Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Brushless DC speed control

AXN Series brushless DC speed control system from Oriental Motor USA (Torrance, CA) develops 125 watts of motor shaft power. The drive and controller are housed in NEMA 4 enclosure.

May 31, 2002

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Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Integrated motion control

In response to packaging OEM and end-user demands for integrated motion control, the Allen-Bradley Kinetix™6000 servo drive from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) is designed to make wiring, programming, operation, and diagnostics faster and easier.

May 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

PBI-Dansensor Americ: Networked analyzer

PBI-Dansensor’s (Ringsted, Denmark) in-line oxygen and O2-carbon dioxide gas analyzer has built-in wireless networking capability. Designed for gas or vacuum modified atmosphere thermoforming and tray sealing machines, the unit allows troubleshooting and data transfer via “Blue Tooth”—a wireless networking standard—or standard LAN connections.

May 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC gains in Europe

OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) Packaging Workgroup, which is trying to simplify the development, installation, and operation of packaging equipment, reported significant progress at its April meeting at interpack 2002 in Germany.

May 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Q&A: Desperately seeking 'plug-and-pack'

An interview with Andrew McDonald, global automation and control manager for Unilever, maker of food and personal care brands such as Dove®, Suave®, Vaseline®, Lipton®, Skippy® and SlimFast®. McDonald is also the chief architect of an industry-wide “state model,” a term used to describe whether a packaging machine is running, down, on standby, etc.

May 31, 2002

Cartoning

Double vision for pizza improves

On three frozen pizza lines, Frozen Specialties upgrades to six Ethernet-linked machine-vision systems to check for damaged pizzas and unsealed carton flaps. See in-plant video

May 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

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May 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

New coex line broadens food pack offerings

Coextruded blown film is new to Enhance Packaging Technologies. ‘Pancake’ die technology gives maximum flexibility.

April 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Schmalbach-Lubec: Hot-fill PET design literature

Schmalbach-Lubeca (Manchester, MI) has developed new literature that graphically depicts a new series of “panel-less” concepts in single-serve hot-fill PET bottles.

March 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

The packaging supply chain--what's next?

A new collaborative mentality fortified by the latest IT tools is reshaping the packaging supply chain.

March 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Avail's upgrades up close

What did Avail Medical get for its $180ꯠ investment—comprising all costs including shipping—in its most recent machine improvements for a vertical form/fill/seal machine? In short, plenty.

March 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Electro Cam Corporation: PLS simplifies PLC setup

Electro Cam (Roscoe, IL) has introduced a PL-1746-C02/C03-R1-S Plug-in Module for Allen-Bradley PLCs that has the ability to turn on outputs based on a product-present input signal from sensors such as photocells or proximity switches.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: Safety light curtain

C4000 is a safety light curtain with a self-contained, noncontact control that combines high resolution with a small size. From Sick (Minneapolis, MN), it features a small-profile cross section with protective heights ranging from 300 mm to 1꼀 mm (1’ to 6’).

February 28, 2002