Controls & Machine Components

Galil Motion Control, Inc: USB motion controller

Galil Motion Control's (Mountain View, CA) DMC-2000 Series motion controllers are now available with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. Motion controllers can be plugged into a USB port on a PC, without requiring a dedicated interface card.

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Secondary Packaging

Omega Design Corp.: Compact shrink bundler

Omega Design's (Exton, PA) new Classic shrink bundler automatically collates containers or cartons and bundles them into unitized packages wrapped in clear PE film to protect against label marring.

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Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Windows™ CE control

SIMATIC MP270 Multi Panel is said to combine the robust, deterministic behavior of a PLC with the openness of a PC, all in a single operator panel measuring 171/2"W x 113/4"H x 31/2"D.

November 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Eskay Corp.: Eskay Corp.: Conveyors

Eskay (Salt Lake City, UT) has released a brochure featuring its advanced line of conveyor systems. Conveyors offer ready integration to other material flow systems such as automated storage buffers, carousels and sorters, and are available in roller, belt and chain configurations.

November 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Krones, Inc: Bottle sleever

The Servo Sleever from Krones (Franklin, WI) applies heat-shrinkable body sleeves to bottles at speeds to 400 cpm. Provides direct feed, cutting and application without vacuum or complex handling parts.

November 30, 1998

Palletizing/depalletizing

'Combo' pack puts Tropical Cheese at ease

Checkweigher and metal detector combine to reduce giveaway and help enhance quality control for this maker of natural cheeses marketed to retail and foodservice accounts.

November 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

lpha gear drives, Inc: High-speed gear reducer

Alpha Gear Drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) has introduced its SP high-speed gear reducer. Designed specifically to improve continuous-duty servo motor performance for high-speed continuous applications such as packaging, converting and printing.

November 30, 1998

Filling/capping, dry

All-Fill Inc: Powder filling system

All-Fill's (Exton, PA) automatic powder filling system runs at speeds from 35 to 80 cpm on rigid container filling lines. A checkweigher directs filling heads to increase or decrease fill amount.

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Flow wrapping

Software helps Hershey slay downtime

Powerful software allows Hershey to automatically gather packaging efficiency data. Local and remote line control and monitoring are added bonuses.

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Controls & Machine Components

The Staplex Co.: Electric stapler

The Model SU-100 Ultra Heavy Capacity Electric Stapler from The Staplex Co. (Brooklyn, NY) staples up to 100 sheets of 20-lb paper or materials of equivalent thickness.

October 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Siko Products, Inc: Position indicator

The DE09 digital electronic position indicator from Siko (Dexter, MI) captures and reports the displacement of machine spindles and the current spindle position at applications up to 1귔 rpm with resolution of 1갰 counts/revolution.

October 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

American Fuji Seal Inc: Shrink-sleeve applicator

The Model 3300 Intersleeve will be displayed by American Fuji Seal (Bardstown, KY). Handles unfilled PET, HDPE and glass containers. Applies shrink-sleeve labels at speeds to 400 cpm.

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Controls & Machine Components

Tantec Inc: Static eliminator

Tantec's (Schaumburg, IL) new ME-Series metal static eliminator bar neutralizes static in webs. The bar features an open channel for easy cleaning, expandability without intermediate holders, integral grounding, retrofitting ability and Fast-On holders for easy mounting.

October 31, 1998