Controls & Machine Components

Need for MES more critical than ever

Just as a new study from Frost & Sullivan underscores how important it is to integrate top-level business systems with packaging machines on the plant floor, we’re holding a conference in which major brand owners will discuss how they’ve been doing just that.

April 21, 2010

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Oriental Motor USA: Continuous duty stepping motors

Oriental Motor’s 2-Phase PKE high-torque, high-efficiency stepping motors can be driven at continuous duty cycles.

April 8, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Johnson Electric: Compact driver

The Saia® Compact Driver from Johnson Electric is a fully integrated step driver/motor solution that reduces design and integration time and improves device performance by reducing parts count and providing greater immunity to electromagnetic interference.

April 8, 2010

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Industry watch

April 3, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

HMI/PC combo is a winning pair

A slender housing and a sleekly designed swing arm are among the features that Sig Combibloc liked about its new choice of HMI.

April 1, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

A how-to on improving line efficiency

Some seriously knowledgeable and experienced packaging professionals are convening to speak May 4 at the Packaging Automation Forum in Chicago.

April 1, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Omega Design hires new Business Development Manager

Omega Design Corporation has announced that Lee Brown will join its sales and marketing team.

April 1, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

PET line brings capacity, flexibility to Coke plant

Anchored by a blow/fill/cap Combi system, this new line handles three bottle sizes and reaches 32,000 bottles/hr on 1.5-L bottles. Just two 'pilots' are required to guide it.

March 31, 2010

Cartoning

Candy maker sweetens shrink-wrapping efficiencies

New system integrates seamlessly, increases productivity, and reduces film costs.

March 31, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Biometric switch

Schneider Electric’s Harmony™ Biometric Switch uses biometric fingerprint-recognition technology in order to grant employee access to sensitive areas and machine functions.

March 31, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Pressure sensors

Ifm’s compact PQ Series pressure sensors measure a full range of pressure and vacuum typical in pneumatic applications.

March 31, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Balluff: RFID for tool identification

The Fanuc miLink Tool ID interface from Balluff is designed to interconnect and automate the entering and tracking of tooling information to a Fanuc based CNC from a Balluff RFID Tool ID system.

March 31, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Flex America Inc: Customized valve solution

Ross' customized valves created and tested by ROSS/FLEX® specialists can produce simple, easy-to-troubleshoot and maintain valve systems.

March 31, 2010