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3D printers add to machine designers', developers’ playbook

3D manufacturing is gaining acceptance in packaging as designers shift to additive processes to make complex parts

June 8, 2015

Fox IV component

Ethernet-to-fiber switch connects disparate communication networks

FiberPlex Technologies, LLC

FiberPlex’s new TIS-8632 10/100/1000 six-port Ethernet-to-fiber switch interfaces CAT based networks to fiber optic communications, while also offering complete immunity to EMI/RFI, incredible distance, bulletproof security between nodes.

May 4, 2015

FiberPlex image

ProSoft: Linux/ControlLogix Development Module

The in-rack Development Module is for Rockwell Automation ControlLogix and CompactLogix processors.

April 29, 2015

ProSoft: Linux/ControlLogix Development Module

Unmanaged gigabit Ethernet switch

Red Lion Controls

Red Lion has announced the addition of the N-Tron series 1008TX unmanaged Gigabit Ethernet switch to its industrial networking portfolio; the switch delivers plug-and-play wire-speed performance to industrial applications.

April 27, 2015

Red Lion 1008TX-Switches

Cap lining machine manufacturer switches to PC-based control

Canada-based MMC Packaging makes the switch from PLC to PC-based control for more processing power and flexibility from its controller platform.

March 30, 2015

MMC Packaging supplies state-of-the-art, turnkey automation equipment to manufacturers of container and specialty closures.

Sensors power paper tissue system

More than 40 sensors tightly integrated with about the same number of servo motors are the keys to this high-speed, modular system for producing and packaging tissue packets.

March 28, 2015

The cutting of the film in the individual flow wrapping unit is triggered by a CS8 color sensor.

From Coke to the cloud and beyond

Remote monitoring and control operations continue to evolve.

March 17, 2015

Source: GE Intelligent Platforms

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