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Cadillac Products Packaging Co.: Nylon gears

Nylatron® material from Cadillac Plastic (Troy, MI) is an alternative to metal gears. The nylon material works better than metal in some applications because of the reduced friction and inertia linked with the bending of thermoplastic gear teeth.

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Paxton Products: Centrifugal blower

Paxton's (Camarillo, CA) AT-1200 centrifugal blower is suitable for the beverage bottling, canning and packaging industries. Compact and efficient, the line of AT blowers provides more flow with lower speed, lower maintenance and energy savings.

June 30, 1999

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Zero - Max: Zero - Max: Linear actuator

Roh'lix® linear actuators from Zero-Max (Minneapolis, MN) convert rotary motion into linear travel at speeds to 70"/sec, depending on lead size and shaft speed.

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Plast-O-Matic Valves: Metering pump

Plast-O-Matic Valves' (Cedar Grove, NJ) VPA air-operated metering pumps are designed to deliver exact quantities of liquids in automated or manual processes and filling systems.

June 30, 1999

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Efector, Inc: Proximity switch

The IMC Cube from efector (Exton, PA) is a proximity switch that has a constant sensing range on all metals. The switch can sense steel, stainless steel, aluminum or copper at the same range, eliminating the need for correction factors.

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Paper properties

Paper Optics, a new handbook from AB Lorentzen & Wettre (Kista, Sweden), discusses the basic principles of optical properties of paper. Presents relevant formulas and tables and describes how optical properties of paper are affected by the manufacturing process.

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Banner Engineering Corp.: Safety light screens

The Latch Output Mini-Screen® safety light screens from Banner Eng. (Minneapolis, MN) provide protection in access and perimeter guarding applications.

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Euchner: Safety switch

The Euchner (Rockaway, NJ) NM Series mini safety switch is a light-weight safety interlock available in 2 compact fiberglass reinforced housing sizes: 3.23"x0.98"x1.25" and 4.41"x0.98"x1.25".

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Bimba Mfg. Co.: Tie-rod cylinders

Bimba Manufacturing Co. (Monee, IL) now offers NFPA aluminum-body tie-rod cylinders. The TA series cylinders are available with single or double rod end, oversized rods and 9 bore sizes ranging from 11/2" to 10".

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CTC Parker Automation: Control software

CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH) has introduced its PC-based control package called Machine Logic(TM), which will be a part of CTC's new Machine Shop Suite of software for factory floor automation.

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Crown Roll Leaf, Inc: Design consultation

Crown Roll Leaf (Paterson, NJ) offers graphic designers and packaging designers free consultation. Crown Roll will help designers evaluate the latest holographic materials.

June 30, 1999

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Intellution Incorporated: Software solutions

Intellution's® (Norwood, MA) FIX Dynamics(TM) family of industrial automation software solutions now supports Microsoft Windows(TM) Distributed interNet Applications for Manufacturing architecture.

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Aromat Corporation: Operator panel

Aromat Corp. (New Providence, NJ) has announced a new NAiS-brand, 8-colors-plus-shades graphics operator panel available in 2 touchscreen versions.

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