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Siemens drives Sealed Air converting lines

  • September 1, 2015
  • Case Study

Sealed Air increased the production speed of the Jiffy-Lite paper-sleeve, laminated bubble wrap mailers by using Siemens Sinamics V20, Sinamics S120 AC drives and Simotion motion controllers.

Endress+Hauser signs Eastern Controls as rep

  • August 31, 2015
  • News

Eastern Controls is now the E+H rep for the Mid-Atlantic area – Metropolitan New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

Bonfiglioli motors spin Technowrapp pallet wrapper

  • August 21, 2015
  • Case Study

Technowrapp’s Runner Arm can wrap 136 pallets/hour with 10 turns per pallet, stabilising a pallet with just 76 grams of stretch wrap film.

Emerson Industrial supplies Unidrive M drives to Render Technology

  • July 16, 2015
  • Case Study

Before the implementation of Unidrive M, Render’s machines were able to deliver 25 or 26 cycles per minute. Since adopting Unidrive M, the business has seen returns of 30 cycles per minute.

A New Way to Move Products

  • July 7, 2015
  • Feature

By Oliver Haya and Erik Myers, Rockwell Automation Manufacturers and packaging contractors are constantly striving to locate a cost-effective and flexible way to increase productivity in their packaging operations, while also economizing their floor space. Traditional linear moving systems rarely meet all the criteria. The intelligent modular track systems offer greater flexibility and energy efficiency, and lower operating and maintenance costs.

PMMI promotes Andrew Dougherty to Vice President

  • May 28, 2015
  • News

Dougherty, who joined the staff in 2012, spearheads member engagement and recruitment efforts.

Collaborative Robots Transform Industry

  • by Bill Lydon
  • May 1, 2015
  • Feature

Bill Lydon: I am convinced that collaborative robots are the highest impact automation development to improve manufacturing since the assembly line. If this development follows the cost performance trends of past developments, like PCs, we at the beginning of a new revolution.

Robot use increases more than 27% in 2014

  • April 24, 2015
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor According to IFR, more than 220,000 robots were sold globally in 2014. The automotive industry is still the strongest, followed by the electronics industry. But there are many more applications in other industries that are just starting to grow, particularly with new small, safe, and collaborative robots.

BW Container Systems promotes Richard Cranston to Managing Director

  • April 24, 2015
  • News

Cranston began his career with Barry-Wehmiller Design Group in 1998 and joined the BW Container Systems executive team in 2007.

January Manufacturing Technology Orders Off

  • March 9, 2015
  • News

January U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $341.17, down 32.9% from December’s $508.57 million.