Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Brushless servo motors

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) introduced the Allen-Bradley MP-Series high-performance brushless servo motors. Aimed to give machine builders high-torque motors with reduced footprints for use in smaller machines, the motors accelerate and decelerate quickly.

May 31, 2001

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Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Automation system

With the PacDrive automation system from Elau (Chicago, IL), the digital servo amplifiers and servo motors are furnished with an electronic-type plate.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Programmable field controller

Wago (Germantown, WI) offers a programmable field controller for the Wago-I/O-System. Allows users to store and execute programs locally and still communicate with the network.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Compumotor: Motion controller

Compumotor (Rohnert Park, CA) now offers 6K motion with a PC-based graphical user interface called MotionPanel from sister company Parker CTC. Features high-speed Ethernet communication, upload/download capabilities, and built-in intelligence without the need for programming.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Online PLC training

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc., (Alpharetta, GA) introduced earlier this year a series of 3 online courses for its Simatic™ S7 programmable logic controllers.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

InduSoft: InduSoft: Product interface

SoftPLC (Austin, TX) and InduSoft (Austin, TX) have interfaced their products, making it possible for a SoftPLC controller to have an HMI, data acquisition system, and connections to both wireless instrumentation and the Internet.

May 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Wrapper saves costs

Rexroth Indramat’s (Hoffman Estates, IL) new PPC (Combined Motion & Logic Controller) eliminates the need for a separate PLC on horizontal form/fill/seal machines from AmeriPak (Warrington, PA).

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Machinery looks to electronics

With an eye towards higher flexibility and efficiency, Robert Bosch Corp.’s Packaging Machinery Division (Bridgman, MI) is transitioning using Elau (Chicago, IL) motion controls from all-mechanical designs to a combination of mechanical, electronics, and software.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Moog Inc: Brushless servo motor

G330 Series brushless servo motors from Moog (East Aurora, NY) offer a continuous torque range of 0.5 to 5 Nm and speeds to 9괌 rpm. The motors are available in lightweight 55-, 70-, and 100-mm frames.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Clemson University: Training courses

Clemson University (Clemson, SC) is offering week-long training courses in flexography and offset lithography. Classes concentrate on a variety of topics, including process basics, process control, color theory, and press operation.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

SAP: SAP: Formulation control software

Mettler Toledo’s (Columbus, OH) FormWeigh formulation control software system communicates directly to the latest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software from SAP.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Digital motor controls

Soft Start digital controls from Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) allow operators to set up applications by defining operating parameters via a 32-character keypad.

April 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Progressive Plastics Inc: Modified cylinder

From Progressive Plastics (Cleveland, OH) comes an 8-oz modified cylinder with a 22-mm neck finish. Available in water-clear PVC and natural HDPE, as well as colored PVC and HDPE.

April 30, 2001