Controls & Machine Components

Digital drives

The DIAX04 family of intelligent, modular digital drives from Indramat (Palatine, IL) provide an advanced power-to-size ratio for a range of machinery.

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General Magnaplate: Coating brochure

Magnaplate HMF(TM), a proprietary surface-enhancement process for metal parts, is described in a four-page brochure from General Magnaplate (Linden, NJ).

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Controls & Machine Components

Leak-detection upgrade

TapTone (N. Falmouth, MA) has upgraded software for its TapTone II acoustic leak-detection system. Version 2.51A will process acoustic signatures of bull-nose crowns and distinguish them from properly capped crowns.

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Controls & Machine Components

Plastic pallet

A plastic rackable pallet called LEXtra is available from Composite Mfg. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). LEXtra measures 40" x 48", weighs less than 65 lb, has a load-bearing capacity of 2꼀 lb and provides four-way entry.

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Zebra Technologies: Bar-code software

Bar-One® Test Drive is a Windows®-based program for designing and printing bar-code labels. From Zebra Technologies (Vernon Hills, IL), Bar-One Test Drive can also print labels with Datamatrix symbologies, graphics, True Type fonts, date and time information, print time prompts, decimal serial numbers and fixed information.

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Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal form/fill/seal system

The Format® is a PC-controlled continuous-motion horizontal form/fill/seal system from Cavanna (Sparta, NJ) suitable for forming either cold- or heat-seal material into pillow-packs.

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Electronic tablet counter

Modular king's (Fairfield, NJ) TB4 electronic tablet counter provides continuous filling for most shapes and sizes of compressed tablets and hard and soft gelatin capsules.

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All-Fill Inc: Piston fillers

The Series 505 heavy-duty single-nozzle piston fillers from All-Fill (Creamery, PA) are designed to fill liquids, creams, pastes, gels and other viscous products containing particulate matter up to 4/5" in dia.

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Case opener/loader/sealer

The Salwasser (Reedley, CA) Model M-50 automatic RSC case opener, loader and sealer uses servo-driven case opening and transfer drives to ensure positive motion at speeds up to 15 cases/min.

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Sonoco Alloyd: Sonoco Alloyd: Data option for sealer

The Level Four Data Acquisition system for Alloyd's (DeKalb, IL) two-station medical shuttle heat seal machines uses a dedicated computer to display and log all sealing parameters in addition to other package and order identification data.

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Enviro-impact-software

SimaPro 4 is a software program that lets users compare the environmental impact of products, processes and packaging through life-cycle assessment. SimaPro 4, from PRé Consultants (Amersfoort, the Netherlands), allows the data to be used by non-experts through the scripting language in the program.

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Multisorb Technologies, Inc: Sorbent canister

SorbiCap(TM) from Multisorb Technologies (Buffalo, NY) is a sorbent canister for adsorbing moisture and odor in pharmaceutical and diagnostic product packaging.

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Zepf, Inc A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: No-tool changeover wine filler

Zepf Technologies (St. Louis, MO) Easi-Flow Wine Filler uses the patented "Easi-Flow" filling valve to reach speeds to 250 bottles/ min. Designed to reduce dissolved oxygen pick-up, a pressure equalization system balances the pressure found in the container with that of the tank head space.

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