Four Tips for Designing Tamper-Evident Late-Stage Customization Solutions

Serialization legislation is requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to ensure that labels printed at a late stage contain all data necessary for compliance. Since many product labels are customized by markets, customer, or product type, adding variable data to labels or packaging is a way to avoid stocking individual packaging materials for each variant.

The flexible production of smaller batch sizes has also introduced new requirements for automatic and fast changeovers. If you’re a pharma manufacturer, how can you implement a flexible, tamper-evident solution for late-stage customization in low- and medium-volume production?

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All-in-One Industrial Secure Routers From Moxa Safeguard Industrial Applications From Cyber Threats

Moxa Inc., a provider in industrial communications and networking with a focus on securing industrial networks, has recently introduced the new EDR-G9010 Series. These industry-certified all-in-one firewall/NAT/VPN/switch/routers act as a robust first line of defense for industrial networks in diverse applications such as smart manufacturing and critical infrastructure.

The routers offer 10-port GbE performance and defense-in-depth security capabilities to fulfill the needs of bandwidth-hungry applications that require field-proven reliability and multi-layered security.

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Phoenix Contact: Measuring Transducer Terminal Blocks With Push-in Connection at the Side

The PTVME test-disconnect terminal blocks from Phoenix Contact are an extension to the PTV portfolio. They can be used in all applications on the secondary wiring side of switching devices for transducers and signals.

Simplify your system modernization with the vertical Push-in connection of test-disconnect terminal blocks. With their compact design, PTVME terminal blocks enable you to use an overall width equal to that of screw terminal blocks. Increased safety is ensured thanks to a nominal voltage of 1,000 V. You use the screw-free disconnect slide to actuate the terminal blocks quickly and easily. The switching state can be clearly identified. 

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Schneider Electric Releases the Most Compact 3-Phase UPS In Its Class: Galaxy VL

B&R presents new gate measurement module for efficient machine and process automation

With a new bus controller, B&R has added a gate measurement module to its portfolio for efficient monitoring of machinery and processes. The new gate measurement module joins the X67 lineup to help keep manufacturing processes consistent and reduce the rate of rejection, thus increasing both quality and productivity.

By measuring the duration of switching operations with extreme precision, the module is able to detect even the slightest deviations, which can point to component wear, changes in temperature or other environmental factors. 

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