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The truth about push-button changeovers (sidebar)

Long the Holy Grail of production, tool-less, servo-driven, push-button changeovers have become a reality for a growing number of packagers.

According to a recent Packworld.com poll of 455 respondents, one-fifth said they had at least one major machine with this feature (see chart).

John Henry, who goes by the moniker “The Changeover Wizard,” feels that amount may be high. He estimates the percentage of push-button changeover packaging machinery to be in the 10-15% range overall. He allows that this number could be higher in some industries.

Whatever the number, it couldn’t be simpler, Henry says: “If you have servo-driven machinery, all you have to do is touch a button and the program is changed from A to B without having to touch a wrench or turn a gauge.”

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