TUALATIN, Ore. – Waytronx, Inc. (OTCBB: WYNX), the leading provider of openly licensable advanced systems cooling solutions, today announced it has acquired CUI, Inc., a Tualatin, Ore.-based provider of electronic components including power supplies, transformers, converters, connectors and industrial controls for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Effective immediately, CUI will become a wholly owned subsidiary of…
Parker Releases Compax3 Servo Drive Enabled with ETHERNET Powerlink
Rohnert Park, CA — Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division, a leading supplier of motion control technology, is pleased to announce that its Compax3 digital servo drives have been enabled with ETHERNET Powerlink (EPL) motionbus technology. With all 12 power levels of the Compax3 drives now EPL enabled, system performance is increased while overall system cost and…
IDEC-DATASENSOR AS1 and DS1 Sensors
Sunnyvale, CA — IDEC-DATASENSOR launches the versatile IDEC-DS AS1 and DS1 Area Sensors. With the respective ability to detect objects as small as a 0.2mm thickness, and to detect and measure objects of different shapes and sizes, these sensors are designed for a wide range of applications. AS1 photoelectric light grids utilize a precise crossed-beam…
Pepperl+Fuchs has Received FCC Approval on RFID Read Heads
(TWINSBURG, OH)— Pepperl+Fuchs has received FCC (Federal Communications Commission) approval on 10 new RFID read heads. All of Pepperl+Fuchs IDENT RFID products that operate at frequencies of 125 kHz, 250 kHz and 13.56 MHz and that intentionally radiate an electromagnetic field are FCC approved to satisfy the radiated emissions limits per FCC CFR 47: 2004,…
Couplings Take the Shock Out of Reciprocating Motion
Newly introduced Partition Inserters (Model SF-400) from Wayne Automation Corp., Norristown, Pa., cycle once every second and travel 38 in. vertically. At every up-down cycle, the machine accurately inserts solid fiber or corrugated partitions into cartons that hold bottles and plastic containers for shipment to the marketplace. These inserters maintain repeatable accuracy “24/7” through the…
Omron STI’s New F3SJ Safety Light Curtains
FREMONT, CA — F3SJ Safety Light Curtains from Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc. make selecting and installing a safety light curtain easier than ever — users need only specify the required configuration type and sensor length. F3SJ safety light curtains are available in finger protection, hand protection or hand/limb body protection configurations. Sensors with protective heights…
Honeywell Introduces FF-SG Series AM2-L Safety Light Curtains
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today introduced its FF-SG Series AM2-L Safety Light Curtains, a replacement for the existing FF-SG Series AM2 Safety Light Curtains. The FF-SG AM2-L offers enhanced features in a competitively-priced replacement product with enhanced quality. The new FF-SG Series AM2-L uses the recently introduced FF-ST Safety Light Curtain foundation with…
INTERCEPT® Protective Wrap From Birchwood Casey
(Eden Prairie, MN)-Now, get Eco-Friendly protection for high value components in shipment or storage. The new INTERCEPT® Protective Wrap from Birchwood Casey provides long term corrosion protection without using volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI) or other banned substances. This chemical-free Protective Wrap has a unique patented function that neutralizes and removes corrosive elements inside the package…
Bishop-Wisecarver Unveils New Version Of Lopro® Linear Actuators
(Pittsburg, CA ) – Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation has announced a new version of its popular LoPro linear actuator line. LoPro is available in four sizes and in belt, lead screw, ball screw and chain driven configurations, as well as un-driven. The newest version features design enhancements for increased performance and higher load capacity and can incorporate…
Bishop-Wisecarver Announces New Line of Motor Mounts
Pittsburg, CA — Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, manufacturer of the original DualVee® guide wheel and industry leader in guided motion technology, announced a complete new line of motor mounts to complement its wide range of linear actuators. Each motor mount is supplied as a kit, complete with shaft coupling and mounting hardware. Motor mounts are available to…
Combined Servodrive Unit Adds Flexibility to Packaging Machinery
Packaging developments and changes in consumer demands continue to fuel the need for product diversity. Therefore, packaging machinery OEMs constantly seek ways to improve their machines to handle rapid product changeover. Today, the most significant purchasing criterion for a packaging machine is usually its flexibility. It’s through shorter changeover times that the end packager can…
DryLin linear bearings exceed expectations of packaging equipment manufacturer
(EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — Igus® Inc. announced that Matrix Packaging Machinery has chosen it's DryLin® R linear bearings on its chief product line, the G Series packaging machines that includes the Matrix Proteus, Mercury and Ares. Matrix manufacturers vertical, form, fill and seal (v/f/f/s) packaging equipment, which handles a wide range of products from green…
