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Bio-plastics conference
Blog Post | May 3, 2013

Renewable Bio-plastics Technology is Focus of Conference

Coca-Cola and other food and beverage makers look to the chemical industry for 100% bio-based PET containers.
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Lego Mindstorms Paper Airplane Folding Machine
Blog Post | April 12, 2013

I Just Want to Watch It Run

You know how some people could stand at the edge of a construction site and watch construction equipment move earth for hours? I can do that with industrial machines.
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There’s a gap between where we need to be mechatronically and how we’re training people to get there.
Perspective
 | March 27, 2013

A New Approach to Mechatronics Training?

Change intro to: A few years back, a now widely held observation emerged about the future: In 1980, 80 percent of the complexity of equipment was mechanical, but by 2020, only 20 percent of it would b
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Feature Article
 | March 11, 2013

Robotic Packaging: More Vision, More Brains, Fewer Parts

Integrated and affordable vision systems are bringing sophisticated vision-assisted robotic capabilities to a wider range of packaging applications.
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Feature Article
 | March 11, 2013

Heightened Flexibility in Blister Packaging

Flexibility is a goal that can be approached from many angles, as Algus Packaging Inc., DeKalb, Ill., recently demonstrated with the release of its Universal-8 (U8) blister packaging machine.
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A rendering of the Adept Quattro s650H robot.
Case Application
 | March 6, 2013

Packaging Explosives with Robotic Care

Shenzhen King Explorer Science & Technology Co., Ltd., China’s largest civil explosive service provider, is counting on the speed and strength of robots to increase its customers’ productivity and
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Blog Post | March 4, 2013

Lessons for Packagers from Machine Tool Builders

Demonstrations at the Automate 2013 in Chicago made it clear there the benefits of combining machine vision and robot technology. As prices for components come down, packagers can find inspiration from other industries.
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Example of a flexible enclosure for containing processing operations. Source: ILC Dover
Blog Post | February 24, 2013

Flexible Containment Meets Nanomanufacturing Needs

Industrial containment solutions are moving from food and pharma processing into the realm of nanoparticle processes. Partnering with industry, the Nanotechnology OEHS Campus and nanoTox Academy seeks to improve the safety and efficiency of nanomaterial transfer.
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Perspective
 | February 11, 2013

End of an era? Italians Share Their View of Global Industry

A writer for Italian automation magazine Automazione Oggi reports on how Italian industrial professionals view the global economic crisis and urges companies, the State and banks to work together to i
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Kitting application
Blog Post | February 8, 2013

Automated Kitting Is Pharma Company’s Dream Come True

Whether you’re assembling products or packaging finished goods, the kitting line—which is used to organize separate components into kit boxes—can be a labor-intensive part of the manufacturing process that’s all too prone to error. Enter automation, which promises to improve the kitting process through the use of sensors, vision systems and robotics.
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Universal Robots from Denmark, new to U.S. Market
 Video | February 6, 2013

Universal Robots from Denmark, new to U.S. Market

6-axis articulated collaborative robots can work along side employees with no safety guarding, automatically stops when it comes into contact with human. Fast, accurate and flexible.
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Tolomatic ERD product family
Video | February 6, 2013

Tolomatic ERD product family

Stainless-steel ERD electric cylinders are ideal for food and beverage and other wash down environments, where corrosion resistance, compact size and flexible motor sizing are important.
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Staubli Robotics Fast Picker
 Video | February 6, 2013

Staubli Robotics Fast Picker

New robotic technology for food processing and packaging applications, competes with Delta robots. 200 per minute, full repeatability to .05 mm throughout range of motion.
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Four Emerson System Plast components were part of the retrofit package.
News
 | February 1, 2013

Pepsi invests $35,000 to generate an added $300,000 annually

On a 2 liter PET bottling line at a Pepsi plant in Cheverly, MD, an optimized conveyor connection between case packer and palletizer is helping to generate about $300,000 more in revenue per year.
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Blog Post | January 25, 2013

Process Expo to Co-Locate with International Dairy Show in 2013

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) have agreed to co-locate Process Expo and the International Dairy Show in Chicago, beginning in 2013.
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