Make your packaging or manufacturing line efficient by adopting overall equipment effectiveness.
February 13, 2019
As packaging lines have become more efficient, waste or problems on the line can become less visible and harder to identify. For example, lines might be slow due to multiple micro-stops, or overall line performance might falter due to lack of standard work or process for operators. We can miss what we don’t see.
Silgan Vision has modified the 51R56 system’s software to increase its throughout speed from 800 bottles per minute to a maximum of 1,200 bottles per minute. The system has been used to inspect beverage, cleaning products and other household products bottles and caps.
Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations has introduced the EAGLE-Omni blister machine, which performs forming, sealing and punching operations at sequential stations.
The growth of high pressure processing (HPP) is driven by consumer demand for fresh taste without chemicals or preservatives. But that’s not the only reason why food processors and retailers choose HPP. It also delivers sustainability and cost saving advantages over other processing methods, such as thermal.
As the Earth’s population is expected to grow by more than two billion people in the next 30 years according to a 2017 United Nations report, it will become more imperative to address the sustainability of food processing. Population growth translates to higher required food output and consumers—specifically millennials—have concerns surrounding the environmental impact of today’s food supply chain. This leads them to seek out brands that proactively address the matter.
Manufacturers of rigid plastics packaging are increasingly responding to the demands of brand owners and co-packers who seek nimbler, more efficient supply chains and are interested in new ways to differentiate their containers and improve the sustainability of operations and packaging.
With recent HMI hardware advances, today’s industrial touchscreens should provide key standard features while offering enough options to support wide-ranging applications.
Due to ongoing advances in HMI technology in terms of hardware and software, the range of options keeps growing — creating new solutions for specific machines or lines that will support safer, more modular designs and intuitive operation.
The OPTIMA FM1 filling machine and the OPTIMA CM1 sealing machine enable quick entry into the cosmetics, food and chemicals markets. This is due to the machines’ short delivery time, plug-and-play design and low space requirement.
For the beverage industry, the power of packaging has never been more important — new entrants into the space can literally live or die by it. With the global marketplace becoming more crowded, the opportunity to get noticed on-shelf or online is more competitive than ever.
For the first time ever, Gerhard Schubert GmbH took part in the Factory of the Year 2018 competition, and its Crailsheim site was awarded the top prize.