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Data acquisition (sidebar)
Improved data acquisition is another benefit that grew out of Project Front Door, says process engineer Bjorn Kinze. The Line Event Data System (LEDS) now in place on the new tube line at Gross Gerau increases productivity by maximizing output through minimizing stops and downtime.
November 30, 2004
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Controls & Machine Components
End users speak out on workforce preparedness
An exclusive survey of packaging machinery end users suggests that there’s plenty of room for improvement where training and education efforts are concerned.
November 30, 2004
Contract Packaging
Association gets new name, fresh start
The Contract Packaging Association is looking to increase its visibility and effectiveness. One initiative will be a targeted magazine, Contract Packaging, from the publishers of Packaging World.
November 30, 2004
Contract Packaging
New name, logo, publication for Contract Packaging Assn.
The Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Association has changed its name to the Contract Packaging Association. The organization has also adopted a new logo.
November 30, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
Cutler-Hammer: Cutler-Hammer: Molded case circuit breakers
AutomationDirect introduces a line of Cutler-Hammer’s Molded Case Circuit Breakers that offer UL489 listed performance for branch circuit overcurrent protection and disconnecting means.
October 31, 2004
Controls & Machine Components
Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Bosch Rexroth Corp.: Pneumatic mini slides
The ZSC pneumatic slides from Bosch Rexroth are specially designed for vertical applications, using a ball rail system between twin piston rods. The company says the design allows for a lower profile and weighs less than conventional double-rod slide units.
October 31, 2004
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Continuous motion vf/fs machine
PACK EXPO ; Rovema offered the VPL-400, its latest generation of continuous motion vf/f/s machines at Pack Expo 2004. Linear motor drive technology works on the principle of the magnetic train.
October 31, 2004
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Random case sealer
PACK EXPO : 3M showed the high-speed 3M-Matic fully automatic random case sealer 2000rf at Pack Expo International. The fast and efficient 3M-Matic case sealer 2000rf will seal a range of case sizes at speeds to 20 cases/min.
October 31, 2004
Controls & machine components
PC-based real-time monitoring software
PACK EXPO : Safeline demonstrated at Pack Expo International 2004 a new software/hardware combination designed to connect and monitor a network of metal detectors within a plant or connect a number of plants or lines within an organization.
October 31, 2004
Coding, Printing & Labeling
RFID reader benchmark study
Like to know exactly how RFID readers perform head-to-head under different conditions? This benchmark study tells you how four different models of radio-frequency identification tag readers performed.
October 31, 2004
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Beaver Street Fisheries tests RFID waters
Beaver Street Fisheries, Jacksonville, FL, has identified vendors involved in its self-imposed radio-frequency identification program for cases of frozen fish.
October 31, 2004
Workforce
New trend in training machine operators?
Packaging machinery manufacturers are likely to build better equipment if they’re aware of developing trends in how CPG companies are training and positioning those who operate that equipment.
October 31, 2004
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-Packâ„¢ vision is all about.
October 31, 2004
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