Controls & Machine Components

Portescap: Disc magnet motor

Portescap introduces the P532 series disc magnet step motor with encoder.

August 28, 2013

Trends: Page 407

Additives, coatings & inks

Report assesses global nanotechnology packaging market through 2023

Global consumers, economic issues, emerging markets to influence nanotechnology growth in packaging in the coming decade.

August 27, 2013

Operational Excellence

Packaging for an E-commerce purchase

Packaging can make the difference in whether the consumer has a positive rather than a negative experience with your brand.

August 26, 2013

Secondary Packaging

New controls package bring versatility, functionality, and low TCO

Like most OEMs, Package Machinery Co. looks for ways to reduce TCO for its customers. A switch to a new controls package brought significant progress.

August 26, 2013

PMMI News

Pack Expo Las Vegas—cut loose, give back, learn a lot

Kenny Loggins will be rockin’, and all ticket proceeds go to K9s for Warriors. Brand new, too, are CTT and SMB FastTrack. Do not miss this show.

August 26, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Quick labeling adaptability

Contract packer increases operating efficiencies by installing new wraparound and top label application equipment to accommodate wide range of container and label types.

August 26, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

B&R: Panels with the performance of an industrial PC

The new Power Panel 500 series with Intel® Atom™ architecture advances into areas that were previously only handled by industrial PCs.

August 26, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Mechanical pressure switches

AutomationDirect’s new ProSense MPS25 series mechanical pressure switches are designed for the toughest applications where conventional pressure switch designs are inadequate.

August 26, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

PCI invests in packaging's future

Drug delivery developments and pending serialization justify this contract packager's capital equipment, facility, and personnel investments.

August 23, 2013

Workforce

News from Purdue U. Calumet

Niaz Latif, Professor and Dean of the College of Technology at Purdue University Calumet, has announced that enrollment in the Mechatronics program has increased from 22 in the Fall of 2012 to 50 in the Fall of 2013.

August 22, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Fujitsu: Industrial mainboards

Fujitsu Technology Solutions announces a new family of industrial-grade mainboards with LGA1150 sockets for the 4th Gen Intel Core™ processors.

August 22, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

MillerCoors asks OSHA: Shouldn’t “package size changeover” be defined these days as part of “routine operation?”

MillerCoors Larry Trunek, Manager of Manufacturing Systems in Corporate Engineering, is wondering if the lockout-tagout-tryout routine required by law under OSHA regulations is in need of a little updating.

August 22, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Flow switches

AutomationDirect’s new ProSense FSD series flow switches monitor liquid media and provide reliable flow detection for various flow applications.

August 21, 2013