change in color to Door County, and with it comes this grab bag of Pipeline topics.

August 31, 2004

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1470

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Shifting roles in packaging ops

Bradley Carson, packaging engineer at drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, talks with PW about the shifting roles of the packaging people on the plant floor and how training strategies need to adjust.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Super-E

Baldor Electric Company offers Super-E® NEMA Premium™ efficiency motors from 1 through 1500 HP in low and medium voltages. TEFC, ODP, WPI and WPII enclosures are available with choice of environmental protection such as severe duty, IEEE 841, explosion proof, and washdown duty.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech, Inc: Aerotech Announces New Brochure

Aerotech offers automation solutions for the automotive, machine tool, assembly, and packaging industries. Aerotech is pleased to announce the availability of our new brochure “Automation Solutions for the Automotive, Machine Tool, Assembly, and Packaging Industries.” The 40-page, color brochure presents Aerotech’s multitude of motion control and positioning systems and components developed specifically for these industries.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: 2-phase stepping motors

Oriental Motor USA introduces the new 1.97 sq” (50 sq mm) frame size PK25 series of miniature 2-phase stepping motors. The series is the latest addition to the PK product line offering high torque and compact size.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl + Fuchs: Pepperl + Fuchs: New safety nodes

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces two new SafetyNodes. The G2 style module is IP67 rated for field-mounted applications with the AS-i Yellow Flat Cable, while the KE1 style is IP20 rated for enclosure applications on DIN rail.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: D-Sub connectors

Phoenix Contact’s solder-and crimp-free Subcon D-Sub connector is now available in either a 37-pin version or a high-density 15-pin version. The Subcon product family provides a way to make D-Sub cable assemblies with no hassle, which is suitable for use in field installations in uncontrolled environments.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Microscan Systems: RSS readers

Microscan offers multiple product solutions for reading the new space-efficient Reduced Space Symbology and Composite Symbols. With both imagers and laser scanners to choose from, manufacturers no longer have to compromise on performance or features when selecting a bar code reader for RSS or Composite Symbols applications.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Renco Encoders Inc: Commutating encoder

Renco Encoders announces the new sub-miniature commutating encoder, Model R22i, which achieves both brushless motor commutation and incremental position in a small package size of 0.866” in dia by 0.59” long without mounting tabs.

August 31, 2004

Additives, coatings & inks

Packaging savings

Resin Technology is now advising manufacturers how to most effectively purchase corrugated supplies, cartons, and boxes. This newest service adds to the company’s other consultation services for resin and color additive purchases.

August 31, 2004

Closures

Steel can packs innovation and functionality

An elegant, curved shape and a subtle, embossed image of a coffee cup, saucer, and rising steam are the first things you notice about J.J. Darboven’s new steel coffee can for Warca-brand ground or bean coffee.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Drug companies test RFID on pharma bottles

A group of pharmaceutical manufacturers is shipping bottles of prescription medications with radio-frequency identification tags as part of a test nicknamed “Project Jumpstart.”

August 31, 2004

Containers

Packs display Oriental beauty

“Beauty Voltage” from Shiseido Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, is generating an on-shelf buzz.

August 31, 2004