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Packaging Trends III
1990-1999
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Packaging Trends
Faster on the roundabout
Instead of performing the necessary data transfer via parallel cabling, which would lead to thick, complicated cable trees, field bus technology can be used. At the beginning of the 90s, the designers of the packaging industry are already able to call on uniform, manufacturer-independent standards such as Profibus.
Better view of packaging
The more information flows into the system, the more precisely movements can be controlled and forces regulated. Vision systems represent an improvement in accuracy, making it possible to record the position of a packaging item or to recognize rejection rates with an actual value/target value comparison. The “man/machine” interface becomes more fully developed. As before, there are monitors that display current process data and machine states. In addition to this, however, data can also be entered, although software automatically polls the necessary coefficients. Tried and tested parameterizations can be called up again by the operator.
More electronics in the gears
In comparison to the first three post-war decades, the proportion of electronics and information technology in packaging machines has dramatically increased. The introduction of the first industrially produced microprocessors acts like the bursting of a dam in packaging mechanical engineering. Many companies call upon the services of automation specialists such as Siemens and BoschRexroth. Some things remain as they were in the previous decades. Solid state drives continue to be developed further because there is still demand for machines equipped in this way.
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Goodbye, parallel wiring (1993)
© KHS AG
By converting from parallel wiring to a bus system at a 70,000 bph bottling line operated at Bitburger Brauerei, KHS AG (D) saved approximately 4,000 terminal points in the wet area alone. Because of their high machine capacity and dense process network, beverage filling lines are particularly suitable for this automation concept. KHS uses the standard, multimaster-capable Profibus.
The best combined (1990)
© Lachenmeier
The company Lachenmeier (DK) introduces a fully automatic stretch hood machine that combines the advantages of traditional pallet wrapping procedures, shrink and stretch wrapping. The stretch hood machine offers effective securing for transportation, protection against humidity, reduced film consumption and prevents overlapping and adhesion of the film. The stretch hood machine stretches and applies a flexible film hood to the pallet load.
