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Conveying & accumulation
Poore: Weigh scales for salty snacks
Cross-feeder conveyors deliver snacks to Ishida 14-head weigh scales from Heat and Control. Individual load cells measure the weight of product in the scales. Integrated controls are used to select the right combination of buckets to release an accurate amount of product into a bottom-sealed tube of film.
December 31, 2003
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Conveying & accumulation
Siemens says integrated safety yields benefits for machine builders
For years,emergency stops (e-stops in shop-floor parlance) on packaging machines have had to be hardwired independently of any network to comply with government safety requirements.
December 31, 2003
Filling/capping, dry
OMAC releases PackTags 2.0 for comment
In late December, the OMAC Packaging Workgroup released the PackTags 2.0 specification for public comment at http://www.packml.org.
December 31, 2003
Cartoning
Machine builder case study: Gen3 vs Gen2 machinery
Norden Pac, a maker of tube-filling and cartoning equipment, recently delivered its first Gen3 servo-driven tube-filling machine to a customer.
December 31, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Better diagnostics for pneumatics
Pneumatics can now be fully integrated into the overall control system of packaging equipment to provide better diagnostics, according to Bosch Rexroth’s Pneumatics Div.
December 31, 2003
Contract Packaging
Boxed wine aims high
Walnut Creek, CA-based marketer Black Box Wines introduced last year a 2001 Napa Valley Chardonnay in 3-L bag-in-box packaging that it calls America's first super-premium boxed wine.
December 31, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Rockwell Automation: Food-grade servomotors
Rockwell Automation’s Allen-Bradley MPF servo motors are designed specifically for the harsh environments of food and beverage packaging applications. Available with 14 to 173 in-lb torque, the units have noncorrosive food-grade fasteners and coatings for extended performance.
December 31, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Beckhoff Automation: Modular servo system
The AX2500 Servodrive Series from Beckhoff is said to be flexible, especially in compact areas where space savings is essential. In its maximum configuration, AX2500 comprises 8 axes (a master module) with 7 axis modules.
December 31, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Ormec: Motion technology with standard IEC
Motion and logic controllerOrmec’s new ServoWire Motion and Logic Controller (SMLC) combines the company’s ServoWire Soft 61131-3 programming for motion and I/O control. SMLC uses off-the-shelf components to reduce hardware costs, a real-time operating system that makes it robust, and industry standard network interfaces for a variety of connectivity options.
December 31, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Dillin Engineered Systems: FireWire for industrial automation
A group of industrial automation suppliers in Europe has formed an association called 1394automation. The association is defining a solution that allows different controllers to communicate using a single FireWire bus in a factory setting using the FireWire (IEEE 1394) protocol.
December 31, 2003
Flexible packaging
Club store packaging and beyond
Written by Jim Peters and published by Packaging Strategies, a recent report analyzes key tactics used by high-volume retailers. Here is the Executive Summary.
December 31, 2003
Converting equipment
Combining x-ray technology and machine vision
Inspection equipment manufacturer combines x-ray technology and machine vision into one system.
December 31, 2003
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Bagger's better control is set into motion
Kliklok-Woodman improves the reliability and speed of its Cyclone vertical form/fill/seal machine with new motion control.
December 31, 2003
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