Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Compact controller

With the new Allen-Bradley compact GuardLogix 5370 controller from Rockwell Automation, users no longer need separate networks and controllers for safety and motion in applications with up to 16 axes, making it easier to design safety into a wide range of standard and custom machines, and resulting in simpler system architectures.

April 8, 2016

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Additives, coatings & inks

Klöckner Pentaplast appoints new CFO and COO

Klöckner Pentaplast adds experienced leaders in Brent Jones (CFO) and Peter Heinze (COO).

April 4, 2016

Protective/transport packaging

Study reveals consumer emotional responses to protective packaging

Data gathered from opening packages, removing products from the package and discarding the package have an impact on future consumer purchases.

April 6, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Automation pays off for G-Sport

Gresvig (G-Sport), the largest player in the Norwegian sports and leisure industry, has implemented a fully automated warehouse management system at their primary warehouse in Askim, just outside of Oslo.

April 5, 2016

Sustainability

Cryoport chosen to provide cold chain logistics support to ProteoGenex

Reusable Cryoport shippers will reduce ProteoGenex’ use of consumable dry ice and save its clients more than 50% on shipping and handling costs.

April 5, 2016

Contract Packaging

Rise of the collaborative co-pack robots

Human-form robots are moving upstream from palletizing to work — cheaply — alongside their human counterparts.

April 5, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domino appoints Paul Doody to Global Marketing Director

Domino Printing Sciences taps the entrepreneurial leader to drive effective marketing campaigns.

April 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

HMI from B&R: User can easily navigate through the screens to view data

A-B-C Packaging exhibits its low level palletizer that infeeds products such as cases, totes, bags, boxes and crates into the equipment, orientates the product into different layers and palletizes it for distribution. The PLC operated palletizer with touch screen HMI from B&R lets the user navigate easily through the screens to view any necessary data from recipes to diagnostics and start and stop sequences.

April 4, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

mapp technology tour

After many man-years of development, the result is mapp Technology. Short for modular application, mapp represents B&R's strategic investment in its own future viability. It bridges the gap between traditional, sequential software design and intuitive interfaces overlaying advanced software concepts. mapp embeds powerful software functionality inside readily configured software objects based on the IEC 61131-3 standard.

April 4, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Industrial automation is seeing modular application software grow

New programming technology called mapp (for “modular application”), which emphasizes the configurability of automation software objects and requires less structured programming than in the past, is putting ladder programming more into the forefront. Following a mantra of “configure more and program less,” the goal is to reduce the need for service engineers to delve into PLC code. They can deploy diagnostics remotely with simple connectivity tools like onboard web servers and VNC connections.

April 4, 2016

Filling/capping, dry

Chicken packaging do-over

New software-assisted tooling for vacuum skin packaging brings a number of advantages, while a switch in lidding material and new thermoformed trays complete the upgrade.

April 4, 2016

Secondary Packaging

High on efficiency, low on cost

PC-based control and EtherCAT help ensure top-quality cases while saving hundreds of technician hours per machine and reducing cabinet size by 40 percent.

April 4, 2016

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

Quebec laundry cuts labor costs and improves quality

An automated sorting and bagging system saves Partagec Inc. more than 15,000 staff hours annually, and by reducing manual handling it greatly reduces contamination risk.

April 4, 2016