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Controls and automation

Stories on the equipment, components, sensors, devices, drives, etc., that control functions on packaging equipment.

Roche finds flexibility in secondary packaging of pharmaceuticals

Company's Diagnostics Division employs a top loader that provides flexibility and a small footprint for secondary packing of its Coagucheck diagnostic strips used to test blood clotting time....

Cartoning | January 23, 2012

New family of drives

The Z1000 family of HVAC drives includes the Z1000 variable speed drive for building automation applications such as fans, pumps, and cooling towers through 500 HP. The Z1000 Bypass Package, designed specifically for commercial HVAC applications, is optimized with...

Controls and automation | December 22, 2011

Ten packaging machinery trends for 2012

With the North American economy beginning to show some positive signs, there is a pent-up demand for new packaging, new products, new acquisitions, and new technologies to increase packaging line productivity. B&R Industrial Automation's packaging market development manager John...

Controls and automation | December 22, 2011

Value-line servomotors

VLM servomotors are designed to provide good performance at excellent price in the torque range of 0.5Nm to 16Nm (peak or continuous) for a variety of applications. Leverage specially selected components and flying leads to help eliminate need for...

Controls and automation | December 12, 2011

Air preparation unit

Controls and automation | October 28, 2011

Bottle feeding system

Cartoning | October 12, 2011

Industrial marking and coding

Coding, marking, printing | October 5, 2011

Job market figures paint unhealthy picture—with healthcare an exception

A grim unemployment report is the centerpiece of political debate, yet healthcare jobs continue to increase....

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | September 7, 2011

High-pressure closed-back check valve

Controls and automation | August 8, 2011

GSK employs wireless technology for water usage

Self-organizing network connects wireless pressure and flow transmitters; provides network for future expansion. Sustainable business practices continue to gain importance throughout pharmaceutical facilities. A good example: GlaxoSmithKline’s Cork plant in Ireland that’s installed Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless technology...

Controls and automation | August 4, 2011

Compact servo motors: shorter - lighter - more dynamic

The 8LV servo motor series has been expanded to include additional high-performance products. With the motto "Highest power density in the smallest installation space" in mind, all mechanical and electrical elements in this series of servo motors have been...

Controls and automation | July 25, 2011

How OPC-certified components will sharply reduce pharmaceutical integration costs

Consultant Dennis Brandl explains why OPC Foundation’s test lab is good news for Pfizer and the pharmaceutical industry....

Controls and automation | June 24, 2011

Compact laser scanners

Controls and automation | June 17, 2011

Solid-dose bottle packaging

Tablet counting, weighing and filling | June 15, 2011

Bottle wrap labeling system

Labeling | May 31, 2011

Online networks improve healthcare company’s speed-to-market

By streamlining its brand assets, one healthcare company has improved communication and visual consistency—and it expects to save upwards of $11 million in three years....

Structural and graphics package design | May 24, 2011

Vertical storage and retrieval systems

Conveying/material handling | May 10, 2011

How to optimize packaging

At the sixth annual Packaging Automation Forum April 25 and 26 in Chicago, the speakers offered high-level views of consumer behavior as well as plant-floor insights into how manufacturing and packaging can be optimized....

Controls and automation | April 29, 2011

Auto ID labeling software

Labeling | April 11, 2011

Laser bar-code scanner

Controls and automation | March 23, 2011

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