Life Sciences Industry Newsletter – March 2024

Palletizing is More than Just Stacking Boxes

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There are a number of common pitfalls associated with palletizing which our customers may not be aware of.

First, the things happening upstream from your palletizer can make or break the application.

If you aren’t able to reliably pack and seal the boxes before they reach the palletizer it can cause serious issues. We have developed our own custom reject station to pair with our palletizing solutions to ensure that only properly packed and sealed boxes are palletized.

Another common issue in palletizing is finding the right end of arm tool (EOAT) for the application. The team at Cross Automation are experts in EOATs. Whether it’s finding the perfect off the shelf solution or working with our vendors to design and manufacture a custom EOAT for your unique application, we are here to help.

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What's New at Cross

In-motion, Legal for Trade Rail Scale for Bulk Chemical Application

A multinational chemical producer needed to be able to weigh their bulk rail cars without having to stop the train itself. They also needed the weight to be a verified legal-for-trade, for buying and selling. Cross Precision Measurement helped them to avoid overloading and account for every penny of the load. Read more here.

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Flexible Mass Flow Controllers for Single Use Bioreactors

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With the advanced Brooks SLA Series Biotech MFC, a new level of device flexibility improves the flexibility of the entire bioreactor unit operation., allowing the hardware to be reconfigured instead of being replaced or waiting for it to be removed and recalibrated.

Cross Provides Tangible Value for You

Reduce Risk

Toxic gases and vapors can build up in your plant but humans can’t detect airborne gases and vapors or detect them quickly enough to prevent life-threatening situations. Or there may be insufficient oxygen in the air, equally dangerous

Draeger fixed gas detection systems, with their electrochemical sensors, offer fast response, high accuracy, and long usage lifefor measurement of the smallest concentration of toxic gases and oxygen in ambient air.

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Improve Efficiency

Bodine’s new 56R1-50JW/H stainless steel hollow shaft gearmotors are perfect for pharmaceutical, food, beverage and other wet environment applications. They feature corrosion resistant stainless steel housing and are fully watertight.

Their variable-speed 230/460VAC, 1/2 HP, inverter-duty windings are compatible with a wide range of inverter (VFD) products.

Raise Quality

Achieve the most accurate, stable, repeatable and reproducible measurement and control of very low flow rates of liquid or gas with the new series of Quantim® QMC Coriolis flow meters and controllers from Brooks Instrument. Benefits include:

Improve process quality

Raise production yield and throughput

Reduce scale-up time from lab to pilot plant to production.

See how our team can help improve quality, increase efficiency, and reduce risk

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Did you know… Cross Company is an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). Our ESOP started in 1979 and as of 2006, we are 100% employee-owned! Learn more about our ESOP and how that benefits both team members and our customers.
Did you know... the precision measurement group at Cross was founded in 1939 by our current CEO's grandfather, Jim King. That's a whole lot of calibration!
Did you know... A fingerprint weighs about 50 micrograms. We know, we weighed it! The residue left from a finger can actually make a difference in weight results which is why we wear gloves when we calibrate weights. For reference, a sheet of paper is about 4.5 grams, that’s 4.5 million micrograms.
Did you know… Cross Company has grown significantly since our start in 1954. Over the years we've acquired 26 companies! Today, our five groups have expertise in everything from industrial automation to precision measurement, and industry knowledge going all the way back to 1939.