Oman-based PET resin and APET sheet manufacturing facility due online May 2008
(Muscat, Oman, Cincinnati, and London) – Octal Holding and Co., an Oman-based company, has poised itself to shake up the clear rigid plastic packaging industry, with an integrated PET resin and APET sheet manufacturing facility coming on stream in May 2008. Octal’s announcement, made in Cincinnati at the 17th Annual SPE Thermoforming Conference underway at…
A Fieldbus for packaging
By Steven Musick Steven Musick is an Application development manager with Schneider Electric Fieldbus technology has been around for nearly 20 years and is viewed as an acceptable approach to reduce wire and cabinet space and decrease labor cost. As predicted by industry analysts, no one single fieldbus protocol has become the standard, but several…
Right Angle Gear Reducer
Alpha Gear has introduces the LPK+, a right-angle gear reducer equivalent to the LP+ low-backlash planetary gearhead. The LPK+ is available in five sizes with acceleration torques up to 250 Nm, torsional backlash limited to < 10 arc minutes and a peak speed of 6000 rpm. The gearhead comes with ten reduction ratios from i…
Roll Adjuster Alignment Tool
Newburyport, Massachusetts – Pinpoint Laser Systems has developed an alignment tool to facilitate the alignment of rollers, shafts, and web-handling systems. The newest addition to the Pinpoint line is compact and easy to use in all industrial environments. Typical applications include paper and textile mills, converting lines, printing presses, plastic bag lines, coating lines, and…
Heat-Shrink Wire Markers Printer
Phoenix Contact introduces the THERMOMARK W1 printer, a thermal transfer printer specifically designed to print on continuous reels of heat-shrink wire markers. The newest addition to the Marking Solutions line, the THERMOMARK W1 allows users to dictate the overall length of the marking sleeve, which reduces waste and can lower material costs by up to…
Danaher Motion Launches SQIO SynqNet® I/O Modules
WOOD DALE, IL — Danaher Motion introduces SQIO SynqNet I/O interface boards available that allow high volume machine builders to seamlessly integrate their custom analog and/or digital I/O hardware with complex, high performance motion into a single network architecture. SQIO maximizes machine performance by providing real-time I/O and remote motion performance diagnostics via SynqNet for…
Locking collar keeps bearing secure
Marathon Composite Mounted Bearing Units added a locking collar that increases the contact area between the bearing and the shaft, ensuring a strong, secure, slip-resistant fit. The new units are suited for applications that have constant direction of rotation or experience frequent starts and stops, including machinery used in the vegetable, fruit, and food processing…
Ethernet IO – Putting it all together
Harald Grewe, Product Marketing IP67 I/O SystemsFlorian Parske, Product Marketing IP20 I/O SystemsGreg Dixson, Product Marketing Manager, AUTOMATIONWORX Phoenix Contact The advance of Ethernet into industrial applications is a development that cannot be ignored. The allure and promise of Industrial Ethernet is that it will enable complete integration of machines and systems into a single…
Inspection Sensors
Checker 200 series inspection sensors are simple to set up and fit into small spaces. The sensors are ideal for food, beverage, and consumer product package inspection, as well as automotive and electronics part inspection. They inspect at rates of over 6000 parts per minute and detect parts by finding product features, such as graphics…
How Global Trends Impact Engineering
Driven by a need to capitalize on lower overseas manufacturing costs and higher growth rates, this aggressiveness leads American companies to consider overseas outsourcing, subsidiaries, and manufacturing partners in lower cost lands. Many American companies are challenged to adapt to a world in which some US markets are flattening, costs are increasing, and foreign vendors…
Taking Modularity to the Next Level in Packaging Design
The goal for motion control in packaging plants is greater agility and higher productivity. New technology needs to be flexible, with rapid changeover, and lower lifecycle machinery costs. Automation solutions must have smaller footprints and modular subsections. The automation components must radically reduce the wiring components and electrical cabinetry on packaging machines. It wasn’t long…
Leverage Conveyors for Better Packaging
By Kevin Gingerich Conventional wisdom grossly – and wrongly – devalues conveyors, regarding them as cheaply -built, non-value added units that simply move product through successive packaging steps. Indeed, conveyors are often the last elements considered in the planning cycle and are among the last items bought. Purchase decisions are usually made on the basis…
When to Choose Embedded Control for Packaging
By W. Jarrett Campbell W. Jarrett Campbell, Ph.D.Schneider Electric Requirements for higher performing, more flexible and modular packaging machinery are driving engineers to rethink the traditional, monolithic control architectures represented by the high-powered programmable logic controller (PLC) that handles all control action on equipment. Engineering focus is shifting to distributed architectures where large portions of…