Case Studies

Controls & Automation

Controls Case Study
| August 22, 2012

Top five presentations at The Automation Conference

Plant security, Industrial Ethernet Protocol speeds, rapid robotic changeover in food plants and SCADA migration projects were just some of the topics covered at The Automation Conference held in Chicago last May.
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Controls Case Study
| August 10, 2012

Want more production out of packaging equipment?

More and more packaged goods companies are turning to the performance indicator known as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to wring more production out of existing packaging equipment.
Controls Case Study
| August 7, 2012

What you need to know about the market for servos and steppers

Increasing investments in end-user segments such as automotive, industrial automation, and packaging will enhance growth prospects for servo and stepper systems in Europe.
Stepper motor terminals (above) do a good job of controlling the four stepper motors used on the Model Ceflex-21.
OEM Application Note
| August 1, 2012

Stepper motors for actuation on bag-in-box machine

Speed, flexibility, and cost—few machine characteristics are in demand to the extent that these three are. Pattyn meets this trend head on with a PC-based control platform.
Controls Case Study
| July 19, 2012

Nestle articulates PackML's benefits

Nestle’s Bryan Griffen delivered an update on OMAC Packaging Workgroup initiatives at the Automation Conference, held in Chicago May 22-23, providing a view of the benefits to come with the new standard.
Controls Case Study
| July 7, 2012

How to build better packaging lines by leveraging standards organizations

The Automation Conference, held in Chicago May 22-23, was characterized chiefly by two things: networking opportunities extraordinaire and great speakers.
This 48-count multipack is one of many finished formats that Bonomi is able to make on its fast, flexible line.
Controls Case Study
| July 2, 2012

Servos serve up speed and flexibility

Baker of ladyfingers relies on servos, vertical accumulation buffer, and multipacker redundancy to run 180 12-count primary packs/min into a variety of secondary packs.
Controls Case Study
| June 16, 2012

Optimizing pallet wrapping efficiencies

Capturing data and making it actionable is at the heart of most controls, Information Technology, and integrated automation initiatives out there today.
Controls Case Study
| June 11, 2012

Automation to be featured at drinktec 2013

Held September 16-20 in Munich, Germany, drinktec will have a prominent focus on process automation, control, and information technology.
Simulation software helped cut by a third the amount of design time required on the servo-powered CELOX cartoner.
Controls Case Study
| June 1, 2012

Optimizing machine control through simulation software

A 3-D CAD mechanical design software linked to Allen-Bradley mechanical, controls, and electrical design software lets machine designers size and select motors and drives.
OEE, Six Sigma Secrets
Controls Case Study
| May 22, 2012

Pepsi bottler shares secrets of OEE, Six Sigma, Lean

Pepsi Bottling Ventures boosts uptime, improves OEE scores 21 points, adds more than an hour to daily productivity and covers automation costs in one year in Nampa, Idaho, the project's leader told attendees learned in a packaging session at The Automation Conference.
Controls Case Study
| May 19, 2012

PackML as 'enabler'

Among the participants in a packaging machinery automation roundtable discussion that takes place tomorrow at The Automation Conference is Tom Doney, Nestle Engineering and leader of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup’s PackAdvantage committee.
Controls Case Study
| May 9, 2012

Developing network standards

Jeff Russell is Supply Chain Ops Manager-Factory Floor Automation at PepsiCo.
The drawing illustrates the construction of the unusual fluidic muscle.
OEM Application Note
| April 30, 2012

A bionic actuator

Based on a design derived from nature, the ‘fluidic muscle’ is a whole new breed of actuator that could have a big impact on the sealing of flexible films.
Controls Case Study
| April 23, 2012

Plant Asset Management systems show growth

The compelling case that Plant Asset Management (PAM) Systems provide for reducing operational costs while simultaneously improving performance is the primary factor driving growth of PAM.

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