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Controls & Machine Components

World record application in linear motion

Summit Publishing blogger, Keith Campbell, reports on the importance of price versus performance when it comes to investing in new technology in his article “What is appropriate technology?” He makes his point by presenting an example where B&R Industrial Automation was able to achieve world record results in linear motion.

April 3, 2013

Thermoform/fill/seal

Thermoformer is versatile, energy efficient

Wrapping Machinery’s new FC780 E represents a new generation of vacuum and pressure forming machines for the food packaging industry. Designed to handle all thermoformable materials including PP, PE and OPS, the FC 780 E series is equipped with automation from B&R to achieve consistent quality, short retooling times, flexibility, ease of use, and significant energy savings through regenerative braking.

April 3, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Tools simplify machinery safety-system design

Rockwell Automation announces the release of two new tools to help machine and equipment builders (OEMs), and manufacturers save time when designing machinery safety systems.

April 3, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Universal controller

The SCX11 Universal Controller from Oriental Motor is a powerful single axis motion controller and is a direct replacement for its SCX10 controller.

April 3, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Midget-style fuse holders

WAGO Corporation’s 811 Series Class CC and Midget-Style (10x38mm) Fuse Holders provide machine- and panel-builders with a new approach to branch and supplemental protection.

April 3, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

IDEC Corporation: Non-contact RFID interlock switches

IDEC introduces the HS3A non-contact, RFID-coded, safety interlock switches.

April 3, 2013

Workforce

2013 Industrial Automation Engineering scholarships

Applications for the 2013/2014 ASCO Numatics Industrial Automation Engineering Scholarship program are now being accepted.

April 2, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

A new breed of linear servo motor finds packaging applications

Conspicuous at Pack Expo International last fall, linear servo motors may be evolving in a manner similar to that of the coordinated multi-axis rotary servos that preceded them.

April 2, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging pumps up juice sales

Fave Juice’s careful selection of new bottling system protects product shelf life and triples sales forecasts.

April 2, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

GE Intelligent Platforms: Advanced manufacturing software solutions

GE Intelligent Platforms introduces advanced manufacturing software solutions that drive lower costs, faster production and tighter control on quality.

March 26, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

IDEC Corporation: 3-phase power supply

The new, three-phase power supply from IDEC, PS5R-TJ24, is an addition to the already popular and powerful PS5 series of switching power supplies.

March 26, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Network products

Announcing the introduction of Network Products from Oriental Motor, meaning their drivers now offer a built-in controller (stored data) type and can connect to various master controllers.

March 26, 2013