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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
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Controls & Machine Components
Siemens Industry Inc: Flow chart programming tool
Siemens Energy & Automations 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
Closures
Prize figures are 'capped'
from InterBev 2000: Antarctica brand guarana beverage from Brazil-based Ambev has a toy prize inside the hollow 'cap' that tops the shrink wrapped 8-oz PET bottles. Each patented, ring-shaped Cap Container contains one of 40 different Pokémon™ figures.
November 30, 2000
Flexibles
Sporty pouch will be a U.S. first
from InterBev 2000: Following more than two years of development, Hydrade Beverage Co., Dallas, TX, unveiled in New Orleans its 500-mL stand-up pouch for the sports drink category. Intended for on-the-go use, the pouch has a laminated PET/foil/PET/PE structure and a resealable fitment for convenience. Sourced and contract filled overseas, it will debut in four varieties in the U.S. in early 2001.
November 30, 2000
Filling/capping, dry
Regal solution protects bottles
Chalone Vineyard of Napa, CA, is the first to benefit from a new molded fiber technology called PulpFusion. Regale claims it can reduce costs by 80% and lead time by 90% compared to other molded fiber technologies.
November 30, 2000
Contract packaging
Getting a handle on salsa packaging
In April, Frito-Lay rolled out its Tostitos™ brand salsa in a 28-oz plastic jug that features an integral handle and a wide-mouth closure. According to David Miller, senior technologist with Plano, TX-based Frito-Lay Corp., the multilayer polypropylene bottle is coextrusion-blown by Continental Plastic Containers (Irving, TX) and incorporates an ethylene vinyl alcohol barrier.
November 30, 2000
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