Controls solution helps OEM grow its business

Decreased design time enables this machinery builder to expand product line by 300% with just a 10% increase in personnel.

The VVI-200 vertical pouching machine is among the Rovema offerings that include a ControlLogix solution.
The VVI-200 vertical pouching machine is among the Rovema offerings that include a ControlLogix solution.

Rovema USA, a maker of baggers, fillers, cartoners, and case packers, has grown its business in the past few years with minimal increase in personnel. Moving from multiple control systems to a single, standardized controls solution played a key role.

According to Travis Holley, director of engineering at Rovema, the problem with having multiple controls suppliers was that controls components often “spoke” different languages. “We were sometimes unable to make changes in a timely manner and could not provide full support for our machines with internal resources,” says Holley.

Management was convinced that the only way to expand its product line and deliver reliable customer support was to standardize on a single controls solution that would permit Rovema personnel to do 100% of the programming in-house. The controls solution selected was Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix®, from Rockwell Automation.

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