Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Metal guard foot switches

Designed for shearing and spinning machines, lathes, wrapping machines and riveting machines and presses, AutomationDirect’s metal guard foot switches in single and double units come with die-cast aluminum foot cover guards and heavy-duty ABS plastic bases and pedals.

April 9, 2012

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Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: Single-board RIO embedded devices

Designed for high-volume and OEM embedded control and data acquisition applications that require high performance and reliability, National Instruments' four new NI Single-Board RIO board-level embedded devices feature a real-time processor, Spartan-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA), analog and digital I/O, and more built-in peripherals for custom embedded control and monitoring applications.

April 9, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Harland expands labeling in South America

Specialist in label applicator machinery makes news in South America

April 9, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Seven best practices for buying labeling machinery

Determining requirements for machinery isn’t rocket science, but it does take careful planning. During the 35 years I worked at Revlon, I learned to ask some basic questions on any new project to determine the appropriate direction to take. Here are the key areas your questions should address.

April 9, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

SPS 2012: Day one delves into LCA, recycling

With a stated focus of “Advancing Sustainable Supply Chains with Optimized Packaging,” the second annual Sustainable Packaging Symposium kicked off with discussions on Life Cycle Analysis and the challenges of recycling.

April 5, 2012

Operational Excellence

Interphex 2012 from a packaging perspective

More than 650 suppliers and 1,000 product lines will be on display May 1 – 3 at New York’s Javits Center. Here are some of the packaging-related highlights for the event.

April 5, 2012

Cartons and boxes

Box demand continues to rise

New study forecasts U.S. demand for corrugated and paperboard boxes to climb $36.5 billion in 2016.

April 4, 2012

Contract Packaging

Gerry Donley inducted to Co-packing Hall of Fame

Packager sets example for pioneering practices, partnerships

April 4, 2012

Containers

Yogurt containers blown neck to neck

Wimm Bill Dann, a major Russian dairy producer adds capacity by making its yogurt bottles neck-to-neck on a reciprocating blow molding machine.

April 4, 2012

Cartons and boxes

Custom shipper delivers security

A custom-designed corrugated shipping box that showcases the components of SafeMart.com’s home security systems provides peace of mind to customers.

April 3, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Case packer’s precision control a function of its gearboxes

High-efficiency, low-backlash gearboxes deliver precise actuation on this servo-controlled case/tray packer at speeds to 45 cases/min.

April 3, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ink-jet lowers cost of consumables

Hitachi at Pack Expo Las Vegas introduced the PH Series ink jet printer.

April 3, 2012

Contract Packaging

Bumble Bee on contract packagers and plastic containers

Packaging development manager Brian Stepowany of Bumble Bee Foods talks about the importance of relationship building with contract packagers and the challenges of plastic can development.

April 3, 2012