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unPACKED Podcast: Packaging Technology Trends in 2021

unPACKED Podcast: Hall of Fame Packaging Tech Trends in 2021

Listen to the unPACKed with Packaging World podcast for Pat Reynold's top technology trends from PACK EXPO Connects.

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Report: Innovative New Machinery at PACK EXPO Connects

PMMI Media Group editors—covering a virtual event instead of an in-person exposition—divided and conquered to collectively take in as much of PACK EXPO Connects as possible. Here’s what they saw in the machinery category.

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Cobots Have Changed The Game, says Automation World's Dave Greenfield

Building a work cell where humans and machines can work side-by-side, even in the most robust industrial applications, check out this five-minute video report.

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

The XP Power DRC series compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies designed for low cost applications in industrial & control electronics.

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Technology Matters: New Servo Drive, Robots, and Flexible Feeder System

Highlights of several new automation technologies showcased at PACK EXPO Connects, including Lenze's new i950 servo drive, Omron's HD-1500 autonomous mobile robot & FH 3D vision sensor, and Epson Robots' IntelliFlex flexible feeder and C12XL 6-axis robot.

Using Beumer Smart Glasses provides operators with hands-free troubleshooting, and helps to mitigate the costs of a technician traveling to the customer site.

Smart Glasses Ease Troubleshooting Communication

Beumer has added augmented reality to the tools available to its customers while servicing equipment, enabling faster, easier support. The OEM even used the smart glasses technology to commission and install new equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dave Navin shares how Spee-Dee Packaging kept on keeping on during PACK EXPO Connects.

Overcoming Obstacles at PACK EXPO Connects

Spee-Dee Packaging shares with UnPACKed with PMMI podcast how it adapted when hurdles presented themselves and what the company will do to remain engaged with PACK EXPO Connects through March 31, 2021.

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

The XP Power DRC series compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies designed for low cost applications in industrial & control electronics.

Exhibitor Initiative Drives PACK EXPO Connects Achievement

The experience continues online through March 31, 2021

The Brenton RP1000 robotic palletizer with integrated Orion MADX stretch wrapper.

Robotics Integration in End-of-Line Packaging

Showing how various modules can be integrated into a packaging line with robotic capabilities, Brenton highlighted innovations in case packing and linear servo tracks.

Bryan Nguyen, engineering manager at Oriental Motor, demonstrates the BMU and BLE2 series of brushless motor and drive systems.

Motor/Drive Systems Maintain Speed Regardless of Load

Oriental Motor highlighted its BMU and BLE2 series of high-performance, IP66 motors that feature speed and torque monitoring.

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Blister Machine Features Vacuum System for Reject/Transfer

In the compact TF1pro blister machine, a vacuum arm lifts ‘good’ blisters, precisely lowering them to the transfer actuator. Another key safeguard: an upper seal plate that retracts when web motion stops to prevent unnecessary heat exposure.

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Sentient Labeling Machine Self Diagnoses

Sentient is a human term, which means to feel and perceive.

With Aveva Insights, users can see details showing the specific operating parameters that have been crossed by the motor, the consequences of motor failure to the line, and prescriptive actions he can take to solve the issue.

Guided Analytics Software Streamlines Equipment Maintenance

Aveva demonstrates how the guided analytics capabilities of its Insight software alerts users to performance anomalies, directs repairs, and provides deep, user-specific equipment details.

Brian Jeppesen, automation engineering supervisor at Omron Automation’s Technology Center, explains the Traceability 4.0 concept.

Improving Product Quality with Automated Traceability

Omron Automation demonstrates how it uses the MQTT industrial communication protocol to track work-in-process and finished goods.

Machine-centric robotics is about merging the robot controller into the machine controller so that users can manage servo control, I/O, and visualization from one industrial PC.

What Is Machine-Centric Robotics?

End users’ increasing retrofits of machines to process more SKUs is driving the integration of ABB’s robots with B&R’s control system to speed up cycle times, minimize dwell times, and eliminate extra hardware like external encoders for tracking.

Opportunities for Robotics in Omni-Channel Fulfillment

Fanuc shares stats on e-commerce growth as well as provides insight on the opportunities for using robotics in a number points along the logistics supply chain.

The Vision Robot Unit, or VRU, is designed for accurate and flexible inspection of vials, syringes, cartridges, and more.

Human-Like Robotic Visual Inspection for Vials, Syringes and More

With deep learning, the Vision Robot Unit is designed to meet emerging “smart factory” needs for a fully automated, flexible inspection system that enhances control process reliability.

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SIKO Adds IO-Link to Positioning Drives

With the open standard of the IO-Link interface, integration options are available for machine control from a variety of providers.

Rich Carpenter, general manager, product management of machine automation solutions at Emerson Automation Solutions, demonstrates the capabilities the Movicon.NExT software adds to the forthcoming PACEdge IIoT.

New Edge Computing Platform Combines Data, Analytics, and Control

The forthcoming PACEdge IIoT controller from Emerson Automation Solutions combines Emerson’s technologies with those from its recent acquisitions of GE Intelligent Platforms and Progea.

Shawn Cheney, Chief Controls Engineer at Pearson Packaging Systems,

End-of-Line Automation: Risk Reduction Through Digital Twin Technology

See how digital twin technology can speed design and concept level processes for risk reduction and faster machine development solutions.

The new machine platform offers complete versatility: High performance, flexible formats and functional modules, including the OPTIMA Zero L1 for feminine hygiene and light incontinence products.

Modular Platform for Healthcare Manufacturing

Optima's new Zero machine platform offers extreme flexibility in packaging for a range of products in one system, including feminine hygiene and light incontinence products.

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A Cobot for End-of-Line Palletizing

Yaskawa Motoman’s HC20XP collaborative robot with a 1.7 meter reach is IP67-rated, easy to program, and safe and flexible enough to work alongside people or move between conveyors.