A Mountain of Trash Turns Green with SIMATIC Tools

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Chase Clark wants to be a recycler with Rainbow Environmental Services when he grows up. In Huntington Beach, Calif., an employee-owned material collection and processing company is inspiring an entire industry with its relentless and strategic push for a greener, smarter, safer and more comprehensive recycling operation. Rainbow Environmental Services (Rainbow) serves a host of communities in Orange County, including Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Sunset Beach, Surfside Colony,... Read More

Solvere Systems Upgrades Blow-Molding Machine Without Interrupting Production at Major Supplier to Coca-Cola

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The task: modernize a control and automation system while keeping 40,000 PET bottles per hour rolling off the line at Southeastern Container. In 2010, engineers at Orlando, Fla.-based Southeastern Container (SEC), a major manufacturer of PET bottles for Coca-Cola, decided it was time to make improvements in its Sidel blow-molding machine. While the French-built machine continued to perform well mechanically, its control and automation system, installed more than 15 years earlier,... Read More

Honing in on New Money

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Sunnen uses Motion Control to design a low-cost honing system. Designing new product lines in the complex industrial automation world is a complex challenge, one that’s increasingly being done under tight time pressures. When Sunnen began developing a basic, large-bore horizontal honing system, it got to market on time with the right end pricing by reaching out to suppliers. The new bore sizing and finishing line, dubbed the HTA, is now helping the 85-year-old OEM gain market... Read More