Z Automation’s latest Schneider Electric-equipped horizontal servo cartoner features motorized setup and remote diagnostics/operation. It will run multiple blister packs with up to two additional inserts at PACK EXPO in Z Automation Company’s booth N-3436.

With a maximum mechanical speed of 300 cartons per minute, the cartoner will run 200 cpm in a single product configuration. In addition to 11 servos, the ELAU packaging automation solution also integrates with 7 Schneider Electric stepper motors for automated changeovers, plus AC drives and a Magelis HMI panel.

There are 7 automated adjustment points to accommodate different product sizes and configurations. Z Automation Company’s patented dynamic product buckets and servos reduce the need for change parts. Recipe-driven format size changeovers can be accommodated in 10 minutes or less from the HMI.

The Magelis iPC features full Windows™ XP that allows full access to the machine manual on screen, recipe management, Cognex bar coder scanner configuration software, a web cam for remote diagnostics, and a Schneider Electric energy consumption gauge that reads energy output and tracks usage—earning the title of “green” machine.

The core control system enabling the cartoner’s speed and precision is from Schneider Electric’s packaging specialists, ELAU. Purpose-built for packaging, the ELAU automation system not only provides the synchronized motion, but manages a host of sensors and automated functions.

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