Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Temperature transmitters

Head-mounted and DIN rail-mounted temperature transmitters in non-programmable and programmable models are now available in AutomationDirect’s ProSense line.

January 13, 2013

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A partnership that drives both participants forward

General Mills’ Gregg Stedronsky and Aagard’s Steve Mulder share their thoughts on partnering, controls technology, and how to manage risk in a mutually beneficial way.

January 7, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Mencom Corporation: Cables/receptacles

Mencom Corporation’s competitively-priced 12 pole, over-molded M23 cables and mating 12 pole M23 receptacles are available in metric sizes and ½-in. NPT.

January 7, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Drive technology serves up a customer-friendly shrinkwrapper

The newest shrinkwrapping system from this packaging machinery OEM makes good use of drive technology to minimize energy consumption and save on packaging materials.

January 4, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Hitachi America, Ltd.: Simple inverter

Providing economical, simple-to-use speed control solutions, the ultra-compact NE-S1 inverter is Hitachi’s next-generation inverter in their HP range of 1/2 to 3 hp.

January 2, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Control Techniques: AC, servo motor controls

Control Techniques' Unidrive M is a comprehensive family of AC and servo motor controls that enhances machine performance, reduces commissioning and diagnostic times, lowers machine costs, and provides flexibility.

December 14, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: EtherCAT coupler

Beckhoff’s EK18xx EtherCAT Coupler series integrates 12 built-in digital I/Os to reduce the costs and cabinet space requirements of Industrial Ethernet I/O systems.

December 13, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

PC-based automation enhances food processing machines

Machinery can be managed, monitored and controlled with greater ease, development time is down and end users are happy.

December 12, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Design for competitive advantage

One thing frustrates me greatly when I’m talking with many packaging machine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). They are so drilled into thinking that their only competitive advantage is low price that they don’t look for other ways to add value to their products.

December 12, 2012

Conveying & accumulation

A new approach to conveyors

Different products can be conveyed on a single line and moved in different directions, while an operator has complete control over the speed and direction of movement of the conveyed food products by implementing control commands virtually in real-time.

December 12, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC committees focus on streamlining standard

A recent meeting of the OMAC Packaging Working Group’s PackML and PackSpec committees concentrated on clarifying and simplifying its standard to bolster increased acceptance and use of the standard by OEMs and end users.

December 12, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Take a quick virtual tour

See the latest in packaging automation technology from B&R Industrial Automation, all in just 3 1/2 minutes.

December 5, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Linear motor cuts TCO on packaging machines

From Linmot comes a linear servo motor that is especially suitable for packaging machinery manufacturers working to combine linear and rotary motion.

December 4, 2012