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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.

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Embedded in the Norden EasyWare™ automation solution, PackML is enabled by Elau’s PacDrive™ integrated motion and logic technology using the IEC 61131-3 programming language standard. As a result, EasyWare machines can achieve a throughput range from 85 to 500 tubes/min, with up to 46 servos per line.

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