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.

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Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing: PC motion/logic control

MMC (Machine & Motion Control) for PC from Giddings & Lewis (Fond du Lac, WI) claims to combine PC and motion control for a “plug and play” experience.

February 28, 2001

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Kollmorgen: Motion controllers

Kollmorgen’s (Radford, VA) Servostar MC multi-axis motion controller family now includes a PCI-card version and a standalone self-contained model. The Servostar MC controls up to 16 axes of coordinated motion via SERCOS drive amplifiers.

February 28, 2001

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Fieldbus manifold system

From Rexroth Mecman (Lexington, KY), the F-Design decentralized pneumatic fieldbus manifold system permits direct control of generic I/O field devices, including sensor inputs and valve solenoid coils.

February 28, 2001

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Baldor Electric Company: Drives and motors

Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) has expanded its line of inverter and vector drives and motors. Inverter and vector drive products include: Enclosed non-ventilated (TENV) ratings through 20 hp; enclosed blower-cooled (TEBC) ratings through 800 HP; inverter drive motors approved for explosion-proof environments, from ½ to 75 HP; washdown-duty inverter drive and vector drive motors through 10 HP; paint-free washdown inverter drive motors from ½ to 10 HP.

February 28, 2001

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Emerson Drive Solutions: Emerson Drive Solutions: DeviceNet-capable module

Emerson Motion Control’s (Eden Prairie, MN) Windows-based FM-3 programming module can now be accessed from a DeviceNet Master. It features easy-to-read display and keypad and user-configurable I/O parameters.

February 28, 2001

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Nexen Group: Servo motor brakes

New, larger sizes of its Eclipse servo motor brakes are available from Nexen Group (Vadnais Heights, MN). Said to expand line to 8 size groups to fit more than 250 servo motors from 15 motor manufacturers.

February 28, 2001

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Rockwell Automation: Multi-axis drive systems

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has released the Allen-Bradley 1394 multi-axis drive systems with a SERCOS fiber-optic interface for use with Control– Logix PLC with em-bedded motion.

February 28, 2001

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Compumotor: Servo drive/controllers

Compumotor (Rohnert Park, CA) has introduced the Compax 1000SL and the Compax 3500M digital brushless servo drive/controllers. When used with AC filters, servos deliver from 1kW to 35kW of continuous, CE-compliant power.

February 28, 2001

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Case palletizer brochure

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) has published a 4-page color brochure on its 680 Series of low-speed case palletizers. A complete family of floor-level, end-of-line palletizers, the 680 includes Lexan doors, hopper walls, heavy-duty frame construction, lift-and-square pallet dispenser, and more.

February 28, 2001

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Emerson Drive Solutions: Powerful version of small servo motor

Emerson (Eden Prairie, MN) now offers its 2” NT motors in 3” frame sizes for low inertia but increased torque ratings of 30%. The motors can be supplied with MS connectors, flying leads, or flying leads with MS connectors.

February 28, 2001

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PDC International Corp.: Packaging machinery brochure

PDC Intl. (South Norwalk, CT) offers a 6-page, corporate capabilities brochure describing its international corporation’s equipment and services for the packaging industry.

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Ranpak Corporation: System automation software

Ranpak (Concord Township, OH) has released its Packaging Automated Logistics System, a networked, Windows™-based software that brings system automation to its packaging station.

February 28, 2001