Controls & Machine Components

Unlocking plant-floor packaging data at Unilever

Accurate, timely information on which to make business decisions is already on the packaging floor, according to Unilever's Andrew McDonald, global automation and control manager.

March 31, 2003

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Conveying & accumulation

Indexing conveyor

Nalbach Engineering (Countryside, IL) released the Model ICS-8 indexing conveyor with product settling system. Combined with Nalbach’s line of servo driven auger and cup fillers, it’s a complete, integrated, filling station, ideal for the consistent and accurate dispensing of a broad range of powders, granulars, flakes, and other free-flowing products.

March 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Side flow air conveyance system

Whisper Side Flow[tm] air conveyance system for PET and other plastic containers accommodates various container sizes, heights, and neck finishes.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: Flexible scanner

The Omni-2110 from Sick is an individually configurable, omni-directional scanning system from Sick (Minneapolis, MN) suitable for the most demanding sortation, item-tracking, and package-handling environments.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

lpha gear drives, Inc: AC servo actuator

The TPM AC servo actuator from alpha gear drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) is a servo/gearmotor package consisting of a brushless AC servomotor, a low-backlash, high-precision TP planetary gearhead; and an optional holding brake.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Wash-down valves

Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL) has introduced the CL03 Clean Line™ Series of wash-down valves. They utilize IP67/NEMA 6-rated technology in a hygienically designed package.

February 28, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Christian Book Distributors: Packaging books for e-commerce orders

After orders are placed onto corrugated blanks, a scanner reads the bar code on the shipping manifest, placed on top.

February 28, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Romaco: Rotary tablet counter for capsule filling and counting

The RTC 200 rotary tablet counter from Romaco provides positive container handling for tablet or capsule filling and counting.

February 28, 2003

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Servo auger filler/bagger

The Phaser Bagger from EaglePack (Oakland, CA) will be shown at the 2003 SCAA coffee exposition in Boston, held April 25-28.

February 28, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

National Manufacturing Week: Notes from the field

Special Projects Editor Dave Newcorn spotted many interesting new technologies, including machine vision, at National Manufacturing Week in early March. Here are some of them.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Interphex 2003: pharma shifts to Gen3 packaging

A technology shift is underway among pharmaceutical manufacturers and contract packagers.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Leeson Electric: Stainless steel motors

Leeson Electric (Grafton, WI) now offers a full line of premium stainless steel motors that meet the demanding sanitation requirements of the food and chemical processing industries.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

IMI Norgren, Inc: Pneumatic rotary actuators

From Norgren (Littleton, CO), a new range of pneumatic rotary actuators for packaging applications offer a consistently smooth, accurate, cushioned movement.

February 28, 2003