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Type: Blog
Section: Machinery > Controls & automation
Controls & automation
Why Food and Beverage Must Keep Pace with IIoT or Else Perish
While transformation in the food and beverage manufacturing can be slow going, some manufacturers are looking to Industry 4.0 enablers to gain a competitive edge in the industry, but not every organization has taken advantage.
Controls & automation
Secure solution at the intersection of IoT and Industry 4.0?
Two terms often used interchangeably are “Internet of Things (IoT)” and “Industry 4.0.”
Controls & automation
OMAC update
Bryan Griffen, in addition to being a Group Engineering Manager at Nestlé USA, has served as the Chairman of the Board of OMAC (the Organization for Machine Control) for the past three years. Here he provides a snapshot of where OMAC has been recently as well as a glimpse of where it’s headed.
Controls & automation
The Internet of Things to Transform Healthcare Packaging
IoT-enabled packaging can track shipments and missed medications, improving supply chain workflow and the quality of life.
Controls & automation
The strategic relationship between builders and buyers of packaging machinery
How important is the relationship between builders and buyers of automated packaging machinery when it comes to things like reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), improving Overall Equipment Efficiency, and optimizing manufacturing operations?
Controls & automation
Manufacturing’s resurgence creates demand for skilled technicians
Needs include workers who can operate today’s high-tech equipment for plastics production, robotics, and automation.
Controls & automation
The future of automation for healthcare manufacturers
If healthcare manufacturers are a bit behind others, it is probably for valid and explainable reasons to which valid and explainable solutions exist.
Controls & automation
Is the U.S. dairy industry ready for better process control?
More tightly controlled automation systems can help dairy processors turn waste into resources and make the most of export opportunities. Is the slow-to-change dairy industry ready to invest in new technology?
Controls & automation
PackML gaining traction
One thing I found especially encouraging at Pack Expo Las Vegas this time around is the number of times I heard or saw evidence to suggest that OMAC PackML is gaining some traction.
Controls & automation
Bush Brothers likes automated tracking of downtime
Bush Brothers and Co. is a family-owned company best known for its baked beans. But the Knoxville, TN-based firm also serves up some pretty sophisticated data acquisition and downtime tracking technology since implementing a Parsec software application called TrakSYS.
Controls & automation
Tray sealer boasts a clever controls concoction
A clever combination of stepper drive, stepper motor, DC gear motor, DC drive, and PLC control.
Controls & automation
MillerCoors asks OSHA: Shouldn’t “package size changeover” be defined these days as part of “routine operation?”
MillerCoors Larry Trunek, Manager of Manufacturing Systems in Corporate Engineering, is wondering if the lockout-tagout-tryout routine required by law under OSHA regulations is in need of a little updating.
Controls & automation
OMAC Packaging Workgroup elaborates on plans for standardized HMI
Recently in this space we presented a summary of a Webinar in which Nestle’s Bryan Griffen, manager of electrical and automation engineering and chairman of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, outlined Nestle’s perspective on the business value of OMAC PackML.
Controls & automation
Nestle's Griffen talks PackML
The Plant Management Webinar Series, sponsored by Invensys Operations Management, included a February 19 installment called “The business value of OMAC PackML—the Nestle perspective.”
Controls & automation
Replacing pneumatics with servos can improve motion control
Contributing Editor James R. Koelsch of Automation World recently published a story about packaging machinery that relies on servos as a substitute for pneumatics. I re-post it here in the hope that you find it as intriguing as I did.
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