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Compared with traditional mechanical packaging machines, servo-controlled machines offer 3 distinct advantages.

Today, machinery construction designers and manufacturers are facing special challenges that include rapid format changes, versatility, security, flexibility and availability. Much of this is driven by changing tastes of the consumer, and to the need to combine different packaging production processes on the same machine to maximize investments. These goals are easy to achieve with the right servo drives and motion control systems.

Today’s machines need a compact footprint. Servos can provide a much higher torque-to-volume ratio than other technologies. Servos are also available in a wide variety of sizes, making the processes around machines easier and faster. Servo drives and electronic here motion controllers like the enable very simple format changeovers. Electronically synchronized servo drives ensure an optimized dynamic response in every phase of production and provide very consistent results.

There are 3 distinct advantages to to servo-driven systems:

1. Ease of Programming

Motion control programming in 3 steps

1. Graphically configure the drive.
2. Select the motion functions using technology objects.
3. Programming with PLC open and proven machine libraries.

2. Proven application configurations

The technology makes it possible to download ready-to-apply function configurations, for tooling that includes cross-cutting, gearing, flying saw, jog path, load sharing, positioning, rotary knife, splice control, synchronicity and more.

3. Improved Safety

Implementing safety in a conventional machine can be cumbersome and costly. With integration of safety technology, the safety functions are directly integrated into a servo drive with no need for additional hardware. Functional safety can be expanded for use with different applications in full compliance with standards.

Because the architecture is based on high-speed industrial Ethernet networks  special or detailed diagnostics of all components can be implemented within a network. Drives can be commissioned and fully diagnosed without requiring any additional software.

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The Orics form/fill/seal system thermoforms APET material and is good for food, medical devices, hardware, electronics, or anything needing either a permanent or reclosable flexible film lidding. A partnership among Orics, lidstock provider Berry Plastics, and forming web supplier Klockner Pentaplast brings global advantages.

Virtually every business is looking for ways to utilize automation to improve effectiveness and cut costs. The food packaging and pharmaceutical packaging industries are among those finding solutions in custom designed machinery to meet their specific needs.

Along with government mandated regulations for safety, the fiscal need for efficiency and cost-saving are driving increased demand for labor-saving automation to address specific market trends.

Consumer demand for convenience drives most markets but the main concerns in food processing remain the same; maximizing yield, reducing waste, enhancing reliability and ensuring hygiene and safety.

The rising demand for ready-to-cook meals and prepared cuts of meat are driving developments in modified atmosphere packaging and skin pack formats with extended shelf-life.

Quality control is another important factor driving the automation boom and industries are relying more on robotic QC mechanisms to ensure that their product is as good as it can be when it reaches the market.

Workplace safety is of course a major driver in the shift to automated systems. Injuries in any production line are more than just an inconvenient byproduct of manufacturing, they serve to drive insurance premiums up as well.

ORICS Industries has been designing and manufacturing custom solutions for packaging since 1990 and is the leader in modified atmosphere packaging systems worldwide. With a focus on solving specific the challenges faced by individual industries, ORICS provides technological answers to maximizing yield, reducing waste, extending shelf life, and quality control, while delivering hassle free systems that are reliable and forward thinking so they last for years, even decades.