Case Studies

Controls & Automation

Custom input adaptors are among the features that distinguish the new gearboxes.
Controls Case Study
| April 3, 2012

Case packer’s precision control a function of its gearboxes

High-efficiency, low-backlash gearboxes deliver precise actuation on this servo-controlled case/tray packer at speeds to 45 cases/min.
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P&G’s Rob Aleksa, a long-time believer in the benefits of PackML.
Controls Case Study
| April 3, 2012

OMAC Packaging Workgroup--Is the Connect-and-Pack message being heard?

New leadership from Nestlé and increased participation from a number of other multi-national CPG companies make industry observers optimistic about the OMAC Packaging Workgroup.
Controls Case Study
| March 19, 2012

Standards drive manufacturing

“We’re convinced that OMAC comes with a payback.” Succinct and to the point, this comment by R&D equipment engineering manager Paul Redwood of Church & Dwight echoes the sentiments being expressed these days by engineering leaders and executives at a number of major Consumer Packaged Goods companies.
Controls Case Study
| March 6, 2012

Controls optimize machine speed relationships

Ken’s Foods recently installed a new bottling line in its Las Vegas plant for, among other things, Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce, the world’s leader in the category.
Drives are integrated directly with the motors outside of the control cabinet.
OEM Application Note
| March 1, 2012

Reducing case packer cost and complexity

Brenton engineers did everything they could to make a faster and simpler case packer. Creativity—and new technology—were the keys.
The extrusion laminator operates more efficiently than ever.
OEM Application Note
| January 27, 2012

New controls give aging extrusion lamination line new life

As customer requirements surpassed the capabilities of this aging behemoth, flexible packaging producer Amgraph breathed new life into it with new drives and controls.
Line for mascara bottles that uses the Remote Video Service.
OEM Application Note
| January 6, 2012

Machine builder provides remote service via VPN

Implementing secure VPN tunneling enables groninger to provide robust remote technical support to its pharmaceutical and cosmetics customers.
The ServOriginal pouching machine.
OEM Application Note
| December 2, 2011

Gearboxes bring dependability

On pouch machines running at up to 5,200/min, there’s no room for servo gearbox failure, says this OEM.
Close-up of the WF30 case erector, available with tape or glue-bottom sealing.
Controls Case Study
| November 3, 2011

Motion-enhanced case erector

A switch from pneumatics to servo-based motion is among the reasons this automatic case erector can reach speeds of 30/min and react to changing corrugated conditions.
Linear actuator. Design of the linear actuator's planetary roller screw technology is shown clearly in this cutaway illustrati
OEM Application Note
| August 31, 2011

Linear actuator simplifies machine building

Purchase and assembly of multiple components are rendered unnecessary because this actuator combines servo motor and planetary roller screw in one compact unit.
Compact controls. The size of the controls cabinet has been significantly reduced because, says Rennco engineering manager Brian
OEM Application Note
| August 8, 2011

New controls, better conveyor optimize bagging system

New HMI, PLC, servo drive, and programmable safety controller combined with a modular discharge conveying system keep this bagger compact and cost-contained.
One Control. A single MLC control moves all the robots and does intelligent load balancing.
OEM Application Note
| June 9, 2011

One controller handles three delta robots

Easier installation at the customer plant is just one of the benefits gained by designing a multi-robot pick-and-place machine governed by a single controller.
Precision, reliability. Since a PLC controller (left) became the brains of Lyle's thermoforming systems (above), precision and r
OEM Application Note
| March 8, 2011

PLC-based control tames obsolescence headaches

This manufacturer of thermoformers and trim presses finds multiple benefits in its newly developed PLC-based controls platform.
OEM Application Note
| November 28, 2010

Gear reducer brings labeling accuracy, better ergonomics

A high-speed pressure-sensitive labeler with an overhead-belt container stabilizer depends on a servo motor/planetary gear reducer combo to advance bottles
400 Per minute. Operating at speeds to 400 labels/min, this shrink sleeve labeler relies on the sensing and signaling capabiliti
OEM Application Note
| October 14, 2010

Vision system for label inspection

A background suppression photoeye and a vision sensor team up with a Programmable Automation Controller to reject containers that are labeled incorrectly.

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