Packaging machine builders face a variety of challenges ranging from company and supplier issues to customer demands and competitive pressures. See how you can leverage the broad range of packaging machine technologies Control Techniques can provide and are easily accepted by your customers.

Packaging machines are inherently motion-centric and Control Techniques “Motion Made Easy^TM” makes servo motion easy.

Key benefits

• Shorter design times
• Quicker changeovers
• Handling broader material ranges
• Higher throughput
• Improved line integration
• Outstanding safety and quality
• The industry's best pre- and post-sales support

Typical applications include

• Form / fill / seal machines
• Labelers
• Case packers
• Carton and case erectors
• Baggers
• Bundlers
• Shrink wrappers
• Smart belts
• Indexing tables

Automation control

• Reduce time to market with “Motion Made Easy^TM” servos and easy HMI programming
• Smaller machine footprint with very compact drives and integrated drive, PLC and motion control
• Easy line integration with onboard Ethernet and options for all major fieldbuses

Drives and motors

• Reduce machine costs with competitively priced AC general purpose drives
• Faster changeover and throughput with servo drives at stepper drive prices
• Scalable servo motors with matched servo drives make material changeover easy
• Enhanced safety with torque limiting and safe off technology

Motion components

• Material changeover made easy with broad mechanical motion solutions
• Reduce lead-time and faster changeover with fieldbus enabled valve blocks
• Innovative and flexible material solutions with ultrasonic welding