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HMI Advances: Is There a Perfect HMI for Every Packaging Machine?

With recent HMI hardware advances, today’s industrial touchscreens should provide key standard features while offering enough options to support wide-ranging applications.
Eric Reiner, industrial PC product specialist, Beckhoff Automation
Eric Reiner
January 8, 2019
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.
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Top Packaging Innovations of 2018
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Top Innovations in Packaging 2018

Developing better, more cost efficient, sustainable and consumer-connected packaging sets the stage for innovation.
Kristen Kazarian
January 7, 2019
With each new year comes reflection of the past year. In 2018, there were many innovations in the packaging space.
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Learning in a Virtual Environment

Learning in a Virtual Environment

January 4, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR) has been influencing the packaging market in recent years in different ways, but its potential still has much to offer. Find out how it can boost packaging machine performance. 


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SICK Releases Safe Portal Solutions

SICK Releases Safe Portal Solutions

December 13, 2018

Safe Portal Solutions ensure flexible, efficient safeguarding for automated material transfer stations. With up to four simultaneous protective fields, two vertically installed safety laser scanners detect people gaining unauthorized access.


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Implementing PackML PackTags

Implementation in an OPC UA server offers potential for end-to-end OEE solutions
Lee Smith of OMAC’s Packaging Workgroup
Lee Smith
December 11, 2018
Since becoming a standard 15 years ago, PackML has proven to be a powerful development and production tool. End users worldwide rely on PackML’s state model and consistent terminology to easily integrate disparate machines on a packaging line, manage production problems and simplify training.
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