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Beckhoff Automation Oy
Bausch + Ströbel, Germany
Bausch + Ströbel, Germany
With PC-based control and EtherCAT, we offer automation solutions for highly efficient and resource-saving packaging machines. Ideally suited to applications where high speed and precision are essential, our powerful control technology is perfect for automating all packaging processes.
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Due to increasing requirements in terms of quality and speed, the complexity of packaging applications is continuously growing. More and more work steps are having to be linked together, and added to this is the increasing need for the individualization of products. Flexibility, connectivity, and efficiency are the criteria that lead to sustainable success in such a performance-driven industry – starting with the control architecture. This is where our PC-based control technology comes in to provide you with a future-proof solution:
EtherCAT technology was launched by Beckhoff in 2003 and made available as an open automation technology standard. With outstanding performance, flexible topology selection, comprehensive diagnostics, and simple configuration, EtherCAT is ideally suited for use in packaging applications.
EtherCAT highlights for the packaging industry:
The TwinCAT 3 automation software integrates all engineering and runtime processes and features a consistent development environment for implementing all control tasks in the packaging industry. Programming is carried out uniformly with TwinCAT Engineering (XAE) according to the programming standards of IEC 61131-3 with C++, MATLAB® and Simulink®. Microsoft Visual Studio is used as the standard programming workbench as it supports different version management systems and simplifies team-based programming.
TwinCAT highlights for the packaging industry:
For the first time, the MX-System enables completely control cabinet-free automation solutions in machine and system engineering. The combination of baseplate and function modules in this modular system combines all the tasks and properties of a control cabinet: power supply, fuse protection and power distribution, generation and monitoring of auxiliary voltages, sequence control with inputs and outputs, control of motors and actuators, and the connection level for the field devices. The consistently systemic approach greatly reduces the effort required for planning, machine installation, and maintenance. The system footprint is reduced, and system availability and flexibility are also increased.
The advantages of the MX-System at a glance:
With the intelligent XPlanar transport system, free-floating planar movers glide smoothly over freely arrangeable planar tiles along six axes, without colliding with each other. With XPlanar, packaging machines can be designed in entirely new ways. Since the XPlanar tiles can be arranged to suit any machine design, product streams can be freely directed. Quick setup changeovers shorten the machine downtime and allow for the economic production of small lot sizes.
Intelligent product transport with XPlanar:
The XTS combines the advantages of a linear transport system with those of a rotary solution. Products can be transported independently of each other. Since both straight sections and the curves are used to transport materials, there are no empty trips, making for a faster overall packaging process. The packaging steps are optimally synchronized, which minimizes downtimes. Machine footprints can be reduced by up to 50% with the XTS.
Efficient packaging processes with the XTS:
Recent developments concerning an increasing number of variants in a rapidly growing engineering market, as well as the scarcity of raw materials and production space, mean that every machine needs to be used in the most efficient and versatile manner. The addition of No Cable Technology (NCT) to the XTS modular system, which has proven itself in the packaging industry, opens up further degrees of freedom in system design. NCT for the XTS enables contactless, continuous power supply and synchronous real-time data transmission to the XTS movers.
The advantages of XTS with NCT at a glance:
The ATRO system is a modular industrial robot system that can be used to assemble robot structures for different packaging industry applications on an individual and flexible basis. Standardized motor modules in various sizes, together with link modules in a variety of designs, are combined on a base module for cable and media feeds. Complete integration into the TwinCAT control platform offers access to a wide range of proven automation functions. The link with XPlanar and XTS, as well as the precise synchronization of all components into the robotics system, allows for completely new machine concepts.
The advantages of the ATRO system for packaging applications:
For packaging applications in the pharmaceutical industry, we supply a complete control solution in a hygienic stainless-steel design that meets the most stringent sanitary and cleanroom requirements. Our products with high protection ratings are perfect for use in aseptic environments, ensuring maximum safety and process integrity. The contactless transfer of products with XPlanar eliminates contamination carryover and abrasion, making it the ideal transport system for cleanroom applications.
Discover our highlights for the pharmaceutical industry:
In the food and beverage industry, our intelligent transport systems enable fast format changes and flexible handling of variable package sizes, providing an efficient solution to meet the growing demand for customized products. We also offer a complete stainless steel control solution in hygienic design that meets stringent hygiene and cleaning requirements and can be used in harsh environments.
Discover our highlights for the food industry:
For the cosmetics industry, our stainless steel control solution in hygienic design meets the industry’s stringent cleanroom and hygiene regulations, making it ideal for the most demanding filling and packaging processes. Our automation technology enables precise dispensing and flexible handling of a wide variety of package shapes to meet high aesthetic and product variety demands.
Discover our highlights for the cosmetics industry:
The packaging industry needs to be able to package more products while saving resources and energy. This is the case in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and cosmetics indust-ries. Watch this video to find out how customers from various sectors of the packaging indust-ry are overcoming this challenge with PC-based control and EtherCAT.
Headquartered in Zibo, Shandong Province, Shinva Medical Instrument Co., Ltd. (Shinva Medical) is a leading medical device manufacturer with many years of experience that specializes in four major business segments: medical devices, pharmaceutical equipment, medical services, and medical e-commerce. The company has continuously invested in new technologies – for example, deploying the XTS linear transport system from Beckhoff in several pieces of pharmaceutical testing and inspection equipment.
Since 2016, R.A. Jones and Beckhoff have been working together to improve automation and packaging technologies. To see the impact that the MX-System has had on this process, watch this video from Rich Clifton, chub product manager at R.A Jones.
For TME, a machine builder specializing in the packaging of powdered foods, Beckhoff was the obvious choice of system supplier: Beckhoff PC-based control technology offers unlimited opportunities when it comes to the performance and innovative capacity – in terms of flexibility, scalability, and openness – of its packaging machines. This is particularly evident in the latest Cialdy Evo machine series.
To ensure that an online order arrives in perfect condition, the parcel must be well protected during shipping. CMD Corp. from Appleton, Wisconsin, developed a system producing mailing bags for the fast-paced e-commerce business. Control technology from Beckhoff integrates all stations along the line – regardless of whether for intermittent or continuous operation – into an optimized workflow.
Tetra Pak's beverage cartons for milk, fruit juices, and more are widely known. These efficient and robust cartons require advanced production technology. In Modena, Italy, Tetra Pak's experts have employed Beckhoff's XTS linear transport system in a new machine for cap application on cartons. The Cap Applicator 40 Speed Hyper has been so successful that Tetra Pak’s pilot customer, impressed by its reliability, performance, and flexibility, has described it as a “magic machine.” Find out more in the video.
