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Rockwell Automation Inc.

From Rockwell Automation Inc. - Page 18
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Using automation to boost efficiency
Faced with new requirements from the Food Safety Modernization Act, Hillshire realized a business need to improve production monitoring and efficiency.
FSMA spurs plant floor optimization at Hillshire
Hardy’s Dynamic Checkweigher line can diagnose and reduce overfill rates through process optimization with filling machines.
Integrating checkweighers into factory control systems
Built-in visualization tools eliminate the trial-and-error of product set-up, enabling operators to capture the entire checkweighing process and display results on the machine’s HMI screen.
Integrating Checkweighers Into Factory Control Systems
Case erector, hand pack station, and sealer are all combined into a compact work cell in the Ergopack® system.
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MCS from Siemens-Festo
Linear servo track adoption grows
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West Liberty implemented a Lean Execution System from Leading2Lean, coupled with its own mobile devices. The protein processor is now enjoying improved workforce utilization and companywide operational availability. Photo courtesy of Leading2Lean.
Helping OEMs increase uptime for food and beverage manufacturers
When a factory signs on for services, ATS takes care of everything related to maintenance. ATS can staff a plant 24/7, if that’s what is needed. Photo courtesy of ATS.
The vital human factor
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Containers enter the rotary continuous-motion auger filler by way of a feedscrew. At the discharge is an applicator that applies a foil cap that later gets induction sealed to the container. The filler lets an operator pick from a menu of different vibration set points depending on which product is in production.
Beech-Nut completes redesign of infant cereal canisters
The case-packing robots use pneumatic gripper-style EOATs and feature dynamic-pitch custom tooling.
Growing wet wipes business automates case packing, palletizing
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