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Packaging Portal
Automated Packaging Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Automated Packaging with valuable information and resources for controls and automation engineers to automate packaging machines. Packaging machines require automation systems that enable increased speed and reduced costs. In addition, packaging machines must provide real-time information to production systems and predictive maintenance systems, putting new demands on control and automation engineers.
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Articles
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Changing with the Times: Industrial Automation 2.0
- 01/27/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Matthew Littlefield, LNS Research There are a whole slew of new technologies and system architectures being adopted in the automation industry at a very rapid pace. Companies today face the very real possibility that if they don’t effectively understand, adopt, and leverage these new technologies to their advantage; they will be left in an increasingly uncompetitive position. |
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Open Architecture "Use Cases" - the Next Frontier
- 01/23/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The next major frontier in the evolution of open architecture is the development of application standards built around Use Cases to increase automation productivity and efficiency. Packaging machine standards from OMAC's Packaging Workgroup is a good example. |
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Is Stuxnet Dead?
- 02/04/12 Flow Control, January 2012 By Amy W. Richardson 40 percent of critical infrastructures that did a security audit found Stuxnet in their systems. Experts say Stuxnet is no longer itself a threat as much as the legacy it has left behind — a roadmap for cyber war. |
White Papers
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Direct Drive Technology Improves Flexo Printing Quality and Throughput
- 10/27/11 By Kollmorgen Kollmorgen expert Tom England explores the advantages of direct drive technology in the highest-quality flexographic printing machines and other applications, with respect to machine assembly, maintenance, throughput, accuracy, operational costs and more. |
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How Today’s Flexible Digital Servo Drives Help OEMs Build a Better Machine, Faster
- 10/27/11 By Kollmorgen Kollmorgen expert Carroll Wontrop explains how high-performance digital servo drives can improve throughput, functionality and commissioning time, then discusses selection criteria and tours Kollmorgen’s AKD™ servo drive line. |
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Achieve Superior Servo Performance, Quickly, with Auto-Tuning
- 10/27/11 By Kollmorgen Kollmorgen expert George Ellis explains how full-frequency auto-tuning can quickly overcome the issue of decoupling of the load’s inertia from the servo system at higher frequencies caused by compliance in transmission components. |
Application Stories
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Rockwell Automation System controls Chocolate Manufacturing
- 01/19/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Rockwell Automation By using Rockwell Automation’s controllers, EtherNet/IP, servo drives and FactoryTalk software, Hershey brings together all aspects of its chocolate production line. |
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Achieving 100% error-free quality control
- 01/11/12 Control Engineering Europe, January 2012 Boehringer Ingelheim produces around 120 million blister packs of prescription-only drugs every year. It relies on vision solutions supplied by Cognex and Weber Systemtechnik to achieve its quality control objectives. |
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IT’s Contribution to Continuous Improvement
- 12/29/11 Automation World, December 2011 By Renee Robbins Bassett ARPAC, a packaging machinery manufacturer, ensured lean automated processes by using real-time visualization systems and other technology linked to its ERP system. |
Resources & Literature
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Machine & Process Safety Engineering Guide
Omron Scientific Technologies introduces the 2011-2012 Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. The guide also highlights Omron STI’s Safety Library with access to educational resource material including fully-illustrated articles on safety regulations and directives, risk assessment, types of protective measures and background on safety technologies. |
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EGE releases on-line sensor product finder
- 02/05/12 Using the product finder, customers can now make a pre-selection according to medium type, medium temperature, sensor material and design, voltage supply, connection type and ATEX category. |
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Omron STI publishes brochure on Can Palletizer Safety
- 02/01/12 The brochure provides an overview of the palletizer process, guarding challenges and hazard analysis, and illustrates how simplified safety control can improve safety and profitability. Requires registration to obtain brochure. |
Training News
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ABB introduces robotic educational package for schools
- 08/14/11 ABB’s educational package will give students the opportunity to learn the skills needed to effectively manage modern robotic manufacturing systems. |
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Packaging Materials seminar
- 06/24/09 August 12-13, 2009 Philadelphia, PA This seminar gives packaging industry professionals a sound understanding of the science and applications of various packaging materials. |
Training & Seminars
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Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Frommelt releases Guardian Defender Safety Door
- 02/01/12
Guardian Defender guards machinery, contain processes and protects employees from robotic/machine movement zones. |
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Standard-Knapp introduces 296TS tray/shrink system
- 12/08/11
296TS is ideal for loose containers and multipacks in a variety of materials, including glass, PET, HDPE, metal and fiber cans, HiCone, shrink bundles, and paperboard overwrap. |
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ASI introduces S8 Miniature Photoelectric Sensors
- 11/23/11
The S8 Series is the ideal solution for the food and beverage industry, electronic plants, packaging lines, test and assembling machines and automotive. |
Company & Organization News
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ISA names Juliann Grant social media community manager
- 02/05/12 Grant is a vice president of Telesian Technology, and has more than 20 years of experience developing marketing strategies for high-technology and industrial-automation companies. |
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Marc Wolf joins B&R Industrial Automation
- 01/11/12 Wolf is Business Development Manager for the company’s Global Packaging Solutions Group. |
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How China is Stealing Our Secrets
- 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism. |
Project News
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IFS to supply ERP to Automated Packaging Systems
- 08/04/11 APS will implement IFS ERP software at 14 sites, including 10 in the United States and four in Europe. |
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Cognex to supply 140 Barcode Readers to Kiva
- 04/25/11 The DataMan 500 systems will read barcodes on product packaging to ensure that the right items are shipped to the right destination, and to collect data for instant inventory management. |
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SICK to supply cameras to USPS packaging processing project
- 05/12/09 SICK will provide Ruler E 3D cameras as part of continuing improvements to the United States Postal Service’s Automated Package Processing System (APPS). |
Event News
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HANNOVER MESSE covers sustainable efficiency
- 02/01/12 HANNOVER MESSE 2012, which runs from 23 to 27 April, provides an overview of all key resource-saving industrial technologies. |
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Industrial Supply 2012 Showcases U.S. Industrial Subcontractors
- 12/06/11 Leaders in the subcontracting business will be presenting their latest product developments in industrial materials to a vast audience attending HANNOVER MESSE. |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2012 focuses on sustainability
- 11/21/11 By adopting "greentelligence" as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. |
Events
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