Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: Magnetic absolute encoders

Turck has introduced new Sendix® encoders with 12-bit analog and 14-big CANopen outputs designed for applications requiring rugged, high-resolution encoders.

June 2, 2008

Trends: Page 533

Controls & Machine Components

Keyence Corp. of America: Rugged photoelectric sensors

The Keyence PX Series Photoelectric Sensor heads carry an IP-69K environmental rating, allowing them to be subjected to high-pressure washdown applications, even at temperatures to 176ºF.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Intelligent platforms

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced a new version of its award-winning Proficy® Plant Applications Production Management Software suite.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: High-capacity power relay

Omron has introduced the G7Z high-capacity power relay, a compact and powerful alternative in applications where bulkier and less efficient contactors have traditionally been used and consumed valuable panel space.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC Packaging workgroup rebuttal

Editor’s note: When our resident packaging automation blogger Keith Campbell (www.ontheedgeblog.com) posted some comments on OMAC and its mission, it prompted the OMAC Packaging Workgroup Executive Committee to send in a rebuttal of sorts. On this and the adjacent page, we bring you the blog and the rebuttal.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC should maintain a simple focus on packaging

Editor’s note: When our resident packaging automation blogger Keith Campbell (www.ontheedgeblog.com) posted some comments on OMAC and its mission, it prompted the OMAC Packaging Workgroup Executive Committee to send in a rebuttal of sorts. On this and the adjacent page, we bring you the blog and the rebuttal.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Amcor upgrades on safety

At Amcor’s NSW beverage can manufacturing plant, an innovative integrated safety control system helps fast-track a safety upgrade while simplifying operation and optimising efficiency.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Safety switches

Carlo Gavazzi’s new range of mechanical safety switches can be used in any number of workplace safety applications.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Catalent expert addresses turnkey serialization

Catalent Pharma Solution’s Akan Oton provides a contract manufacturer/packager’s perspective on serialization, authentication, and track-and-trace technologies in pharmaceutical distribution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beating the e-Pedigree deadline

The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn’t stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution.

June 1, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Thank you

Why, you might ask, have I refrained from launching an editor’s column in the six years that I’ve been fortunate enough to be the editor of Packaging World?

June 1, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Opportunities and risks when connecting a control system to the Internet

Over the last few years control systems have undergone drastic technological enhancements. Where the classic approach of using microcontrollers as a Programmable Logic Controller – PLC – was industry standard in the past, today’s machine control is based on PC technology adopted for the harsher environments found in industrial applications. Find out more in this White Paper from B&R Automation.

May 19, 2008

Cartoning

Round 2: more interpack machinery video

In this edition, exclusive video shot live at interpack includes robotic rainbow tray packer, a true rotary gravimetric filler, servo-changeover case packer, ingenious new candy cartons…and more

May 16, 2008