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

Switch from banding to bagging triples towel packaging speeds

Machine controller keeps track of towel counts, collects stats, and takes pressure off packaging operators.

January 7, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Siko Products, Inc: Wire-actuated encoders

Siko’s SG20 and SG30 wire-actuated encoders provide large measuring range in a compact design for space-constrained applications.

January 7, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Lightweight, compact intelligent robot demonstrates speed, flexibility

FANUC Robotics exhibits its new M-1iA parallel-link robot at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2009 picking and placing small objects with accuracy.

January 7, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Bodine Electric Company: High-torque gearmotor

Bodine Electric has upgraded and expanded its Type-CG variable speed AC inverter-duty and permanent magnet DC gearmotors.

December 22, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: New ECO Ethernet Coupler from WAGO Corp.

The new 750-352 ECO Ethernet Fieldbus Coupler enables the transition from centralized PAC/PLCs to flexible, decentralized networks.

December 21, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions: Controller firmware revision

The VersaMax® Micro Plus controller firmware revision 4.0 from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms improves productivity, expands communications connectivity, adds high-precision temperature sensing and increases the amount of devices that con be controlled with a low end controller.

December 16, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Free report on modularity in packaging automation

The pressure has mounted on machine builders to incorporate greater flexibility in packaging line capabilities. Those machine builders seeking to satisfy these industry requirements while improving their own business performance will identify modern software development methods that match these objectives.

December 8, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Eaton Corporation: New Eaton ratings help customers design industrial control panels with improved safety

Eaton Corporation announced it is enabling control panel builders to construct control panels that improve safety while preventing application errors.

December 7, 2009

Flexible packaging

Value and health drive new food and beverage packaging

A depressed economy and consumers' increasing concerns about personal, as well as environmental, health and wellness drive food and beverage packaging innovations.

December 6, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Medical pouch sealer

December 2, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Werum Americ: Astellas decides to implement Werum's PAS-X

Second largest Japanese pharmaceutical group installs PAS-X at its Dutch production site.

December 1, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Free online CAD portal

As an online portal, Wago's WAGO/PARTcommunity provides direct downloads of 2D/3D CAD drawings, product information and PDF data sheets.

November 23, 2009