Controls & Machine Components

Danaher Motion: Danaher Motion: Motor feedback encoders

As a replacement for resolvers, Flex-Mount encoders from Danaher Controls are said to provide an easier, more affordable way to improve machine performance and productivity in stepper and servo motor applications.

June 30, 2003

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Controls & Machine Components

Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc: Brushless motor drives

Delta Tau Data Systems introduces the Geo Drive family of brushless motor drive amplifiers. The 1- or 2-axis 3-phase servo-drive amplifiers support a wide range of motor types, power ranges, and user interfaces.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Associated Packaging Technologies: Tray brochure

Associated Packaging Technologies offers a brochure describing its custom or stock tray options. Full-color brochure includes information regarding the company’s ready-meal trays, institutional trays, bakery trays, fully prepared meat trays, frozen food trays, and case-ready meat trays.

June 30, 2003

Additives, coatings & inks

Smoothening torque transfer

Auger fillers are fast, flexible, and accurate thanks to the composite disc couplings used to transfer torque from servo motors to auger shafts.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: Safety interlocks

Sick has added more than 20 new safety interlocks to its product line to include safety position switches, safety locking devices, noncontact safety sensors, safety operating and emergency stop switches, and safety switches with separate actuators.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Pilz International: Noncontact magnetic safety switches

Pilz offers noncontact magnetic safety switches on the input side in conjunction with BG-tested electronic evaluation devices, plus safe relay, semiconductor, and power outputs on the output side.

May 31, 2003

Flexible packaging

A culture of packaging innovation

Harro Höfliger integrates production and packaging in modular Gen3 machinery.

May 31, 2003

Converting equipment

Sidel, Pressco announce an alliance

At NPE 2003 in Chicago this week, Sidel Inc. and Pressco Technology announced their signing of a strategic alliance agreement for the distribution and sale of Pressco's Intellispec™ PET container vision inspection system.

May 31, 2003

Controls & machine components

Omron Electronics LLC: Networked HMI

Omron’s NS advanced operator interface can access information from PLCs up to 3 networks away from a single screen. Information can be accessed from an Ethernet network, a ControllerLink network, and up to 2 serial ports, all simultaneously.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Linear Motion and Assembly Tech.: Bosch Rexroth Linear Motion and Assembly Tech.: Open motion/machine control

The VisualMotion open motion/machine control from the Electric Drives and Controls business unit of Bosch Rexroth Corp. shortens changeover time and boosts accuracy for packaging equipment, company says.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: PackML report

Elau is helping packaging machinery builders and users make the most of the PackML state model. A free PackML CD and PackML workshop series show how to use the state model, implement it in IEC 61131-3 standard languages, and gain access to valuable OEE and MES information in a standardized way.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: Absolute encoders

Turck’s Kübler by Turck 5862/82 Line of absolute multiturn encoders are flexible, configurable, tough, and low profile. Patented Intelligent Sensing Technology delivers programmability and accuracy in high-abuse applications.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Efector, Inc: Efector, Inc: AS-i gateways

New AS-i gateways with DeviceNet and Ethernet interfaces are included as part of an expanded Controller-E Series from ifm efector. Gateways can connect 2 full AS-i systems, up to 868 I/O points, as 1 node on a higher-level network.

May 31, 2003