Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: Low-Profile Junction Box

New low-profile M12 eurofast junction boxes from Turck provide efficiency and versatility for quick-disconnect wiring consolidation. The compact junction boxes are available in 4- or 8-port with single or dual output.

June 30, 2006

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Contract Packaging

Packaging Summit Expo and Conference 2007 intensifies Contract Packaging objectives

Last May’s Packaging Summit 2006 (held May 16-18, 2006 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois) was a great success, bringing packaging’s leaders together in one venue specializing in contract packaging solutions, containers and materials innovations as well as an outstanding educational conference program.

June 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging machine OEM cuts programming time by 30 percent

A beverage carrier assembly machine builder cut engineering time by 30% with Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture.

June 25, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Le Nature: Lane combining on beverage line

At this bottler of flavored or enhanced waters, sports drinks, fitness waters, teas, juices, and other New Age beverages, an overhead three-to-one air conveyor/combiner sends bottles in a single file to the filler block.

May 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Dr. Lee's TeaForHealth® launches in PET

Dr. Lee's TeaForHealth has selected 16-oz PowerFlex™ polyethylene terephthalate bottles from Amcor PET Packaging to launch its new organic tea line.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Elau's Packaging Automation Forum Series

Click on the following stories to read Elau's series on the Packaging Automation Forum.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Turning the tide in packaging automation

Our fourth and final Packaging Automation Forum report looks at the automation challenges still faced by packagers and how PAF participants are driving new technologies and standards to achieve their companies’ growth and profit objectives.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging Automation Forum: a blockbuster event

Consistent message from packagers: automation strategies must deliver business results. That’s why outdated control specifications have opened up to new solutions that improve efficiency, flexibility, cost of ownership and access to management information.

May 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pharma perspective on Packaging Automation Forum

In this second installment of our PAF report, pharmaceutical packagers share insights into the business advantages of modularity, enabling shop floor personnel to make good decisions, and networkable machine structures.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

CAN Card

Copley’s new smart Model CAN-PCI-02 CAN provides an interface between the company’s distributed motion control software and its CANopen servo and stepper drives.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

128-Channel I/O Card

Advantech’s Industrial Automation Group has introduced the PCI-1758 series DIO cards. PCI-1758UDI offers 128 inputs, PCI-1758UDO has 128 outputs, and PCI-1758UDIO is a combination card with 64 outputs and 64 inputs.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Rotary Actuator

Alpha Gear’s TPM geared motor (rotary actuator) is based on an AC servo motor and high-precision planetary gearing. With an overall length of just 186 mm, the unit is less than half the size of conventional motor and gear combinations.

May 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Expanded Power Ranges

Rockwell Automation has expanded its family of servo drives with the new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 7000 drive. With continuous output power of 22 to 250 kW, the new, high-power servo drive seamlessly integrates Allen-Bradley Logix controllers, servo motors, and actuators to create flexible machine design.

May 31, 2006