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COOKIE PACKAGING
Left: Toolless
changeovers and
adjustments make
equipment easier for
operators to use.
Paxiom
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scheduling
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producers at any
level run an efficient
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tive, waste-free packaging departments.
" If I go back to my first years in the packaging industry,
there were a lot of mechanical changes and you had
to change a lot of things, " said Luis Pilonieta, sales director,
Paxiom. " It was very hands-on when you got into the
equipment. Nowadays, it's a lot of electronics. The technology
has evolved, and we've applied that technology to
the equipment, helping clients to make it easier. We use
servo motors. We have touchscreens that allow them to
go back to a certain setting, alarms and codes that will
help them understand where they're out of sequence. "
He said data collection along with connectivity across
several platforms can smooth operations. For example, if a
manufacturer has three shifts and one is outperforming the
others, data can point to the reason and improve other shifts.
" PLCs have the ability to be remotely connected or connected
to an ERP system, so for clients who are willing and
able to collect the data [from the machines], it will help
them become more efficient and productive, " Pilonieta said.
Fully assessing the packaging department and finding
the best opportunities for automation can optimize labor
in a facility.
" Invest in packaging machinery that automates repetitive
tasks such as filling, sealing and labeling, "
Evangelista said. " This can significantly reduce manual
labor and speed up the process. "
Clemens said SACMI is working to make systems more
intuitive. For instance, if there's a problem with the infeed,
instead of the machine only generating an error code, that
section of the machine will be illuminated by red lights.
" You don't need to decipher an error on the HMI anymore, "
he explained.
Machines can track HMI changes, so if an operator
makes a change, say a worker increases or decreases the
sealing temperature, the equipment will remember that.
" If I'm starting to run into a sealing problem, and
there are packs that are not closed, I can identify relatively
quickly if someone changed the temperature by 3
degrees, " Clemens said.
To avoid problems, bakers must ensure their packaging
capacity is greater than production capacity, Becker said.
" This can be accomplished with redundant machines,
inline buffers or refeed systems, " he said. " Minimize the
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