Controls & Machine Components

Siko Products, Inc: Measuring linear displacement

The miniature SG10 wire-actuated encoder from Siko Products (Dexter, MI) is for measuring lengths to 1000 mm (39.4”). Suitable for small machine displacements, the SG10 converts linear movement into precise rotational values.

February 28, 2002

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Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Integrated PLS functionality

Indramat PPC controller from Bosch Rexroth Corp. (Hoffman Estates, IL) has new high-speed programmable limit switch functionality. Integration of PLS controls into the PPC machine controller eliminates the need for third-party involvement, including programming and networking time.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Jumo Process Controls: Microprocessor controllers

Jumo Process Control (Coatesville, PA) presents a family of microprocessor controllers designed especially for OEMs. Though low in cost, the iTRON series is said to offer functionality and reliability comparable to high-end units.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Nexen Group: Servo motor brakes

Nexen Group’s (Vadnais Heights, MN) Eclipse™ servo motor brakes provide emergency holding and stopping to increase safety in vertical and horizontal applications.

February 28, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Hershey speaks out

Hershey Foods engineers speak candidly about standardization, globalization, obsolescence, modularity, and harmonizing end user and machine builder standards.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Pilz International: Safety relays

For use with optical sensors, proximity switches, inductive sensors, and mechanical switches, the PMUT X1P muting controller is available from Pilz Automation Safety (Canton, MI).

February 28, 2002

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controls improve vf/f/s operations

Bosch Packaging (Bridgman, MI) adds controls and servomotor drives from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) to Model SVE 2510 vf/f/s machines. With Allen-Bradley ControlLogix™ networking onboard, the improvement allows users to customize and adjust the continuous-motion machine’s settings quickly and precisely.

February 28, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

White UV ink

XaarJet-71W00 volatile, white-pigmented UV curable ink from Xaar plc (Cambridge, England) was developed in conjunction with Avecia (Manchester, England) specifically for coding and marking applications for use on nonporous substrates.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Short-run gravure printing

Gravure Packaging Solutions (Dawsonville, GA) offers short-run, fast turnaround gravure-quality printing for flexible packaging. Offers 11-color gravure printing to food processors, beverage companies, and consumer goods manufacturers.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Pouch-making par excellence

When Toronto-based MAC Cosmetics recently reformulated its Pro Lash mascara, management also executed a dramatic package redesign. Out went the carton, which is used almost universally for mascara products, and in came a custom-designed stand-up pouch.

February 28, 2002

Closures

Frito-Lay bottles snacks ?to go?

While flexible packages have dominated grocers’ snack food aisles in recent years, two major snack producers have introduced new products in rigid containers in the past few months.

February 28, 2002

Closures

New product takes on bold look

In January, Dover, DE-based Playtex Products released its first daily facial care moisturizer under its Banana Boat line of sun-protection products.

February 28, 2002

Protective/transport packaging

Crushed kraft cushions case contents

Foam peanuts are on the way out at AtomicBox.Com, a logistics and fulfillment provider that warehouses, picks, packs, and ships products for manufacturers who choose to outsource such tasks.

February 28, 2002