Controls & Machine Components

Octagon Systems: Octagon Systems: Octagon Systems: PC control starter kit

A $1귏 PC-based control starter kit includes Octagon Systems' (Westminster, CO) MicroPC embedded PC hardware, Intellution's (Norwood, MA) FIX Paradym-31 SoftLogic control software, and Opto 22's (Temecula, CA) Snap I/O digital and analog modules.

May 31, 1998

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Open control systems

Developing and implementing PC-based, open control systems is the subject of a white paper from Controlware (Cleveland, OH). Defines what is meant by open control, identifies open control benefits and discusses items that should be considered when evaluating open control products.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Meech USA Static Eliminators: Ionized air gun

Meech Static Eliminators (Akron, OH) has developed a hand-held ionized air gun that helps remove dust and particulate matter from plastic components.

May 31, 1998

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Nolu Plastics Inc: Adjusting rods

Nolu Plastics' (Aston, PA) new stainless-steel adjusting rods feature a permanently etched sizing scale along the front face of the body. The pre-etched scale permits quick changeovers and fits snugly onto a variety of guiderails with a clamp or bolt head.

May 31, 1998

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Baldor Electric Company: Programming language

MINT is a new motion-control language from Baldor Electric (Fort Smith, AR). Can be used to program Baldor's entire line of motion-control products, from single to 256 axes of motion.

May 31, 1998

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Sentrol Industrial: Safety interlock switches

Sentrol Industrial (Tualatin, OR) has introduced its new line of mechanical safety interlock switches. The switches detect the opening of guards-doors, gates and removable covers-that restrict access to dangerous parts of a machine.

May 31, 1998

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Rexam Metallising: Metallized papers

Rexam Metallising (Greenfield, IN) introduces a design that gives standard metallized paper a light-refractive, dimensional appearance, much like holographics.

May 31, 1998

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Advanced Micro Controls Inc: Packaging PLS

Easypack from Advanced Micro Controls Inc. (Terryville, CT) is said to be a plug-and-play limit switch solution for packaging machine applications. Includes Series 8500 programmable limit switch modules and pre-configured ladder logic for Allen-Bradley's SLC 500 PLCs.

May 31, 1998

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Cutler-Hammer: Cutler-Hammer: LCD touchscreen display

Cutler-Hammer's (Westerville, OH) D700 Series Open Automation Computers now include the new D710 15X, a 15" active-matrix LCD color touchscreen display.

May 31, 1998

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Batching Systems: Equipment brochure

Batching Systems' (Owings, MD) brochure is a pocket folder with color-coded inserts on all its products. Special inserts designed for quick reading highlight the benefits of the machinery.

May 31, 1998

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E-mailed production data

Rockwell Software's (Milwaukee, WI) RSMailman software automatically sends real-time production data extracted from PLCs on the packaging floor anywhere in the company using simple electronic mail messages.

May 31, 1998

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Automation catalog

More than 700 pages of information on pneumatic, hydraulic and electromechanical actuators is available in PHD's (Fort Wayne, IN) Catalog 98. Complete engineering data is featured for powered slides, grippers, cylinders, rotary actuators, multi-motion actuators and switches.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Omron Electronics LLC: Programming software

Omron's (Schaumburg, IL) new SYSMAC-CPT PLC programming and documentation software aims to save programmers time spent learning several different programming packages.

May 31, 1998