Digital packaging machinery can not only provide greater productivity and greater equipment flexibility, but also adds many new features, such as: remote maintenance, and the company ERP system integration, the assessment of production data.
Today, the independent distribution box in the packaging industry is not required, the digital packaging machine compared to previous mechanical or electromechanical packaging machines, even less space. Just a few years ago, no one would expect to packaging machinery to digitize the rapid speed. With the electronic process faster and faster, there was need to increase the distribution box. However, when the bus system can greatly reduce the number of cables required, coupled with the emergence of distributed computers, which means having to increase the volume of the distribution box.
Automated packaging industry to bring about change for the packaging automation era began about 20 years ago, when all mechanical devices equipped with a programmable logic controller PLC, logic functions and is used to control the mechanical power shaft drive. However, this first generation of flexible automation equipment is not satisfactory. Consumer products, especially food, life cycles, products tend to diversify, stimulate greater demand for equipment flexibility. In the later development of the second generation of automated equipment, more and more features from the mechanical power shaft to the electronic drive system, the logic functions are still controlled by the PLC system.
Control and drive technology has been proven in the field of packaging machinery structure of key technologies. Today, the third generation of fully electronic machine has all the advantages of servo technology, and establish a new industry standard. Digital packaging machinery can not only provide greater productivity and greater equipment flexibility, but also adds many new features, such as: remote maintenance, and the company ERP system integration, the assessment of production data.
Originally performed by the PLC logic function is losing its importance, is now the dominant electronic motor function. With the increasing demand for a flexible device, is also increasing the number of servo motors. This means that due to the different programming languages ??and systems, are no longer needed physical and logical interfaces. Since the mid-1990s, some companies have driven from the field of packaging machinery integrated motion control and logic control solutions trend.
Top loading equipment operational flexibility for larger packaging equally effective. Only minor adjustments to make the machine, able to adapt to different container shapes. This means that the new product types to meet future requirements. Top loading equipment in carton packaging increasingly popular. Flexible loading cartoning machine from above, more flexible than horizontal plane. The robot arm can be equipped with different vacuum chuck to accommodate vastly different products. This solution for composite packaging is also very effective, for example, in medicine, blister packs, ampoules, bottles, medicine instructions and spatula can be used top-loading equipment for packaging. In the confectionery field, top-loading equipment used to a variety of different shapes of chocolate into deep dish.