Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric: New line of electric motors

Baldor Electric Company announces a new line of electric motors – Super-E motors with Baldor Shaft Grounding Brush.

May 20, 2014

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Sustainable Packaging

Ecologic Brands receives financing from Kruger Inc.

Ecologic Brands completes the first close of a $7 million round of financing.

May 19, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Shrink wrapper offers 5-minute changeover

Compact shrink wrapper from Polypack is a versatile machine that can handle round, oval, or square bottles as well as cartons with minimal time required for changeover

May 19, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl+Fuchs: Isolated device coupler

FieldBarrier R4D0-FB-IA is a diagnostic-enabled isolated device coupler for FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1 and PROFIBUS PA instruments.

May 19, 2014

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Minimal maintenance on CIJ coding system

The Jet2 NeoS continuous ink-jet coding equipment from Leibinger features a smaller nozzle that delivers the same great speeds as larger nozzles.

May 19, 2014

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Control of multiple print heads

The new MPERIA platform from Matthews Marking Systems dramatically simplifies control of multiple marking and coding units on a machine or packaging line.

May 19, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Next-gen cartoning at interpack

There’s no place like interpack to see the latest in packaging machinery controls and automation. Here are just two examples of what the world’s largest packaging show had on display in the cartoning sector.

May 19, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Compact, high-speed, robotic tray loader

Cama Group has configured a total of 12 Delta-style robots in a compact space to work simultaneously to pick pieces from a conveyor belt and load them into trays.

May 17, 2014

Adhesive application

Hot melt adhesive applicator

Nordson’s Pro-Blue Liberty line incorporates the same high-efficiency hot melt technology that Nordson brought to the market two years ago with its Freedom line.

May 17, 2014

Secondary Packaging

All-electric palletizer

The L-7 all-electric palletizer from Top Tier delivers great positioning accuracy thanks to its innovative controls architecture. Cases are rotated as needed depending on encoder feedback and pallet layer requirements.

May 17, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: High-flow bidirectional electronic valves

Designed using a unique, patented valving principle, Clippard’s DV Series Minimatic electronic valves are compact, precision-built 2-way control valves that provide flows to 100 l/min.

May 16, 2014

Labels

Kashi formulas or labels likely to change by end of year

The Kellogg Company agrees to drop the terms “all natural” and “nothing artificial” from some Kashi products.

May 16, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Networkable integrated motor systems

Integrated motor-drive-controller-encoder systems are now networkable with PROFINET IO for industrial automation applications.

May 16, 2014