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New Technology Guides Web

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... sensor to be prepared for anything their customers might throw at them. They are spending a little extra to get flexibility, perhaps putting in PLC interfaces they may not be using right now, but they’re ...

A Menu for Thickness Control

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August 30, 2005, ... use and the final application. PLC Probe When customers purchase meat or cheese from the full-service delicatessen at a typical supermarket, the clerk usually asks how thick they want the slices. Customers ...

Bobst Distributes MATRIX Product Line

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August 06, 2005, ... UK-based Channel Matrix, PLC, to become the sole U.S. distribution center for the MATRIX line of self-locating creasing matrix products. As part of the agreement, Channel’s facility in Columbus, OH, will ...

The Terminology of Testing

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July 30, 2005, Today, those in the converting and flexible packaging industries are not fully knowledgeable about many items unless they attach numbers to them. PLC Probe In an 1891 lecture, the physicist Lord Kelvin ...

What's Driving Your Operatio

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July 30, 2005, ... users can push a HELP button, and the drive is able to diagnose what happened.” Improvements in safety also have made a significant impact, Hulman explains. “Safe PLCs have been developed to monitor ...

New Products

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July 30, 2005, ... boschrexroth-us.com The IndraDrive incorporates company’s servo drive and frequency converter technology into one platform. With an optional drive-integrated, IEC61131-3-compliant PLC, plus built-in safety ...

Seeking a Converting Superhero

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... at some common wish list items people in these industries have expressed at various meetings in recent years. If you see something below you think you can accomplish or solve, you will be a hero. PLC Probe ...

New Products

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June 29, 2005, ... control hardware and software algorithms. Reduces risk of downtime with the latest generation of off-the-shelf temperature controls, human/machine interfaces, PLCs and computer topology, all integrated ...

Give Customer What He Wants

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May 30, 2005, Too many times converters make substitutions when filling orders from their customers, with serious consequences. The customer will be unhappy unless he receives exactly what he ordered. PLC Probe Suppose ...

Biodegradable Films Today

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, ... method is available to recycle, separate, or divert them from disposal in landfills. PLC Probe Most of us love our creature comforts, including the many items that use flexible packaging substrates. ...

New Products

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April 29, 2005, ... to provide instant connectivity with different fieldbus networks. System will communicate with the host PLC and store production run records related to static control. Using interchangeable slave interface ...

Cleaning the Right Way

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March 30, 2005, ... does not create any hazards to the personnel doing the cleaning or to the environment. PLC Probe Whether a converting operation that uses adhesives and coatings is clean or messy as a rule, ultimately ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... has a cantilever mandrel arrangement for fast and efficient changeover of sleeves, company notes. Features the latest servo drive system with a touchscreen PLC interface between machine and operator. Uses ...

Hot Melt Adhesive Use

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February 27, 2005, ... melts are among the fastest growing adhesives in the industry. PLC Probe Hot melt adhesive use continues to grow due to unique properties including ease of use, adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces, ...

In Defense of Control Freaks

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January 30, 2005, Control freaks, flaunt your obsession! You will be doing yourselves, your companies, and your customers a huge favor. PLC Probe An entire field of medicine called psychiatry exists to help people lead ...

E-Clips Top 10

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January 30, 2005, ... offer the performance features of company’s standard die-cutting systems in a lower-cost model with a smaller footprint. Standard features include drive pinch rollers, PLC-controlled indexing, adjustable ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, Let us take the concept of universality one step further. Is there a universal film for flexible packaging? All converters and package designers know the answer to this question is a resounding no. PLC ...

On the Move...

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November 29, 2004, ... and Converting Committees. Markgraf was given the esteemed PLC Division Leadership and Service Award in 1994 and the Andreas G. Ahlbrandt Prize. He served on the board of directors Marketing Committee ...

Chemicals & Responsibility

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November 29, 2004, ... that work in the converting and packaging industries. PLC Probe Earlier columns in this space discussed how poorly the average person understands the chemical industry. Recently a correspondent wrote ...

Sollas Offers New Wrapping and Banding Options

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November 14, 2004, ... system, PLC control, operation and fault indication via soft touch display, a precision vacuum film feed system, electronically adjustable speed, easy film loading, and CE approval, company says. The ...