product innovations
Industrial PDA with Smartphone qualities
Bar code scanner, camera, telephone - the industrial PDA skeye.dart from Hoeft & Wessel combines all these features in a single, compact device, thus exhibiting Smartphone qualities. Now, the model with the 3.5" display is also available with a numeric keypad. At the LogiMAT in Stuttgart, the international trade fair for distribution, materials handling and information flow, the technology company presented the new device along with the robust tablet PC skeye.e-motion. Hoeft & Wessel customers who deploy the Skeye terminals in the field of transport logistics include Linde Gas and Air
Liquide.The industrial PDA skeye.dart is suitable for all fields of merchandise management, warehouse logistics and consignment tracking & tracing. It is extremely robust. Thanks to its ergonomic design, the device fits securely into the user´s hand and is easy to operate. With a mass of only just 300 grams, the skeye.dart is a genuine light- weight. The model features all conventional radio technologies: GPRS/EDGE, GPS, WLAN and Bluetooth and is available with the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. For more information call 01793 647 903 or visit
www.skeye.com.
M-real launch unique
packaging papers M-real Speciality Papers has launched a unique portfolio of label and flexible packaging papers, all produced to the highest quality standards. The collection contains products ideal for all labelling and packaging applications in the beverage, food and consumer goods industries, including a new flexible packaging paper, Zanflex; the new Zanlabel range; and the market-leading cast-
coated label range, Chromolux. With the expanded range, M-real Speciality Papers becomes the only paper manufacturer in Europe to offer such a broad choice of label and flexible packaging papers. The Zanders Gohrsmühle Mill, where the papers are made, holds certifications that include FSC and PEFC; ISO 22000 and EN 15593 hygiene standards; and ISEGA certification for direct food contact (for Chromolux, Zanlabel gloss and Zanflex). For more information call +49 (0)2202 15-0 or visit
www.m-real.com.
New thermal
transfer printer A breakthrough in print quality and sustainable performance is offered by Open Date Equipment’s new Thermocode IQ thermal transfer printer. The IQ, designed and built in the UK, uses three stepper motors rather than compressed air and therefore has extremely fine pressure adjustments which means the life expectancy of a print head is twice that of air operated printers in many applications.“This control leads to greater print accuracy without loss of speed. Currently the printer can achieve 800 cycles per minute,” explained Open Date’s CEO, Gary Cowlard, “Not only is the IQ more sustainable to operate,” continued Cowlard “it
AT LAST A COMPETITIVE WASHDOWN SERVOMOTOR!
Micromech is pleased to introduce from Kollmorgen the AKM servomotor food grade version for the food and drink industry. Among other developments this new range of AKM motors provides a highly effective protective 2-K coating, IP67 rated seal configuration and stainless steel hardware on all precision interfaces. Based on the well-known AKM electromagnetics these new motors are available in frame sizes two
through six, static torque’s from 1Nm to 25. The main applications that benefit from these innovative motors are those subject to strict hygiene regulations which are aimed at avoiding germ formation. Also, these special motors are not only hygienic but also cost effective as they benefit a wider target market. For more information call 01376 333333 or email
smorley@micromech.co.uk.
can also be used in environments where cleanliness is paramount and potential contamination by compressed air is a factor.” For more information call 020 86554999 or email
sales@opendate.co.uk.
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