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Design News - February 27, 2006
Cover Story
No one wants to create a "me too" design for a new machine. Ultra Packaging took that notion to an extreme. For its latest line of vertical cartoners, the company replaced every bit of roller chain of an earlier design with servos and timing belts. As a result, the new all-electric machines focus on quick product changeovers, choice of continuous or intermittent motion operations and production rates as fast as 120 cartons/min.
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- Multipurpose 4-in-1™ Sensor Outputs
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- Advantage 900 CNC Control
- New 256-Color TFT Touchscreen
- Stainless-Steel Torque Limiters
- Photoelectric Sensors
- Safe Motion Can Boost Productivity
- Guide-Wheel System: Properties, Selection & Sizing
- Case Packer Renewal
- CMS-100 CostmoNet High-Speed Motion Controller
- Sterilizible 16-mm Brushless Motor
- Laser Light Safety Scanner
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- ServoWire Motion & Logic Controller (SMLC)
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