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The see-food diet: How transparent packaging affects eating

Study analyzes the impact of transparent and opaque food packaging on consumers’ consumption choices.

August 7, 2013

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August 7, 2013

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Turck: Overmolded valve plug cordsets

Designed for rugged connectivity in harsh environments, Turck’s overmolded valve plug cordsets feature a translucent molding material with embedded, and bright that provide visibility for power indication from any angle with black, grey, yellow, and clear coloring options to accommodate diverse applications.

August 7, 2013

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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.

August 7, 2013

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AutomationDirect: Enclosure air conditioner

AutomationDirect’s expanded Stratus line of enclosure air conditioners now includes 480V 2,000 to 8,000 BTU/H models: closed-loop cooling systems recommended for harsh environments, or when there are washdown requirements, heavy dust and debris, or airborne chemicals present.

August 7, 2013

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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).

August 7, 2013

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Clippard: Valves

Available in 3-way and 4-way configurations, Clippard’s new HV-HTV valves provide reliability, compact size, economical pricing, precision machining, feature #10-32 inlet and outlet ports, and are available as toggle or stem actuated, in addition to offering cartridge styles, with flows to 15 scfm @ 100 psig.

August 7, 2013

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GE: Modular single board computers (SBCs)

Able to provide organizations the opportunity for regular technology refreshes – but without the time-intensive and expensive requalification, GE Intelligent Platforms’ family of modular single board computers (SBCs) are intelligent, embedded computing subsystems interconnected to provide high performance, high speed nodes, flexibility, easy upgradability, and cost-effectiveness for critical infrastructure applications.

August 7, 2013

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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.

August 7, 2013

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ProSoft Technology: Wireless access for long distances

The 802.11 abgn Fast Industrial Hotspot from ProSoft Technology provides advancements in client/bridge fast roaming between access points, Ethernet packet optimization, and enhanced diagnostics, expanding secure wireless into critical mobile machine and material handling systems.

August 6, 2013

Plant Operations & Equipment

Balluff: Miniature sensors

Balluff’s new line of miniature sensors include inductive, photoelectric, magnetic, capacitive, and ultrasonic; compact inductive couplers, space-saving I/O modules, and RFID in miniature versions are available for each sensor.

August 6, 2013

Automation & Digital Transformation

Rockwell Automation: Industrial ethernet switch

Rockwell Automation’s Allen-Bradley Stratix 5700 managed industrial Ethernet switch now includes an optional integrated hardware-based Network Address Translation (NAT) feature that allows high performance and simplified integration of IP-address mapping from a set of local, machine-level IP addresses to the end user¹s broader plant-process network.

August 5, 2013