Controls & Machine Components

Aromat Corporation: Two-color touch panel

D30 Series graphic touch panel from Aromat (New Providence, NJ) consists of a NEMA 4-rated two-color backlit LCD that can display text and graphics. Stores up to 256 message screens, which can be color coded for faster operator recognition.

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Controls & Machine Components

Package shipping software

Acctronix (Lenexa, KS) has released a literature sheet on its Compass Complete Packaging System. A bulleted list provides the benefits of using this parcel shipping system, including point-and-click control and rate shopping of national carriers for the most cost-effective service.

January 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Indexing servo drives

Rockwell Automation/Electro-Craft (Eden Prairie, MN) has added indexing functionality to its BRU-Series Advantage Line family of digital servo drives.

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Controls & Machine Components

Simulation software

Systems Modeling (Sewickley, PA) has just released HiSpeed$im(TM), simulation software developed specifically for simulating high-speed packaging applications.

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Controls & machine components

Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP): Computer/line integration

Using Computer Technology to Achieve Packaging Line Integration and Automation is a comprehensive, 235-page textbook available from the Institute of Packaging Professionals (Herndon, VA).

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Controls & Machine Components

All-in-one HMI, PLC, I/O

Simatic C7-620 series of controllers from Siemens (Alpharetta, GA) combine a PLC, human-machine interface (HMI) and I/O components in a single, compact unit.

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Controls & Machine Components

Compact motion controller

PowerMotion(TM) DSM300 motion control module from GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA) uses powerful dual processors for a three-fold increase in processing power over its predecessor at roughly half the price and with half the power consumption.

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Controls & Machine Components

Palletizing robot

Rodico (Upper Saddle River, NJ) now offers PEWO-form Pallet, a compact 4-axis robotic palletizer. Its modular construction allows different functions to be combined.

January 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Kollmorgen: Compact servo motor

Platinum XT Series three-phase brushless DC servo motor is now available from Kollmorgen Motion Technologies Group (Radford, VA) in a compact housing for tight space requirements.

January 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

In-line wrap labeler

Designed for water bottles, the Model 4520 in-line wrap labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ) applies labels at speeds to 250 products/min. The stepper-motor drive labeling head has a 16" O.D.

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Controls & Machine Components

Vector controls

Baldor's (Fort Smith, AR) newest family of encoderless vector controls, the 24M series, is said to provide economical multi-axis control of AC motors.

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Controls & Machine Components

PC-based remote I/O

H2-EBC Ethernet base controller module is said to provide a PC-based controller with a low-cost means of connecting to an Ethernet I/O network. Module inserts into the CPU slot of PLCDirect's (Cumming, GA) 205 family I/O rack, which is said to be one of the lowest-priced I/O systems available, enabling high-performance remote I/O by a PC.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Porous molding material

Metapor is a micro-porous aluminum for thermoformers from International Mold Steel (Florence, KY). The material is air-permeable and is said to eliminate venting problems in thermoforming, blister packaging and film processing.

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