Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: AC and DC drives

Baldor Electric offers the VersaFlex™ line of AC and DC drives. The new controls have protected chassis enclosures, selectable feedback with option boards, auto-tune, a compact size, and application programs.

July 31, 2003

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Cartoning

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: PackML-supported machinery

Norden Inc. has equipped its entire range of Generation 3 tube fillers and cartoners with PackML. PackML is a specification from the Open Modular Architecture Controls (OMAC) Packaging Workgroup for simplifying integration of packaging machinery on a network.

July 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

FANUC Robotics: FANUC Robotics: Robot show

Held June 3-5 in Rosemont, IL, the International Robots & Vision Show and Conference drew 5굛 visitors to the booths of 175 exhibitors. The show is held every two years, so the next one is scheduled for 2005, most likely in June.

July 31, 2003

Flexibles

PipeLine: Retort pouches: Has their time come?

In the last year or two, one of the warmest trends in flexible packaging has been the resurgence of the retort pouch for seafood products and also for pet foods.

July 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Boxing out the competition

A switch to a new gearbox increases reliability and lowers cost for Goodman’s new case packer.

July 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

THK America, Inc: THK America, Inc: Catalog directory

THK offers its new catalog directory of products, including motion guides, actuators, and other linear motion products. Information regarding caged ball linear motion guides; standard linear motion guides; ball screws, splines, and link balls; linear actuators; and other standard products is included.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Mini industrial PC

Beckhoff has expanded its comprehensive Industrial PC family with the C6320 and C6330 mini format control cabinet PCs. The smallest measures 3.7”x7.7”x8.9”.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: 4th-generation inverters

Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) has released the 4th generation of its Micromaster inverters. This universal drive series for AC motors from 1/6 HP to 300 HP has a new user-friendly parameter structure that simplifies installation and start-up for the basic to complex speed control applications at a commensurate price, says the manufacturer.

June 30, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Liquid packaging breakthrough

First specialized filling, capping and labeling servo motor/drive enables unprecedented design flexibility for liquid packaging.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Simco: Product catalog

Simco Industrial Static Control releases its 2003 full-color catalog, featuring a complete line of static control, web, and sheet cleaning and electrostatic charging products.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Compumotor: Motion control guide

An expanded line of PC-based control products from recently acquired Acroloop is featured in Compumotor’s new 32-page product selection guide. Includes 5 versions of the ACR card; each based on a 32-bit floating-point DSP performing in advanced multi-axis trajectory generation.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Danaher Motion: Danaher Motion: Motor feedback encoders

As a replacement for resolvers, Flex-Mount encoders from Danaher Controls are said to provide an easier, more affordable way to improve machine performance and productivity in stepper and servo motor applications.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc: Brushless motor drives

Delta Tau Data Systems introduces the Geo Drive family of brushless motor drive amplifiers. The 1- or 2-axis 3-phase servo-drive amplifiers support a wide range of motor types, power ranges, and user interfaces.

June 30, 2003