Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: Remote I/O feature

Electro Cam’s (Roscoe, IL) PL-1746 PLµS™ plug-in module now features remote I/O capabilities, a high-speed onboard microprocessor, mappable I/O registers, multiple program memory, and the ability to turn 16 or 32 outputs on and off at speeds of 500 microsec.

November 30, 2000

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1668

Controls & Machine Components

Testing Machines Inc: Micrometer

TMI’s (Islandia, NY) Lab Master® SSM Stress-Strain Micrometer is said to provide precise, repeatable measurements on materials that were previously difficult or impossible to test.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: Quick-connection system

Quickon, from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA), is a quick-connection system designed for applications in which round cables with a small number of wires must be connected efficiently and quickly.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Beckhoff Automation: Open machine control white paper

Against a backdrop in which open machine control technology is becoming more prevalent in packaging, Beckhoff Automation (Minneapolis, MN) is presented in a white paper from research firm ARC Advisory Group, which has its Web site at www.arcweb.com.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Litton Poly-Scientific: Electronic components

Litton Poly-Scientific (Blacksburg, VA) supplies motors and drives, actuators, fiber- optic links and switches. It claims to be one of the largest builders of specialty motors in the world, including the Silencer® line of brushless motors.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Flow chart programming tool

Siemens Energy & Automation’s Industrial Software Business Unit (Alpharetta, GA) has introduced S7-Charts, a new tool that allows users to design, develop and program flow charts for Simatic S7-300 and S7-400 PLCs and WinAC PC-based control platforms.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Camstar Systems: E-manufacturing software

Camstar Systems (Campbell, CA) has announced version 2.0 of its InSite™ e-manufacturing solution. The new system adds functionality for centralized system management of distributed, multi-site operations, plus a Web-enabled collaborative interface that delivers real-time production intelligence and control throughout the enterprise and into the manufacturing supply chain.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

GE Fanuc Automation: Touchscreen

GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, GA) has made an addition to its QuickPanel family of slim-profile touchscreen graphical operator interfaces. The 6’’ TFT QuickPanel Jr.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

lpha gear drives, Inc: Alternative to pneumatics

Alpha Gear Drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) has introduced a high-precision, low-cost linear and rotary actuation system called Ternary. Available in linear (TLS Series) and rotary (TRS Series) motion, the Ternary products provide increased control, flexibility, accuracy and reliability, all at reduced cost compared to pneumatic actuators.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: Inline modular I/O

The most significant feature of the Inline family of automation (I/O) modules from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) is the integration of signal conditioning and full network communications into small, modular housings.

November 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Diagraph, An ITW Company: Supply catalog

Diagraph® (St. Louis, MO) offers Diagraph Direct, a full-color catalog of marking and shipping equipment and supplies. Catalog contains stencil machines, stencil board, stencils, inks, rollers, brushes, markers and more.

November 30, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Organic alcohol?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in the process of finalizing its labeling regulations for organic food products. It expects to complete the task by the end of 2000, which will be followed by a 12 to 18 month implementation period.

November 30, 2000

Flexibles

Atlantis starts-up seven-layer film line

A new seven-layer cast coextruded film line is debuting at Atlantis Plastics, Custom Films Division, Atlanta, GA.

November 30, 2000