Coding, Printing & Labeling

Carleton Inc: Quick-change feedscrews

Carleton Helical Technologies (New Britain, PA) has introduced a new system for the rapid replacement and positioning of feedscrews. The system, which features digital horizontal adjustment and indexable height adjustment, allows feedscrews to be replaced and positioned in minutes with no tools and by an operator rather than a line mechanic.

September 30, 1999

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1743

Closures

CTC Parker Automation: PC-based HMI control

PowerPanel(TM) from CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH) is a PC-based control and HMI solution for OEM machine builders. The flat-panel monitor and remote PC box are bundled with CTC's Interact HMI software.

September 30, 1999

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

Accu-Pak, Inc: Vf/f/s system

Accu-Pak's (Carrollton, TX) Apollo 2000 vf/f/s system has an Allen-Bradley PLC-based controller, and its film advance mechanisms and sealing jaw are servo-driven.

September 30, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Oden Corporation: Gear pump fillers

Oden (Buffalo, NY) introduces a new line of volumetric liquid fillers. The inexpensive Servo/Fill machines dispense water-like to viscous liquids at variable flow rates using sanitary design gear pumps.

September 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Nyden Corporation: Stepper motor drive

The PSU50-133 5-Phase Stepper Motor Drive from Nyden Corp. (San Jose, CA) is suitable for OEM applications such as robotics, pick-and-place, x-y stages, medical equipment and semiconductor manufacturing.

September 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: USDA-approved AC motor

Rockwell Automation-Dodge/Reliance (Greenville, SC) is extending its Reliance Electric® line with the Easy Clean(TM) AC motor. Suitable for the food industry, the Easy Clean offers zinc chromate-plated hardware that provides corrosion protection and USDA-approved white, epoxy paint finish.

September 30, 1999

Flexibles

User fees stuck in neutral, (sidebar)

FDA pressed to 'repackage' 120-day approval program

September 30, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Stonyfield Farm stacks benefits

Maintenance mechanic designs and builds an automatic case stacking machine that reduces labor costs and helps ready the company for new palletizing equipment.

September 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

lpha gear drives, Inc: Planetary gear reducer

Alpha Gear Drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) offers a "Micro" version of its TP low-backlash planetary gear reducer. Measuring 3.4"Wx2.8"L, the Micro features a minimum backlash of less than 1 arc min.

September 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Infinity Packaging Systems: Positive displacement filling

A new line of servo motor-controlled in-line positive displacement filling machines is available from Infinity Packaging Systems (Bloomington, IN). The Servo-Fill(TM) systems provide high fill accuracy, low energy consumption, low noise level and low maintenance, says the company.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling Systems : Print-and-apply labeler

The Model 2177 print-and-apply labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ) is now equipped with a Model 075 Smart Tamp air cylinder applicator. With the use of a sensor, the Smart Tamp allows products with random height or width requirements to run without any applicator adjustments.

September 30, 1999

Controls & machine components

Packagers beware: few controls guarantees

Most manufacturers of controls use their Web sites to communicate about their products and Y2K policies. Some feel undeserved blame for problems; others acknowledge product shortcomings.

September 30, 1999

Flexible packaging

Cloud connects to auto splicing

Chicagoland contract packager ups efficiency by adding an automated splicer onto a rollstock-driven, high-speed hf/f/s pouch machine.

September 30, 1999