ELAU, credited with first enabling mechatronics in packaging machine design and more recently with introducing the advantages of modularity to packaging machine automation, introduces the next advance in modularity, its new PacDrive™ iSH Series of Intelligent Servo Modules.

Pushing beyond the limits of conventional servo motors, drives and look-alike actuators, the self-contained servo modules increase machine performance, flexibility and overall value by streamlining the implementation of servo control in packaging machinery.

In so doing, ELAU is offering packaging machinery designers and users the enabling technology to more effectively implement consumer marketing, supply chain management and lean manufacturing strategies. Complementing ELAU’s documented advantages in modular automation software, this modular hardware approach promotes new engineering efficiencies, plug-and-play machine integration and maintainability in the field.

Ease of mounting, reduced componentry and cabling, simplified installation, smaller footprint and reduced electrical cabinet size all result from the innovative design. The PacDrive iSH Series combines ingenious salient pole, hybrid cable, heat dissipation and power supply designs to overcome the limitations of previous attempts to mount drive electronics on servo motors.

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