Controls & Machine Components

Interoperability on display

The OMAC Packaging Workgroup took advantage of Pack Expo International 2004 to demonstrate in action the interoperability that the OMAC Packaging Workgroup and its Connect-and-Pack™ vision is all about.

October 31, 2004

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Controls & Machine Components

Make2Pack gains momentum at Brussels meeting

A library of “control entities” recognized widely across processing and packaging functions may be among the outcomes of ongoing work being done jointly by the World Batch Forum, the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, and ISA SP-88.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

MR-J3 servo motors

PACK EXPO : Mitsubishi Electric showed its MR-J3 servo motors at its booth at Pack Expo International 2004. Introduced in October, motors offer a smaller size and increased performance, ideal for packaging machinery.

October 31, 2004

Cartoning

PACK EXPO Video: ProLine FC horizontal cartoning

PACK EXPO : Triangle is offering its ProLine FC horizontal cartoning machine at its booth, S-806, at Pack Expo International 2004. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Controls & machine components

PACK EXPO Video: Compak II bagger

PACK EXPO : Kliklok-Woodman is introducing its Compak II bagmaker at Pack Expo 2004 in its booth, S-1601. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Exlar Corporation: Exlar Corporation: Linear actuator

A new 5” -frame GSX Series linear actuator with T-LAM™, the segmented motor stator design, is available from Exlar. Company says the design packs 50% more force in a smaller package than other actuators and outlives comparably sized ball screw device by 15 x.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Amacoil, Inc: Design options for linear drive speed control

Uhing “rolling ring” drives from Amacoil, Uhing’s exclusive North American distributor, now feature 2 design options for adjustment of linear speed, neither of which requires electronic controls or programming.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: Motion control software

National Instruments’ LabVIEW graphical development software creates customized motion controllers for any platform with the company’s SoftMotion technology.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Transducer indicator/conditioner

Model SC500 transducer indicator/conditioner from Honeywell offers small size (1/8 DIN), 3 transducer input options (strain gauge, high-level, and LVDT), and 5 output options (including RS-232 and RS-485).

October 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Smarter packaging

RFID and security technology, especially authenticating methods, headlined a recent Smart Packaging conference outside Chicago.

October 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

New programming, controller restores efficiency

Fruit and vegetable canner finds that a proactive upgrade on its tray packer/shrink-wrapper system brings quick payback.

October 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Single controller governs vision; motion and logic

A tightly integrated controls package on this pressure-sensitive labeling system brings automation plus a 50% increase in throughput.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Three tips to improve your RFID label application

From compatibility to communication, these three insights may help you get smarter about 'smart labels.'

October 31, 2004