Controls & Machine Components

ARCA Systems: Heavy-duty containers

Arca Systems (Tacoma, WA) has expanded its product line to include HDPE constructed Xytec® Gemini smooth-wall and Xytec® SC containers. Xytec Gemini features a base design that provides an 80% reduction in surface area and is suitable for applications such as meat and food.

July 31, 2000

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Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Baldor Electric Company: Motion control brochure

Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) has released an 8-page, brochure describing its new family of brushless servo controls, including FlexDrive™, Flex+ Drive™ and MintDrive™.

July 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

wp industries, inc.: Wire mesh containers

Folding, resuable wire mesh containers, developed by awp industries, inc. (Frankfort, KY), are rated for a maximum capacity of 4ꯠ lb.

July 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Portable, vendable canisters

Snax-Pak™ canisters from Sonoco, (Hartsville, SC) are designed to package all types of snack products, as well as wrapped and loose candy. The 211x414 canisters can be sold as multipacks or stand-alone packages in vending machines or convenience stores.

July 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Automation Robotics: Automation Robotics: Robotic casepacker

The Robopack 1500 from Automation Robotics (Richardson, TX) operates using a pneumatic drive instead of servos, brakes, clutches and mechanical stops.

July 31, 2000

Flexibles

Mead products use gravure printed film

The latest additions to Mead Johnson Nutritional’s Viactiv® nutrition supplement line are Spritzers in 8-oz glass and Energy Fruit Smoothies in 8-oz aluminum cans.

July 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Capsule-counting tech comes to NAI

New equipment at this California contract packager includes a tablet/capsule line with the latest in tablet-counting technology. On-line thermal-transfer coding shines, too.

July 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Government funds casing upgrade at Boyd Coffee

With R&D funding from Oregon’s OSHA, Boyd Coffee develops a custom case packer that addresses repetitive motion injuries attributable to manual packing. Machine also reduces giveaway.

July 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Tops Engineering Corporation: Software update

New features and enhancements are included in TOPS Pro 4.00, the latest version of the packaging design and palletization software available from Tops Eng.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: AC motors

Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has released a brochure on the Reliance Electric washdown duty AC motors for severe wet and corrosive environments.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Balluff: Packaging sensors

Balluff (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has released a brochure highlighting various sensors in the company’s PackPRO packaging sensors program. The program was designed for full automation and includes optoelectrics for presence, color mark and luminescence detection; Micropulse® noncontact magnetostrictive linear position transducers; noncontact Power remote systems; limit switches and many more.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Rollstock, Inc: Rollstock, Inc: Yield/cost calculations

Witt Plastics (Greenville, OH) has taken the yield/cost calculator function from its Web site and placed it on a CD-ROM titled “The Witt Yield Advantage.” The tool allows users of plastic sheet and rollstock to calculate cost, yield, size and weight of the product.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Sonics & Materials: Hand-held welding sealer

Compact and rugged, Model H-520 from Sonics & Materials (Newtown, CT) is a 500W, 20kHz hand-held welder designed for spot welding and reaching difficult areas.

June 30, 2000