The OEM Solutions Pack for Proficy® iFIX 5.0 from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, is an HMI/SCADA software that accelerates development, reduces costs and streamlines operations.
The Douglas Invex® 3S case/tray packer is designed for low volume production packagers and incorporates all the flexibility of servo controls in an economical, 17 case/tray per minute, small footprint format.
Pneumatic Scale servo capping demo runs PackML V 3.0 and Douglas
Machine communicates PackML from case packer to PDA, both implemented
by ELAU PacDrive™ automation systems. But are user specifications
forthcoming?
At the conclusion of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s PackOps Conference on June 30, all attendees and members of the packaging community are invited to a complimentary buffet luncheon at the Westin O’Hare hosted by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW).
Norden Inc. has equipped its entire range of Generation 3 tube fillers and cartoners with PackML. PackML is a specification from the Open Modular Architecture Controls (OMAC) Packaging Workgroup for simplifying integration of packaging machinery on a network.
The Electric Drives and Controls Div. of Bosch Rexroth (Hoffman Estates, IL) now supports the PackML state model via a software module. Developed in close cooperation with the OMAC for Packaging Workgroup, this software module is designed to reduce commissioning time and present a single interface to operators of various packaging machinery.
Elau (Chicago, IL) will demonstrate its support for the OMAC Packaging Workgroup’s model by interfacing a Markem (Keene, NH) coder to an Elau control system via PackML.
Important updates on the “plug and pack” guidelines from the OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) Packaging Workgroup will be discussed at Pack Expo 2002.
Markem Corp. (Keene, NH) has announced the first commercially available products that conform to recently released PackML guidelines that promise to simplify integration on a packaging line.
