Gretchen Edelbrock

Products Editor

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Tri-Tronics: Precision Laser Sensor

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth # S-5712! Designed to detect the most difficult small parts at longer ranges, the SMARTEYE SmartDot Laser Sensor from Tri-Tronics uses an OLED graphic display that provides visible feedback of proper setup and continual monitoring of performance.

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Red Lion: Modular HMI

Red Lion’s Graphite is a rugged HMI solution that combines a wide range of versatile plug-in modules with protocol conversion, data logging, and web-based monitoring and control.

Mitsubishi: Motion controller

Offering easy upgrade to its MR-J3 and MR-J4 servo platforms, Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s Q170MCPU-EIP motion controller allows end users to operate their existint third-party control systems that incorporate Add-On-Instructions (AOI).

Festo: Cylinder/drive combination

Festo’s EPCO electric cylinder and CMMO-ST closed loop servo drive combination is designed to quickly assist in machine changeover, while delivering low total lifecycle costs through minimum energy consumption, and streamlined selecting, commissioning, and installing.

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Carlo Gavazzi: Photoelectric sensors with background suppression

A new range of Background Suppression (BGS) Photoelectric Sensors in Carlo Gavazzi’s PA18 and PH18 housings provide precise distance detection and a fine distinction between a target and its background, with the flexibility of an industry standard housing.

Advanced Vision Technology: Hologram Inspection System

Using a combination of unique illumination and optics Advanced Vision Technology’s 100% automatic Hologram Inspection System combines traditional print inspection technologies, holographic foils inspection, and hologram print applications.

Motors for Sanitary Washdowns

Designed for humid and moist environments in the food and beverage industry, Baldor’s Super White Washdown Duty line of motors features an autophoretic autodeposition exterior surface preparation method that makes the white epoxy finish coat of these motors five times more resistant to corrosion and chipping than previous methods.

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Pepperl+Fuchs : AS-Interface I/O Modules

Pepperl+Fuchs’ three new G11 Series AS-Interface I/O Modules feature a simple, round housing design that enables the AS-Interface cable to easily exit the housing in any direction to significantly simplify installation and operation.

Beckhoff Automation: EtherCAT Coupler

Beckhoff’s EK18xx EtherCAT Coupler series integrates 12 built-in digital I/Os to reduce the costs and cabinet space requirements of Industrial Ethernet I/O systems.

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Control Techniques: AC, Servo Motor Controls

Control Techniques' Unidrive M is a comprehensive family of AC and servo motor controls that enhances machine performance, reduces commissioning and diagnostic times, lowers machine costs, and provides flexibility.

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Hypoid Gearmotor

Bison Gear’s PowerSTAR, a new hypoid, maximum efficiency, right-angle gearmotor, uses the company's Robusticity design to improve energy efficiency for a smaller carbon footprint and maximum power density.

Festo: Energy-efficient Electric Slide Series

Designed for precise pushing motion or handling of work pieces, the electric slide series EGSL from Festo for pick and place systems or planar surface and 3D gantries operates with linearity and parallelism to an accuracy of + .0006 inches (+ 0.015 mm), even with heavy loads.

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FasTest, Inc: Connectors for Compressed Gas Filling Applications

Designed to connect to CGA 540, 580 and 580 RPV gas valves, the FasTest G-Series connectors for compressed gas filling applications deliver rapid, repeatable connections to pressure vessels, making them suitable for bulk filling facilities.