Manufacturing speed is a paramount trend in the packaging industry today deriving its force from cries for increased productivity and efficiency. Packaging equipment manufacturers relentlessly dig for areas to surpass established models with unquestionable ROI. It comes as no surprise that speed is a hotspot for such modifications.
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In recent years, packaging machines have seen high-quality improvements in production speed, enabling companies to push products into the shipping lanes faster than ever before. But the Hindu Business Line, manufacturer of packaging machinery and a pioneer in form-fill seal machines, is escalating that anticipation into a new machine reaching even faster speeds than ever before. This machine was launched for the first time during the "Interpack 2014" conference held in Dusseldorf, Germany.
- Boasts of four-asix, servo-driven continuous motion technology
- Collaboration with the ProdoPak USA, Multilane machine
- Operator friendly interfacing
- Pre-installed safety features
- Variation of fillers (eg.augers, cups, cavities and pumps) available for fitting
- Focus will be production of four-side seal sachets or contour packs
"One of the most paramount trends in the packaging industry today pulls its force from outcries for increased productivity and process efficiency."
Manufacturing speeds hit new heights in blister packaging
Another packaging machine producer recently brought a blister packaging machine to the industry that can produce up to 450 blisters per minute, Packaging Europe reported.
Blister packaging is often what consumers find many medications, consumer goods and foods packaged in. Most commonly the blister packaging is constructed from a thermoformed plastic to encase the product.
The high-speed pace of production can make packaging pills and tablets much simpler, as this is the first machine on the market where this company formed the entire automation system.
The PG Express machine, produced by Kollmorgen, is equipped with three axes, each one used for indexing, feeding and punching of the blister package, respectively. While delivering incredible efficiency throughout production, controlling temperature became a hurdle that required immediate attention. Due to the nature of the functionality of the machine, devoid of effective temperature control the quality of the seal would both compromise and prevent market distribution. Kollmorgon was quick on their feet to supply a fully automated solution. An inbuilt function for temperature control was installed to allow reaction to changing temperature needs up to 15 times faster than other controllers might.
This piece of equipment has also been used with custom software developed to help reduce wear on mechanical components. Gear and cams in the machine can be cut down if the user defines equivalent motion blocks in the software. This makes it especially user-friendly because operators simply need to draw their preferred control scheme and connect it to the equipment itself.
