Controls & Machine Components

Automated Packaging Systems: Puncture-resistant bags

DuraClear™ 2000 Autobags, from Automated Packaging (Streetsboro, OH), are composed of specially engineered LLDPE. Puncture-resistant bags are said to be 46% stronger and 14% clearer than standard bags.

August 31, 2000

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Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: Bar code scanner

The CLV 490 bar-code scanner from Sick (Bloomington, MN) reads codes at distances from 20” to 82.7”. Sick’s Modular Advanced Recognition Technology (SMART) allows it to recognize bar codes on labels that are tilted, damaged or partly hidden from view.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Mark-10 Corp.: Test stand

The model ES20 test stand from Mark-10 (Hicksville, NY) can be fitted with a spring or grippers for use in measuring force. Able to travel up to 9”. An operator increases pressure with a hand wheel, and a dial indicator and digital force gauge reveal the lbs/sq” being applied.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

James Alexander Corp.: Dispensing system

Injection-molded, single-use plastic dispensing system offers single-handed activation and application. Developed by James Alexander (Blairstown, NJ), the 1-piece molded PE or PP unit is filled through the bottom and crimped shut.

August 31, 2000

Adhesives/tape

WD-40 promotes 'straw strap'

San Diego-based WD-40 Co. has come up with a way to keep the all-important spray tube on its popular lubricant product from getting lost. The firm’s 8- and 11-oz cans now have a red, yellow or blue stretchable rubber strap around the neck.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Emplex Systems Inc: Data acquisition systems

Emplex Systems (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) has released 2 newly engineered data acquisition systems designed for the MPS 6300/6700 Series Validatable Continuous Rotary Heat Sealers.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

System brochure

AGR Intl.’s (Butler, PA) new brochure describes its Integrated ID System, the latest addition to its line of inspection and verification devices for the pharmaceutical industry.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Linear motion products

Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) offers a brochure describing its line of linear motion products. The 242-page brochure includes product information on brushless linear motors, linear stepper motors, AC linear induction motors, linear positioning stages, linear motor controls and MINT™ motion control programming language and software.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Eastman Chemical Company: Colored PET

AmberGuard polymer, developed by Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN), is a specially formulated PET designed for the beer packaging market. It’s “pre-colored” to keep ultraviolet and damaging visible light from harming the beer.

August 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Accraply, Inc A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: Rotary-base labeler

The Accraply (Plymouth, MN) Model 900R rotary-base p-s labeler applies front and back, multi-panel or wraparound labels at high speeds. Features Accraply’s 90 Series servo motor-driven applicators, cam or servo motor container manipulation and off-the-shelf drive components.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Emplex Systems Inc: Heat sealer

Emplex (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) has upgraded its 6300/6700 series heat-sealing equipment to include a digital control panel and temperature controller, automatic shut-off when the control panel is opened, etched Teflon bands that don’t flake, and gas-spring height adjustability for the sealing head.

August 31, 2000

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Hooper Engineering: Hf/f/s system with Internet link

Hooper’s (Sarasota, FL) N2500 hf/f/s machine has a server embedded in its PLC, which enables monitoring of production data and service statistics from anywhere in the world via the Internet.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: New software for controls

Baldor’s (Fort Smith, AR) 18H Vector Control and 23H Servo Control now feature H Series software that allows presetting of up to 8 incremental position moves and 6 absolute moves with a return to home.

August 31, 2000