A new report form ARC Advisory Group, ‘Taking Modularity to the Next Level in Packaging Machine Design,’ describes breakthrough modular servo technology coming to the market from ELAU.
Goodman Packaging Equipment is the world’s first machine builder to apply the new PacDrive iSH Series Intelligent Servo Module from ELAU in a machine introduced at last fall’s PACK EXPO.
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.
Stefan Aumann is responsible for engineering and new production systems as the Senior Segment Engineer in the European sector of Masterfoods. Stefan Kohl handles planning and operation of packaging systems in the plant at Verden an der Aller, Germany.
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.
Servos were once reserved for top-of-the-line machines, but no more. Douglas Machine (PACK EXPO Booth S-2223) has announced its new Invex™ ‘low speed’ case/tray packer.
Goodman Packaging Equipment (PACK EXPO Booth S-1241) is the world’s first machine builder to utilize the new PacDrive iSH Series Intelligent Servo Module from ELAU (Booth N-3429).
According to ELAU technology evangelist Tom Jensen, modular software design benefits packaging automation for the same reason that World Batch Forum (WBF) recommends modularity in process automation. His presentation at the WBF 2006 Forum in Atlanta demonstrated that when implemented with ISA-88 (IEC 61512) principles in the IEC 61131-3 international standard automation programming languages, modularity becomes a powerful tool for both machine builders and users.
Italian packaging machine builders introduced a range of new, ELAU PacDrive-equipped machines at IPACK IMA in Milan in 2006, the result of a record year of growth for ELAU Systems Italia in 2005.
From ARC Forum to PackOps, Packaging Strategies to IPACK IMA, and the all-new Packaging Automation Forum, packaging automation has become this year’s hot topic. Why all the interest?
HAMBA Filtec has applied ELAU’s PacDrive automation technology in its new Flexline machine for plastic bottle, cup ad tub filling and sealing of food and beverage products.
The 6000 F-6 robotic tray-loading system from Paal uses servo positioning accuracy to collate tubes and place them into plastic trays at speeds to 200 tubes/min.
The Cavanna Cartesio Model G35EFC robotic cartoning system integrates the forming, filling, and sealing of cartons in a single 16’ x 6’ x 6’ frame. The system is driven by a total of 16 servo motors and a single PacDrive C600 automation controller. According to Alessandra Cavanna, managing director for marketing at Cavanna, a traditional mechanical machine would never have been able to deliver the fluidity and accuracy this robotic concept requires.
At PMMI’s national meeting in November, ELAU NA president Christopher Zei shared a road map to add value and reduce costs by adopting a systematic, modular approach to mechatronic engineering.
IWKA used PACK EXPO Las Vegas to debut its new 100 tube per minute TFS 80-1 Tubefilling Machine to the U.S. The company is a market leader in tube fillers, cartoners and blister pack machines.
