Automation and Controls

Two global players - Nestlé and B&R - promote open technology standards to enhance productivity and rationalize systems development, thereby also improving OEE sustainability and ROI in the packaging sector.

TOOLS Rockwell Automation presents a new tool to help designers set up machine safety systems. The solution automatically supplies layout options, performance level analysis and guided components selection and BOM.

The cyber motor and motion control divisions of the WITTENSTEIN Group have developed together a solution that integrates the innovative cyber® dynamic line of brushless micro-motors and the new compact simco drives, a perfect pair for systems in applications where high process and positioning standards are required.

Edigit International, specialists in the formulation of management software for printing companies, will be presenting its latest innovations at Grafitalia. Featuring mobile applications and the E-Commerce web-to-print platform.

Control Techniques Unidrive M at Converflex 2013: innovative range of converters designed to meet the unique needs of the manufacturing industry and, specifically, the field of printing machines.

THE EXPERT REPLIES Processing automation, energy, timed cams, open and modular automation architecture, soft automation, service: in the column on ItaliaImballaggio called “The expert replies”, Luca Stanzani (Packaging and Processing Bosch Rexroth Italia) will provide answers for the specific problems that the readers will tell them about. Write to infopackaging@boschrexroth.it

The role of industrial automation in "ReMade in Italy"; an approach of listening and dialoguing  with the protagonists of the fair/conference dedicated to electrical automation technologies, systems and components. Focus on food&beverage.

The PSS 4000 system by Pilz offers an important contribution to the safety and control of automated guidance transport.

THE EXPERT REPLIES Processing automation, energy, timed cams, open and modular automation architecture, soft automation, service: in the column on ItaliaImballaggio called “The expert replies”, Packaging and Processing Bosch Rexroth Italia will provide answers for the specific problems that the readers will tell them about. Write to infopackaging@boschrexroth.it

A picker line for chocolate bars. Six TLM-F4 robots pick up 600 bars per minute from the product belt and place them onto the Transmodul.