Conveying & accumulation

ARC upgrades in oil and powder

This supplier to a number of U.S. government feeding programs keeps current where packaging machinery and controls technology are concerned.See video

July 31, 2005

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Closures

The road to Las Vegas: Angelus' Arol, Optima's Amotek, MG2 at MG America

This week’s PACK EXPO previews are: Arol servo cappers join Angelus family, Optima’s Amotek flow bagger is optimized for wipes, MG America introduces MG2’s horizontal case packer

July 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Digital Design inkjet puts high-quality codes on rough surface amid dirt and dust

Digital Design Evolution printer uses HP technology to precisely place tiny codes on ceramic tiles that zip by at 220 per minute.

July 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

The road to Las Vegas: Pester, Waechter, Pneumatic Scale

This week’s PACK EXPO previews are: innovative Pester robots, Waechter robotic case packer and Pneumatic Scale/Mateer Burt servo filler

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Rista Corp.: LCD panel computer

Rista introduces its ARP-2020 ruggedized panel computer with a large 20.1” LCD screen. Computer is designed for industrial supervisory control applications.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Advantech Automation Corp.: Industrial full-sized single board computer

Advantech introduces its PCA-6189 high-performance, low-power industrial full-sized single board computer with 64-bit PCI Bus. Computer is the first Intel Pentium M/Celeron M processor-based industrial full-sized single board series with 64-bit PCI-X.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Opto 22: Brain boards

Opto 22 offers its E1 and E2 brain boards. These next-generation I/O and communication processors are Ethernet versions of Opto 22’s Optomux family of brain boards, designed to migrate existing Optomux installations to faster networks, higher performance, and more communication options.

June 30, 2005

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B&R Industrial Automation: I/O slice system

B&R Industrial Automation introduces its X20 System, a complete control solution as well as a remote I/O system. System can work as an addition to a standard fieldbus to expand existing control systems, or as a complete controller, demonstrating its full performance capability when combined with X20 System CPUs.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: I/O slice system

B&R Industrial Automation introduces its X20 System, a complete control solution as well as a remote I/O system. System can work as an addition to a standard fieldbus to expand existing control systems, or as a complete controller, demonstrating its full performance capability when combined with X20 System CPUs.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Safety scanner

Rockwell Automation offers its new Allen-Bradley DeviceNet Safety scanner and I/O that gives manufacturers the opportunity to place safety and standard devices on a single network, simplifying control system design in complex applications such as those found in the automotive, semiconductor, packaging, food, and beverage industries.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

New servo machine fills and seals cups, tubs and bottles

HAMBA Filtec has applied advanced technology to proven packaging principles in its new Flexline machine, with no fewer than 19 servo-automated functions setting the standard for flexibility in plastic bottle, cup ad tub filling and sealing. Introduced at the 2005 interpack show in Düsseldorf, Germany, the machine is designed for food and beverage packaging, from yogurt and yogurt drinks to margarine and snack foods.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Temperature/process controllers

Omron’s new E5AR 1/4 DIN and E5ER 1/8 DIN temperature/process controllers multi-loop models allow for integrated control of multiple zones or environmental factors such as temperature, pressure, and humidity.

June 30, 2005

Flexible packaging

Trends in pharma validation

What do pharmaceutical companies need from technology providers and packaging machinery OEMs to make FDA validation run more smoothly?

June 30, 2005