AUXILIARIES: Central Material Handling System Boasts Greater Control

RFID user management, lot management, WiMaTrace lot traceability, and OPC connectivity are available through a license from Wittmann Battenfeld.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2013

INJECTION MOLDING: Low-Cost, High-Performance Hot-Runner Controllers

Plastic Engineering & Technical Services, Inc. (P.E.T.S.), Auburn Hills, Mich., has introduced the PHRS family of hot-runner temperature controllers, said to “provide outstanding performance at price levels far below any competitive offerings.”
New Product Announcements Published: 1/29/2013

AUXILIARIES: Batch Control Terminal for Compounding

The IND780batch stand-alone batch controller from Mettler Toledo, Columbus, Ohio, is said to provide advanced batching control technology while adhering to the ISA SP-88 Batch Standard.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/22/2011

EXTRUSION: On-Line Sensor for Thick Sheet

New OptiMike from NDC Infrared Engineering, Irwindale, Calif., was developed to meet the need for accurate but cost-effective measurement of thicker and foamed sheet that would otherwise require nuclear gauges.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/26/2011

EXTRUSION: Safety-First extrusion Melt-Pressure Sensors

Gefran, Winchester, Mass., has expanded its Impact series of melt-pressure sensors with new versions designed to increase the safety of extruders in compliance with new international regulations.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/26/2011

Faster Position Sensors for High-Speed Molding

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Injection molding, thermoforming, and other machines that require high-speed position sensing can benefit from a new faster update option for magnetostrictive Temposonics linear position sensors from MTS Systems Corp.’s Sensors ...
New Product Announcements Published: 10/1/2009

Web-Based Machine & Plant Monitoring

A newly enhanced process and production monitoring system was launched at the recent NPE show in Chicago by Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, Ont.
New Product Announcements Published: 9/1/2009

Vision System for Mold Protection

WEB EXCLUSIVE A vision inspection system introduced late last year protects molds by detecting errors in real time.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Web-Based Energy Monitor Tracks Plant Usage and Cost

A new company, Agentis Energy, made its debut at NPE 2009 last month with a web-based interface that enables plastics processors to monitor the energy consumption of every electrically powered device in the plant and use that information to minimize...
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Three Compact Controllers Debut at NPE

WEB EXCLUSIVE Eurotherm will display publicly for the first time its MACO Compact System for the Van Dorn HT machine line, whose original control systems are no longer supported by the OEM.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2009