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Caribou Coffee, Gaviña select ICA's advanced baggers

At the recent SCAA conference in Long Beach, a ‘sold’ sign and a popular open house testified to the popularity of ICA Quality Packaging, which specializes in sophisticated, ELAU-equipped high speed bagging systems.

June 4, 2007

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V1000 Drive Redefines Business

In music, as in business, success is orchestrated by the ability to keep a constant rhythm moving.

May 31, 2007

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Packed house at PAF 2007

Opening with a vision of the future from General Mills and closing with a detailed look at plant-floor data acquisition as it's practiced at Tropicana Products, the May 23 Packaging Automation Forum played to a packed house at Chicago's Marriott O'Hare.

May 25, 2007

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Packaging Automation magazine gets its own website

The popular online magazine gets its own searchable archive site, helping packaging machinery specifiers and builders research innovative, modular machinery and automation trends in the packaging industry

May 21, 2007

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PSI: PSI: Integrated Pneumatic Valves

Series CA44 valves from Bosch Rexroth are 2-station valve manifolds for AS-i serial link (bus) applications, complying with AS-i specification.

May 8, 2007

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Siemens Industry Inc: Enhanced process automation

Siemens Energy & Automation has released Version 7 of its SIMATIC® PCS 7 Process Automation System, giving plant operators new ways to realize cost savings and performance improvements.

May 8, 2007

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Rockwell Automation: High-power motor

The new Allen-Bradley High-Power Kinetix motors from Rockwell Automation combine the efficiency of simple induction motors with the precision of servo motor technology.

May 8, 2007

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Watlow: Safety-limited controller

Watlow’s new EHG SL10 process controller and safety limit, an integrated/adjustable, agency-recognized safety limit and temperature controller all-in-one system is now available with several heater component choices for efficient lower amperage packaging systems.

May 8, 2007

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Communications protocol

IMS offers the new CANopen MDrivePlus™ products, which combine a technically advanced, highly integrated microstepping driver and motion controller with NEMA 17, 23, and 34 high-torque brushless DC motors and NEMA 34 and 42 brushless AC motors.

May 8, 2007

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Beckhoff Automation: Platform-independent communication

Beckhoff Automation offers its OPC UA in TwinCAT software—one of the first to implement the new OPC UA specification, company says.

May 8, 2007

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Fluid power catalog

Clippard Instrument Laboratory has released its new 388-page, full-line catalog, which includes features, specs, technical drawings, color photos, and application highlights throughout.

May 8, 2007

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Everett Graphics, Inc: Artisan chocolate bars on-the-go in sleeve-pouches

Recchiuti chocolate bars debuted in February 2007 in innovative, pouch-like sleeve packs that allow consumers to break off a few pieces and tuck the rest of the bar back into an elegant “sleeve-pouch” for safekeeping for carrying and travel.

May 7, 2007