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Conveying & accumulation

Labatt drives toward networked bottling lines

Labatt Breweries upgrades bottling line conveyors with compact drives that smooth production, enhance network communications and simplify troubleshooting.

August 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

'Motion Control University'

The Center for Automation and Motion Control at Alexandria Technical College in Minnesota offers a hands-on curriculum of leading-edge technology.

August 31, 2000

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PPG paints precise picture of production (sidebar)

PI: Benchmarking a World Class line

August 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

PPG paints precise picture of production

From depalletizing to palletizing, powerful graphics-laden software analyzes the performance of PPG Industries’ packaging lines. Analysis results in changes that increase output efficiency 12%.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

idmarket.com: Web-based technology

A new Web company, idmarket.com, has introduced the Specification Management Application/Real Time (SMA/RT) system. The SMA/RT system organizes packaging specifications, providing access to current specifications and historical changes.

July 31, 2000

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Barco: Packaging system software

Barco (Vandalia, OH) has created a series of software programs that can create a structural design from standards using a familiar Web browser, search databases, download graphics and CAD data from Web servers.

July 31, 2000

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Roberts PolyPro: POP display strips

Six to 12 pieces of merchandise can be hung from POP Strips from Roberts PolyPro (Charlotte, NC). These PE point-of-purchase strips are available in a variety of widths, lengths and colors.

July 31, 2000

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Automated Packaging Systems: Bags dissipate static

Automated Packaging Systems (Streetsboro, OH), has introduced its line of static dissipative, PE Autobags®. They’re designed for environments requiring packaging materials that don’t charge when separated and don’t contribute to charging the objects that come into contact with them.

July 31, 2000

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Elf Machinery: Start/stop pump filler

ELF’s (LaPorte, IN) variable-speed start/stop pump filler uses 4 to 20 filling heads to fill up to 120 containers/ min with low- or high-viscosity liquids.

July 31, 2000

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FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: Zero-pressure combiner

The ZPC combiner from Fleetwood (Romeoville, IL) aligns bottles in a single file and uses 4 photo eyes—1 to monitor infeed, 1 to monitor discharge and 2 to monitor gaps between bottles—to ensure a constant feed rate.

July 31, 2000

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E-commerce brochure

Rapistan (Grand Rapids, MI) offers a brochure that describes order fulfillment and distribution system capabilities for e-commerce, catalog and customer-direct operations.

July 31, 2000

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PLC catalog

GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA) has released a color catalog describing its new line of VersaMax™ Nano and Micro programmable logic controllers. Devices combine PLC and I/O into 1 unit that can fit in 1 hand.

July 31, 2000