Conveying & accumulation

Deluxe RFID is scalable

Deluxe Media Service’s RFID for boxed DVDs implemented at three distribution centers to meet a retailer mandate is flexible and scalable. See video

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Make2Pack sharing session

On November 15, 2005, in Milan, Italy, the Make2Pack Workgroup, with support from Siemens, will be hosting an information-sharing session to explain how the Make2Pack effort will benefit all users and suppliers of factory floor automation.

August 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

A vote for open standards

The Aagard Group--A Minnesota maker of cartoners, case packers, and other secondary packaging systems--recently shipped a side-seam carton gluer/bag-in-box cartoner/case packer/palletizer that's all mounted on one frame and deploys a single PC to control 36 axes of servo motion. In a telephone interview primarily about the new machine and its controls architecture, Brenton Smith, company president, had some intriguing thoughts to share about machine automation in general.

August 31, 2005

Cartoning

PC/servo bag-in-box solution

This 36-axis bag-in-box system occupies minimal floor space, installs easily, and is controlled by a single PC.

August 31, 2005

Cartoning

Kraft's video data recorder

Kraft has developed ROME, a ‘black box’ diagnostic tool for packaging machinery that combines data collection and video from two cameras.

August 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Connectors for I/O modules

The Wago-I/O System from Wago Corp. has been expanded to offer pluggable connectors for I/O module wiring. This new series, designated the 753 Series, means customers can now pre-manufacture wiring harnesses using the 753 Series Connectors and simply plug them into the 753 Series I/O modules; a variety of both analog, digital, and special-function modules are available.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Eriez Magnetics: Strong magnets

Eriez Magnetics will display its new Xtreme™ Rare Earth Plate Magnets, with a holding force 50% stronger than other similar magnets on the market. In addition, the depth of the magnetic field has been increased so that deeper flows of materials can be magnetically separated more efficiently.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Multiuser-capable HMI/SCADA

The new zenOn 6.20 Editor from Copa-Data is thoroughly multiuser-capable, allowing for simultaneous project creation. Projects can be saved on a central computer and then edited simultaneously from different workstations, allowing a team of development engineers to distribute project work optimally.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Automation system

Easy-2-Combine from Rexroth is a solution for multi-axis automation tasks with individual components that can be combined in simple, time-saving assembly steps, allowing the most common applications in assembly technology to be done with standardized interfaces.

July 31, 2005

Cartoning

The road to Las Vegas: World's fastest blister packer, robots everywhere, ROI talk

This week’s PACK EXPO Previews: Uhlmann’s ultra-fast blister machine, how a new software library is transforming packaging robots, and a Conference at PELV track on productivity you won’t want to miss.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal servo wrapper

Formost Packaging Machines will exhibit its Fuji-Formost FW-3400 Alpha VI horizontal servo wrapper at Pack Expo Las Vegas in September.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Low profile, 'flat' linear motors

Aerotech offers its BLMFS5 Series ‘flat’ linear motors that provide 25% more power, in an equivalent envelope, than competing models, company says.

July 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Drinktec preview: what's new in labelers?

A number of new servo labelers take center stage at the big drinktec beverage manufacturing show, September 12-17, Munich, Germany.

July 31, 2005