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COPPELL, TX — Centurion Electronic Instruments is offering its Automatic Conveyor Finder, an add-on system for existing conveyors that allows rapid location of a particular order.

Keying the order number on the touch pad advances the corresponding conveyor location to the collection point. The company said that any conveyor can be automated with the system and no PC is required for its operation. The ACF 3101 can command two separate conveyor and up to four conveyors can be daisy-chained using one 3101 controller.

TAMPA, FL —†Orion Commerce Group, a Tampa-based software development firm specific to credit card processing, has announced the introduction of a 900 mhz Remote credit and debit hand-held device and installation and the first drive-through drycleaner application in the U.S.

The Hypercom ICE 4000 remote with its ICE 5500 base works in combination with Orion’s proprietary software to meet drycleaning needs within drive-through applications. Orion has worked on the project for the past 18 months and said it has completed over 100 days of zero failure in beta testing.

Orion calls it the next step in technology for the credit card processing industry.

TAMPA, FL — Unipress has announced the release of its Model AFB Up Air Finishing Board which complements either a tensioning topper or tensioning form finisher such as the TUF Tensioning Form Finisher and TPF-P Tensioning Topper with Pleat Pads.

Model AFB has a built-in blower motor to create up air and vacuum. The up air allows a garment to be finished quickly without shine or side seam impressions. When processing pants or pleated skirts, the vacuum is used to set razor sharp creases.

The volume of up air and vacuum can easily be adjusted making it simple to finish everything from silk and rayon to suit coats and khakis.

The AFB also can be used as a stand-alone piece for drop stores, agencies or touch up stations. It is equipped with an iron, trolley and light assembly. A retractable sleeve arm with up air and vacuum is standard. The table height is adjustable for the comfort of the operator.

Unipress offers a complete line of finishing equipment, both conventional style presses and tensioning equipment. All Unipress products are designed and manufactured in the United States, providing quick access to parts.

BURLINGAME, CA — Convertech has a system for converting a perc machine for use with silicone solvents such as GreenEarth.

Convertech said the conversions are done by qualified technicians during off hours so that there is no downtime and the machine can be operational by the next business day. The company added that minimal training is needed to operate a converted machine and that the training includes how to get the best results using a silicone-based solvent.

GreenEarth Cleaning has approved the Convertech conversion process. The cleaner must submit a written approval from the local fire marshal before GreenEarth will issue a license for use of its solvent.

TULSA, OK — Royaltone has announced Leather Magic Prespotter, an environmentally friendly leather prespotter for wetcleaning suede, leather and cloth trimmed with suede and leather in any laundry washer.

Leather Magic is sprayed on ground-in soil, food, beverage and perspiration stains. For pre-spotting suede and leather items to be wetcleaned, it is used full strength or mixed one part water in a spotting bottle, hand sprayer or a pressure spray tank, then worked with a spatula or brush. The items then can be wetcleaned with Prosuede Wet Detergent Plus Conditioner in any laundry washer.

Leather Magic also can be used on protein and tannin stains, paint, oil and grease stains, and ink stains.