Trends: Page 701

Controls & Machine Components

Integrated Packaging Systems, Inc: Slat counter

No tools are needed to remove the few internal parts from Integrated Packaging's (Parsippany, NJ) Procount slat counter, making changeover and cleaning fast.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Green Bay Packaging Inc: Holographic facestock

Green Bay Packaging (Green Bay, WI) has introduced Starcatcher, a clear facestock that contains polyester holographic flakes. The 2-mil Label-Lyte(TM) PP from Mobil provides high gloss, good clarity and withstands hot and cold temperatures.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Keyence Corp. of America: Small, fast PLC

Keyence's (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) Visual-KV(TM) PLC allows program parameters to be changed in real time. Featuring a 2-color data window, the unit is 2/3 the size of conventional PLCs but executes instructions in 0.7 microsec.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

AZCO Corp.: AZCO Corp.: Pouch dispenser

Azco's (Elmwood Park, NJ) SP-110 Sur-Pak pouch dispenser is a high-speed, low-maintenance, heavy-duty dispenser that inserts medium-sized pouched products up to 60 g (2.1 oz) into another packaging operation at 300 pouches/min.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Motor controls

Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) introduces a new line of controls for brushless linear motors. All 3 models--the LinDrive, the Lin+Drive and the MintDrive--plug directly into the wall and have autotune routines to self-adjust after initial set-up.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Warner Electric, Altra Industrial Motion: Warner Electric, Altra Industrial Motion: Motion control brochure

A new brochure from Warner Electric Motors and Controls (Ann Arbor, MI) details the company's integrated solutions capabilities. Brochure highlights Warner Electric's value-added services, system products and turnkey approach to integrated system solutions.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

SIG Positec Automation: Controllers

The Twin Line range of motion-control products from SIG Positec Automation (Plymouth, MI) permits one system to operate both stepping motors and AC servo motors at the same time.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Rexam Closures & Containers: Rexam Closures & Containers: CR closure and tube

TubeLoK from Rexam Closures (Evansville, IN) and Cebal Tubes North America is a CR closure and tube concept. The package meets the new Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations for products that may contain lidocaine or dibucaine and come in a tube.

October 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: Wipe-on labeler

The stepper-driven Model 2015 wipe-on labeler from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA) handles web widths of 4" to 6" at speeds to 750 linear"/min, with accuracy to ±1/32".

October 31, 1999

Closures

Industrial Dynamics/filtec: Inspection system

The Filtec AA-1000 acoustic analyzer from Industrial Dynamics (Torrance, CA) uses sound waves and vibration to detect tiny changes in vacuum or pressure in bottles capped with ferrous closures.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Xpander Pak: Protective shipper

Testing by a mail-order pharmaceutical house showed that Xpander Pak's (Glen Allen, VA) Super Protective Shippers Rx version beats conventional packaging in cold retention.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Telatemp Corp.: Temperature recording labels

Telatemp (Fullerton, CA) has introduced Hot Spot recording labels for temperature-sensitive products. Available on rolls of 1ꯠ, these 0.2" dia labels can be made to detect a temperature from 100°F to 350°F in 10°F increments.

October 31, 1999