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Controls & Machine Components
DeviceNet3; adopted as International Standard
DeviceNet™ has been adopted as the International Standard by the International Electrochemical Commission (IEC). Responsible for preparing and publishing international electrical, electronic and related standards, IEC member countries recently voted to accept the networking standard, IEC 62026, that includes the DeviceNet specification.
November 30, 2000

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Steeplechase Software Inc: Online information
An ongoing series of timely informational resources from Steeplechase Software (Ann Arbor, MI) is available at the Steeplechase.com Web site www.steeplechase.com/.
November 30, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Bosch Automation Technology: Automation training
Training products for fluid power professionals from Bosch Automation Technology (Racine, WI) comprise hardware and textbooks along with an interactive multimedia system of 7 CD-ROMs.
November 30, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Data collection
Entek Enwatch™ from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) is an Ethernet-based online data collection system for companies seeking to enhance packaging productivity.
November 30, 2000
Controls & Machine Components
Automation Intelligence: AC servo systems
Available from Automation Intelligence (Duluth, GA), PE Series AC servo drives with SERCOS are now available for use with Sanyo Denki AC servo motors and AML® multi-axis motion controllers.
November 30, 2000
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Secondary Packaging
Markem-Imaje: Networking software
Markem (Keene, NH) has introduced CimControl and Composer V5.2, enhanced versions of its Composer label design and CimControl machine networking software packages.
November 30, 2000
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Conveying & accumulation
Whetting Whetstone's appetite for PC controls
A 350 piece/min wrapping machine at Whetstone Candy relies on PC-based controls and a single software program to control logic, motion and HMI functions.
November 30, 2000
Hank Whetstone pauses at the PC keyboard through which he controls his high-speed candy-wrapping machine.
Cartoning
A vision for low-cost inspection (sidebar)
A detailed look
November 30, 2000
Cartoning
A vision for low-cost inspection
Access Business Group, the manufacturing arm for Amway, upgrades cosmetics packaging with new low-cost vision sensors that confirm literature insertion and label presence.
November 30, 2000
The vision sensor's hand controller for set-up parameters is wired through the cartoner's main panel (above) with the view displ
Controls & Machine Components
OMAC reports progress at Pack Expo
More than 100 people attended the most recent OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) meeting in Chicago during Pack Expo Intl. 2000. The meeting’s purpose: to report progress since the group’s first official meeting in March 2000, also in Chicago.
November 30, 2000
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Secondary Packaging
Tri-extrusion heightens Haremar's capability
A faster line yielding more consistent films lifts Haremar Plastics into three-layer capability, exemplified by a clear overwrap for McDonald’s buns.Highlights include comprehensive central control and remote monitoring and servicing.
November 30, 2000
The output from three extruders combines, then rises to form the bubble at the upper left side of the photo. The panel on the ri
Conveying & accumulation
Paired vf/f/s equipment 'brews' foodservice packs
By adding two vf/f/s machines, Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee meets growing sales demand for small bags of ground coffee sold primarily to restaurants and hotels.
November 30, 2000
For its foodservice business, Mother Parker's sells bags of ground coffee under its own name as well as for brands it contract p
Controls & Machine Components
Nordson Corporation: Curing device
Nordson’s (Amherst, OH) UV-Mac ultraviolet curing device has a special coating that prevents infrared-wave reflection, which generates heat and makes precise curing difficult, according to the company.
October 31, 2000
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