Controls & Machine Components

Viewtronix Inc: Industrial workstations

Viewtronix (Ann Arbor, MI) offers 4 models of NEMA 4/12 industrial panel-mount workstations for use in harsh environment applications. The IC Workstation series is available in 10.4”, 12”, 15” and 18” flat-panel display sizes.

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Siemens Industry Inc: Expanded micro PLC line

Siemens Energy and Automation (Alpharetta, GA) has expanded its Simatic S7-200 micro PLC product offering to include 8 CPU options, 25 digital and analog expansion modules, and more user-friendly software.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Balluff: Linear position sensors

Balluff’s (Florence, KY) new Micropulse magnetostrictive linear position sensors are available with a Profibus-DP interface. The profile-style sensors offer a stroke length up to 157” and provide sub-millisecond position updates, position resolution of 0.0002” and velocity resolution of 0.004”/sec.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electronics Americ: Mitsubishi Electronics Americ: Micro-drive

Mitsubishi Electric Automation (Vernon Hills, IL) has released the S500 Series variable frequency drive, which is designed to be simple to use, configure and operate.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Computational Systems Inc: Monitoring systems

CSI (Knoxville, TN) offers the 4500 Series Online RBM Consultant, a monitoring tool that can be used with packaging equipment. Handles 32 channels of sensor inputs, 16 pulse tach inputs and 16 opto-type digital I/O relay channels for online monitoring of machinery.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

LINPAC: Product catalog

Linpac Materials Handling (Georgetown, KY) offers a full line product catalog describing Ropak™ brand reusable container systems. The 20-page, full-color catalog highlights 3230, 4048, 4548, Extended Length, Fixed Wall and Hopper Bottom containers with photos, size specifications, dimensions and weight capacities.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Service Industries: Replacement slats for bottle fillers

Service Industries (Rolling Meadows, IL) introduces replacement slats for bottle filling machines. These inexpensive change parts are compatible with existing equipment from most slat-style filler manufacturers.

February 28, 2001

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

OMAC: Standardize packaging machine 'states'

Should packagers define an industry standard for the various states of a packaging machine? That and other weighty questions were debated at the most recent OMAC meeting in late February in Orlando, FL.

February 28, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

API : Motion solutions

API Motion’s (Amherst, NY) new brochure describes complete motion solutions for high-speed servo and stepper labeling equipment. Products include Centennial drive controls, Turbo servo motor, hysteresis clutch and industrial encoder.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Zero - Max: Sizing and selection software

Zero-Max (Plymouth, MN) offers sizing and selection software for its CD couplings. Provides recommendations based on a given set of operating application requirements supplied by the user.

February 28, 2001

Filling/capping, dry

Industrial Dynamics/filtec: Can and bottle sensor

Industrial Dynamics’ (Torrance, CA) FS-80IP proximity dud detector finds bottles or cans with low vacuum or pressure as they run on filling/capping lines.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Moog Inc: Digital servo drive

The L180 Series digital servo drive from Moog (East Aurora, NY) operates brushless AC servo motors for packaging, plastics, materials handling and robotics applications.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Cincinnati Interface: Communications interface

Panel interface connectors (PICs) from Cincinnati Interface (Cincinnati, OH) consist of power outlet and one or more data ports. PICs mount to the outside of the packaging machine or controls cabinet.

February 28, 2001