Closures

Small character ink-jet printer

ID Technology has added the ci700 to its Citronix line of small-character, ink-jet printers. Machine offers affordability and flexibility for the most typical CIJ printing applications, applying lot/date codes to food, beverage, paper, household, pharmaceutical, automotive, postal, lumber, and more.

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Labeling

10 questions to ask your automation supplier

Standards may make it hard to tell controllers apart, but a functional specification makes it easy.

December 31, 2004

Contract Packaging

Pack Expo Las Vegas expands

With more than 900 exhibitors already registered for Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, organizers have added even more technology pavilions.

December 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Dynamic Conveyor appoints new representatives

Dynamic Conveyor Corp. has appointed new representation in the Midwest.

December 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Multipacker for the food industry

Arpac will show its new BrandPac BPTS-5000 Series pad supported, print registered film multipacker at the NW Food Manufacturing and Packaging 2005 Show, Booth #105.

December 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Tips to improve sterile packaging line efficiency

Want to reap the benefits of on-time production and eliminate preventable line problems? Here are tips to get the most out of your inspection systems, buffers, ergonomic stations, and robotic systems.

December 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Reusable container study

Independent study shows multiple reuse of containers significantly reduces environmental burdens compared to single-trip containers.

December 31, 2004

Labels

Label redesign elevates mid-tier brand

Consumers are becoming more discerning when selecting products from among mid-tier brands.

December 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

SATO America Introduces UHF RFID High-Performance OEM Print Engine

SATO “S” Series provides complete and automatic UHF RFID labeling

December 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controller/motion module

Rockwell Automation has introduced a new module that combines an Allen-Bradley® 1756-L6x family ControlLogix® controller with a Sercos interface™ motion module.

December 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Controls platform

Visual Motion 10 from Bosch Rexroth is a fully-reusable motion-control platform. It allows OEMs and end users to retain their initial programming investment, while a newly integrated, IEC 61131-3 compliant, multi-tasking PLC allows for combined motion and logic on a single hardware and software platform.

December 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Enhanced motion controller

Delta Computer Systems is now shopping RMC70 Series motion controllers with analog feedback capabilities. The AA(x) versions include a single-axis module with 1 analog control output and 1 analog feedback input, or a 2-axis version with 2 outputs and 2 inputs.

December 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Blister pack

First Choice Packaging Solutions offers its Virtuweld blister-pack clamshell in seven stock sizes. The blister appears welded, but it’s actually snapped together to form an undetectable seal, yet with all the benefits of being unsealed.

December 31, 2004