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Controls & Machine Components
Fast-change case packer
The Model 486 fully automatic case packer from Focke (Whitsett, NC) uses hand spindles instead of tools for changeovers. Each spindle is equipped with digital indicators for repeatable positive changover.
December 31, 1994
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Controls & Machine Components
Container spacing device
The Container Spacing Device (CSD) from AGR Intl. (Butler, PA) provides consistent and accurate spacing of round or nonround containers on a conveyor.
December 31, 1994
Secondary Packaging
Case palletizer
Machines in the 880 series of case palletizers from Alvey (St. Louis, MO) employ shaft-mounted drives to reduce the number of sprockets, chains, belts and takeups for such primary devices as the row pusher, apron and hoist.
December 31, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
UN/DOT testing lab
Yellow Logistics Services (Overland Park, KS) has introduced a UN/DOT certified package testing laboratory for shippers of hazardous materials. The facilities have conditioning chambers that conform to standard temperature and humidity requirements for accuracy in drop, hydrostatic, stacking, vibration and Cobb tests.
December 31, 1994
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Quick-change bottle feeder
The FL-200 linear bottle feeder from Hoppmann (Chantilly, VA) can handle large bottles up to 2L. Takes bottles from an elevating supply hopper and unscrambles them for downstream filling, capping and labeling.
December 31, 1994
Labels
Coppertone's new label is a clear winner
Schering-Plough decided to bring in-house new p-s labeling of its suncare products. Along with special labels, the company needed labeling equipment-and also machine vision and ink-jet printing.
December 31, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
Supplier news: International agreements
AEG Daimler-Benz Industrie (Frankfurt, Germany) and Group Schneider (Paris, France) announced their automation controller venture, AEG Schneider Automation.
December 31, 1994
Flexibles
Smart Scrub gets smart closure
Dissatisfied with the basic flip top cap found on other soft cleansers, Indianapolis-based Dowbrands selected a Swiss import for its new 20-oz Smart Scrub(TM) bath and kitchen scouring cleanser.
December 31, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
Child-resistant jigger
A new child-resistant jigger for mouthwash is now available from Sunbeam Plastics (Evansville, IN). Based on SQUEEZE-LOK technology, lugs on both the bottle and cap secure the jigger on.
November 30, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
Adjustable AC drives
Allen-Bradley (Milwaukee, WI) has introduced its four-color brochure highlighting technical features, applications and specifications of the 1336 PLUS adjustable frequency AC drive.
November 30, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
Injection-molding controls
The MACO Custom 400 Injection-Molding Machine Control System from Barber-Colman (Loves Park, IL) offers the advantages of total machine control in a compact package with a small footprint.
November 30, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
DOS-based catalog
Nolu Plastics (Aston, PA) has introduced a DOS-based interactive catalog that installs directly onto a standard hard drive. Displays component parts with engineering specifications and recommendations so that material handling, packaging, de-sign and maintenance engineers can select the proper components.
November 30, 1994
Controls & Machine Components
Bench top coder
Sprinter Marking (Zanesville, OH) has developed a portable code-marking system for printing date, lot or product codes on flat surfaces. The Model 884 Bench Top Coding System can be used with any standard Sprinter code-marking machine for a variety of code message sizes and types.
November 30, 1994
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