Contech    Goddard, KS 67052
Apr 22, 2002 Roll-Fed System slits and sheets rolls of material weighing up to 8,000 lb. Material is slit, accumulated through controlled gravity loops to restrict material stretch, and cut using gap shear cutter. Gripper stacker grabs sheets and stacks them for use. Operator needs only to load roll, adjust sheet length and slit width, and unload stacks of finished material for next processing operation.

Weidmuller, Inc.    Richmond, VA 23236
Apr 18, 2002 QuickBloc Universal PLC interface has 8 or 16 channels, connects to any manufacturer's PLC, and has choice of screw or tension clamp technology. It comes with terminals, pre-wired cable with flying leads ready to attach to any PLC's front panel adapter, and pre-printed marking tags. Options are available for fusing, analog signals, and PCB versions that use pluggable cable system.

Contech    Goddard, KS 67052
Mar 13, 2002 High Speed Rotary Sheeter/Stacker processes rolls of material into sheets at up to 1,000 ft/min. Sheeter portion has rotary single-knife fixed-bed cutter. Sheets are conveyed on vacuum conveyor to point where material is knocked off belt onto stacker. When stack is full it automatically lowers for off-loading, while secondary finger-tray keeps collecting sheets. When off-loading is complete, stack raises back up, and collects sheets in finger-tray.

E-BEAM Services, Inc.    Cranbury, NJ 08512
Jan 08, 2002 Plastic tubing and molded parts can be treated and processed to exhibit reliability, long wear, and resistance to temperature, stress cracking, oils, petroleum, and solvents. High energy process permanently alters polymeric matrix by converting material to cross-linked PE, known as PEX. Process works on HDPE tubing and molded parts to provide in-service temperatures as high as 120°C. Treated tubing performed at 870 PSI at 80°C.

Pactiv Corp.    Lake Forest, IL 60045
Dec 21, 2001 HexaBlokâ„¢ components facilitate material handling for bins and other large containers. They are applied to bottom of container by standard PSA, hot melt adhesives, or glues. Hexacomb honeycomb structure is made from kraft paper and water-based adhesives. Vertical cell orientation handles heavy loads. Blocks are available in 6 in. lengths, 6 in. widths, and heights of either 3 or 4 in. Runners are 60 in. long with same width and height.

Logistics.com    Burlington, MA 01803
Dec 13, 2001 OptiBid Lane provides self-service negotiation and securing of transportation service contracts across all modes: truckload, less-than-truckload, rail, air and ocean. It enables shippers to collaborate with and manage carriers, create and run web-based auctions, and secure competitive rates and award contracts. Shippers can download results into transportation management systems and use archived bids as templates for subsequent bids.

Buckbee-Mears St. Paul, A Unit Of BMC Industries Inc.    St. Paul, MN 55101
Nov 27, 2001 AccuCoil PCM process combines photochemical machining for producing precision burr-free and stress-free metal parts with accurate frame-to-frame indexing on coil stock. It produces intricate and close tolerance patterns in varieties of flat, metal parts with thickness ranges of 0.0005 to 0.062 in. Holes or slots can be as small as 1.2 times material thickness, and spacing between holes or cutouts can be as small as 0.9 times material thickness.

Toshiba International Corp., Industrial Div.    Houston, TX 77041
Nov 08, 2001 Model TC1 11 T/C module clips onto side of T1-16S micro PLC, allowing alarming, monitoring or PID control functions based on temperature. It accepts inputs from type K, E, J T/Cs or millivolt sensors. Module is isolated via photo-coupler and dc/dc converter and has built-in functions including linearization, cold junction compensation, and burn-out detection. Each PLC can accommodate up to 8 I/0 modules.

CRS Robotics Corporation    Burlington, ON L7L 6A6  Canada
Nov 08, 2001 CROS 3.1 motion control firmware includes intelligent motion planning algorithms and error handling capabilities. Features include POLARAâ„¢ open architecture laboratory automation software, error recovery commands, and seamless upgrades. Scalable and flexible platform is provided for automating research processes.