Controls & Machine Components

Quark, Inc: Visualization software

Quark (Denver, CO) has released QuarkWrapture, a 3-D visualization software that accelerates the concept-to-market process for consumer product, graphic design, and packaging professionals.

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Film fits like a glove (sidebar)

Local service, validation yield dividends

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Conveying & accumulation

Pepsi co-op is first to employ 'Radar'

Southeast Canners improves efficiency on a can line with a newly developed computer hardware/software system that allows 24-hr/day access to production data via a secured Web site.

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OMAC picks up speed (sidebar)

The converting connection

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OMAC picks up speed

P&G, Hershey, M&M Mars indicate that OMAC involvement has already helped their bottom lines. Also, new PackML group formed to tackle naming convention guidelines for machine states.

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Palletizer brochure

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) has published a 2-page brochure describing the 940 Series of configurable, high-speed palletizers. Units can palletize at speeds in excess of 200 cases/min.

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Pacific Scientific: Servo motors guide

Pacific Scientific’s (Rockford, IL) selection guide for high performance servo motors provides information about PMA1, S Series, and R Series motors.

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Phoenix Contact Inc: Variable-frequency drive

The IP67-rated, Interbus-compatible variable-frequency drive from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) works in applications requiring speed control of 3-phase motors.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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