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Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: 2-phase stepping motors

Oriental Motor USA introduces the new 1.97 sq” (50 sq mm) frame size PK25 series of miniature 2-phase stepping motors. The series is the latest addition to the PK product line offering high torque and compact size.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl + Fuchs: Pepperl + Fuchs: New safety nodes

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces two new SafetyNodes. The G2 style module is IP67 rated for field-mounted applications with the AS-i Yellow Flat Cable, while the KE1 style is IP20 rated for enclosure applications on DIN rail.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: D-Sub connectors

Phoenix Contact’s solder-and crimp-free Subcon D-Sub connector is now available in either a 37-pin version or a high-density 15-pin version. The Subcon product family provides a way to make D-Sub cable assemblies with no hassle, which is suitable for use in field installations in uncontrolled environments.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Microscan Systems: RSS readers

Microscan offers multiple product solutions for reading the new space-efficient Reduced Space Symbology and Composite Symbols. With both imagers and laser scanners to choose from, manufacturers no longer have to compromise on performance or features when selecting a bar code reader for RSS or Composite Symbols applications.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Renco Encoders Inc: Commutating encoder

Renco Encoders announces the new sub-miniature commutating encoder, Model R22i, which achieves both brushless motor commutation and incremental position in a small package size of 0.866” in dia by 0.59” long without mounting tabs.

August 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

Companies

Rovema Packaging Machines appointed Resolutions Technologies Corp. as its Western Canada agent.

August 31, 2004

Cartoning

Passing data horizontally from processing to packaging

Treating processing and packaging as disjointed tasks hurts efficiency and retards speed to market. New views of controls and integration could bring the two closer together.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Drive Integration with Standards

As companies find many reasons to integrate data from process manufacturing and packaging with each other and with the rest of the company’s business applications, engineers are turning to standards and models from the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA), OMAC Packaging Workgroup and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for help.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Partnership Breaks Manufacturing Barriers (sidebar)

Recently OMAC Users Group announced that it would like to work with the World Batch Forum committee on the S88 standard in order to achieve greater interoperability between batch processing systems and packaging systems.

August 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Servos bring gentle handling

On this four-axis tray loader, an integrated controller teams up with intelligent servo drives on all four servo motors.

August 31, 2004

Labeling

Pharma labels are triple-checked

Three smart cameras on a labeling system use sophisticated image-processing technology to ensure accuracy and readability of lot, date, and bar code.

August 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

Productive pouching

Rotary servo gear motor boosts productivity of hf/f/s pouch machines.

August 31, 2004