Conveying & accumulation

Robots' presence felt throughout packaging

Real-world applications of packaging automation in food, beverage, and other retail-product plants support the conclusions gleaned from a new study on robotics in packaging.

August 5, 2008

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Danfoss Drives: Danfoss Drives: Variable-frequency drives

Danfoss VLTR Series variable-frequency drives are now available with power through 1,350 HP in 460 and 690 VAC.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Power cage clamp

Wago has added 2 new terminals to its 285 Series of Power Cage Clamps®, rounding out the only spring-type terminal block line that terminates conductors from 2 AWG to 4/0.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Smaller, lighter machinery drives

ABB’s ACS350 general machinery drives are designed and built to enable volume machine builders to increase average throughput time via an average 2-sec programming time per unit.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Enhanced variable frequency drives

Lenze-AC Tech has released higher power, enhanced SMVector NEMA1 drives.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Kits for rapid design verification

The MDrivePlus product line from IMS now includes QuickStart Kits for NEMA motor sizes 14, 17, 23, 34, and 42.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Worm gearboxes

AutomationDirect expanded its mechanical power transmission product line to include worm gearboxes in four frame sizes and six gear ratios from 5:1 to 60:1.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

PAC brings glue application under central control

Tray packing machines are no different than all the other equipment in the packaging machinery universe. To be suitable for today’s marketplace, they must be flexible enough to offer fast and easy format changes.

August 4, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

AS-interface modules

Pepperl+Fuchs’ new G12 family of AS-Interface modules are easy to install and provide flexible, user-friendly operation.

August 3, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Roll-fed labeler

B & H Labeling Systems’ Marathon® SLA roll-fed labeler combines the field-proven Marathon SL technology with a complete Allen-Bradley drive-train and controls platform.

August 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

New J1000 Drive Takes the Stage

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., the world leader in the manufacturing of AC drives, servomotors, motion controllers and robotics, makes their presence felt once again.

July 31, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal bagger

PepWeighPack's automatic horizontal bagging machine, the Zippy Bagger, uses a rotary sealing head to ensure straight and even seals.

July 9, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Industry Watch

July 2, 2008