Digital packaging machinery can not only provide greater productivity and more flexible equipment, but also adds many new features, such as: remote maintenance, with the company ERP system integration, evaluation of production data and the like.
Just a few years ago, people would not premonition of packaging machinery to the digital rapid speed. As the speed of the electronic process more quickly, there was need to increase the distribution box. However, when you can greatly reduce the number of cables required for the bus system, coupled with the evacuation plan type rendering machine, which means no longer add to the volume of the distribution box. Now, self-distribution box in the packaging industry is not required, the digital packaging machine compared to previous mechanical or electro-mechanical packaging machines, even less space. First, the automated packaging industry for the packaging changes brought about automation period began 20 years ago, when, all mechanical equipment equipped with a programmable logic controller (PLC), for controlling logic functions and mechanical power drive shaft . However, this first generation of smart automation equipment is not really satisfactory. Take special food products, life cycles, product diversification trend, sparking greater demand for equipment flexibility. Later opened a second-generation automation equipment, more and more energy from the mechanical axis shift effect to the electronic drive system, the logic function is still controlled by the PLC system.
Control and drive technology proved to be the gift box packaging machinery structure crux technology. Today, the third generation of fully electronic machine has all the advantages of servo technology, as well as to establish new industry standards, moon cake gift box of plastic cutlery and more without QS logo. Digital packaging machinery can not only supply greater yields and more flexible equipment, it has added many new features, such as: remote maintenance, with the company ERP system integration, evaluation of production data and the like.
Originally performed by the PLC logic functions are frustrated its importance, now prevail electronic active function. With the increased flexibility required equipment, electromechanical servo number is growing. This means that, because different programming languages and systems no longer need physical and logical interfaces. Since the mid-90s, some companies have fueled the tide integrated motion control and logic control solutions in the field of packaging machinery.
Top-loading equipment in carton packaging more and more welcome. Flexible cartoning machine loading from above, more flexible than the horizontal plane. The robot can be equipped with different vacuum chuck to accommodate one thousand poor Wan addition products. This solution composite packaging is also very effective in terms of, for example, in medicine, blister packs, ampoules, vials, medicine and spatula can be clarified with the top loading equipment for packaging. Second, to share data and long-distance protection
At first, in order to cater to the different needs of customers customized packaging machinery, suppliers will have to design each control are not identical. Thus, not only the scale of the different producers to share key components to each other, the user can get out from the attachment of a manufacturer's proprietary techniques. The so-called open-master configuration will no doubt there is a greater mobility.
Automation on the unique concept of international harmony happen by OMAC Packaging Machinery Working Group specifically addressed. Launch of this working group is the mechanical operation of the user from the trademark production industry, they and machinery makers, technology providers within the framework of OMAC fit the purpose within a period of time to make the hardware automation system can be swapped. The next step is to reconcile the different systems should reach the information transfer between the machine and the operating principle of standardization.
Another trend is that between automation technology (AT) and Information Technology (IT) to establish a system of communication solutions, through its standard data collection.
This performance, information networks and integrated longitudinal data from the pilot control stage until the production phase are feasible. From the combination of communications standards makes maintenance diagnostics, remote to the Internet, logistics (negotiation spare parts) the whole process becomes smooth. This means that the flow of information from the digital packaging machines can be more useful for the production, including the upstream and downstream business processes.