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Grove Gear: Gear drive products
Able to withstand the harshest conditions, the newest stainless steel industrial worm gears from Grove Gear are sizes 218 and 220. These gear drives offer good corrosion protection because of their stainless steel housing, cover, and external hardware.
December 31, 2004
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Controls & Machine Components
AutomationDirect: Screwless terminal blocks
Automation Direct has added a line of screwless terminal blocks to its product offering. The line features a range of models, including feed-through, double-level, 1-to-2 connection, 2-to-2 connection, knife blade disconnect, and screwless ground terminal blocks.
December 31, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
'Innovation is indispensable'
Securing the role of low-cost provider can fuel growth for a while, but manufacturers today are better off relying on innovation as their path to sustained growth.
December 31, 2004
Secondary Packaging
UF project meshes bar code and RFID technology
Research at the University of Florida on a productivity-tracking system for manual case packing is receiving an RFID-enabled boost using a multifunctional device.
December 31, 2004
Coding, Printing & Labeling
RFID one-on-one with Kevin Ashton Part 1
RFID Antenna exclusive: RFID authority Kevin Ashton, co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Auto-ID Center and now vice president of marketing with RFID reader vendor ThingMagic, provides insights and observations in this exclusive interview conducted in December. Part 2 concludes next month.
December 31, 2004
Coding, Printing & Labeling
SATO America, Inc. Unveils New Class of Powerful and Intelligent Barcode Printers
Fast, intelligent Web-enabled GTe Series sets the standard for industrial barcode printers
December 31, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
Packagers to benefit from ISA--OMAC merger
ELAU, with ties to ISA and OMAC, already sees a convergence in the Make2Pack initiative, integrating best of breed automation solutions across the supply chain.
December 31, 2004
Controls & machine components
How to build more saleable machinery
A January 10 visit to Westpack, sponsored by Canon Communications, included a stop at the booth of Omron, a provider of manufacturing automation and control solutions. In a conversation about packaging machinery OEMs and the machine characteristics that add value in today’s manufacturing environment, the Omron brain trust offered these suggestions:
December 31, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
OMAC and ISA to merge
On January 17, the OMAC Board of Directors announced that it has started detailed planning activities which will lead to a merger with ISA (The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society).
December 31, 2004
Labels
Cut heat shrink label costs by up to 80%
New high speed, high quality shrink labeling machinery uses roll-fed material in place of sleeves that cost 3-5X more.
December 31, 2004
Labeling
10 questions to ask your automation supplier
Standards may make it hard to tell controllers apart, but a functional specification makes it easy.
December 31, 2004
Contract Packaging
Pack Expo Las Vegas expands
With more than 900 exhibitors already registered for Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, organizers have added even more technology pavilions.
December 31, 2004
Conveying & accumulation
Tips to improve sterile packaging line efficiency
Want to reap the benefits of on-time production and eliminate preventable line problems? Here are tips to get the most out of your inspection systems, buffers, ergonomic stations, and robotic systems.
December 31, 2004
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Solid State Relays
Carlo Gavazzi Automation has introduced the RSLS Series, a line of ultra-slim solid-state relays designed for low-power DC and AC loads, offering a compact and durable alternative to electromechanical relays for various industrial automation applications.
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