Controls & Machine Components

MotionOnline.com: Economical AC servos

High-performance Sanyo Denki AC servo drives from MotionOnline.com (Duluth, GA) are said to be economical servo systems that can be an alternative to open-loop stepper drives.

May 31, 1999

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Controls & Machine Components

Parker Hannifin Corporation: Automation brochure

"Packaging Industry: A Focus" is a foldout brochure describing Parker Hannifin Automation Group's (Cleveland, OH) motion control components, systems and solutions.

May 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Parker Hannifin Corporation: Linear motor table

New LXR linear-motor-driven positioning table from Parker Hannifin's Daedal Div. (Irwin, PA) is designed for high-speed (3ꯠ mm/sec) and high precision (± 0.5-micron repeatability) applications.

May 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Ermanco, Inc: Merging conveyor

Products delivered by two parallel infeed conveyors can be merged and centered on the Herringbone Merge conveyor from Ermanco (Spring Lake, MI). Received from one of two side-by-side belts, products are horizontally funneled along the conveyor surface by rollers that are positioned perpendicular to it.

May 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Oden Corporation: Liquid filling systems

New literature from Oden (Buffalo, NY) details NET/MASS fully automatic net weight liquid filling systems. Designed for products ranging from free flowing to very viscous that change viscosity or density during the fill run, and for products that must be labeled by weight content.

May 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

TechniStar Corp.: Muffin-transfer system

TechniStar's (Longmont, CO) TMT Series transfer system for cake products uses an end-of-arm tool with as many as 36 vacuum cups to pick up baked and cooled muffins or cupcakes and place them in acetate trays, in one motion.

May 31, 1999

Controls & machine components

Teledyne TapTone: Inspection system

The TapTone 100 on-line non-contact inspection system checks and rejects bottles, jars and cans with low vacuum, swelling, missing labels or t-e bands, and missing, crooked or buttoned-up lids.

May 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc: Volumetric filler

Spee-Dee's (Sturtevant, WI) volumetric cup fillers now include PLCs to facilitate use of photoeyes and sensors and to ease interfaces with other equipment on the line.

May 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Daubert Cromwell: Silver-saving kraft paper

Silver wiring, printed circuit boards, lead frames and other electronic components are said to stay tarnish-free for up to two years when packaged in Silver Saver®, a chemically treated, bleached-kraft paper from Daubert VCI (Burr Ridge, IL).

May 31, 1999

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Automatic Feeder Company: Feeder

The AFLXH linear feeder from Automatic Feeder (Schaumburg, IL) is customized with either tooling that accommodates a variety of cap and small part sizes or fixed tooling for standard-sized pieces.

May 31, 1999

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

Hayssen, Inc A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: Vertical form/fill/seal

The Servo II vf/f/s machine from Hayssen (Duncan, SC) uses servo motors that withstand washdowns. Operates at speeds to 110 bags/min. An Allen-Bradley 5/04 control system and PanelView 900 touchscreen operator interface allow storage of up to 100 user-defined programs.

May 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Paperboard Packaging Council: Paperboard options

The Paperboard Packaging Council (Alexandria, VA) presents paperboard use options in its color tri-cut brochure, which contains four additional information sheets.

May 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

European Packaging Machinery, Inc: Cap/container turner

To orient non-round bottles and caps, European Packaging Machinery (Tennent, NJ) has developed a cap and container turning system that detects a piece's position by locating a distinguishing characteristic such as a recess, label, thread, bar code, etc.

April 30, 1999