Clever automation package for primary packaging
Making packaging processes more efficient, more flexible and safer – the “Form, fill and seal” solution set for automating packaging machines from Bosch Rexroth provides an easy entry point into modern primary packaging. Users benefit from a seamlessly coordinated system – one that is open thanks to available interfaces, scalable for different machine concepts and ready to meet future requirements. Rapid product changes, consistent data availability and rapid implementation of new lines prove particularly advantageous in dynamic markets with short product lifecycles and a high pressure to adapt.
Making packaging processes more flexible and safer
The modular complete package supports end-to-end automation of packaging machines, ensures seamlessly coordinated processes and enables easy adaptation to changing requirements in the production environment. It significantly reduces the engineering work required, shortens project runtimes and facilitates the implementation of even complex packaging scenarios.
The solution set is based on the automation system ctrlX AUTOMATION and combines powerful hardware, flexible software and specific apps into a clever complete package for forming, filling and sealing applications. ctrlX AUTOMATION offers automation solutions for a wide range of packaging applications, supporting different configurations for the low range application (LRA), mid range application (MRA) and high range application (HRA) areas.
ctrlX OS Community
Do you need further assistance? The ctrlX OS Community provides a free and open application template for forming, filling and sealing applications. Using this template reduces the programming and engineering work required, enabling you to benefit from rapid implementation: projects initiated in just 10 minutes, up to 60% time savings during coding, responsive web HMI and reusable, open source code – for a quick start to primary packaging. At the same time, the template – which is based on open standards such as PackML and OPC UA (Companion Specifications) – provides the ideal starting point for further development for your specific use case.
The Community also contains blog posts, GitHub applications and “how to” articles on many further aspects of ctrlX AUTOMATION and the packaging automation solution.
Hardware and software components of the solution set
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The packaging industry has to take action if it wants to meet the increasing customer requirements in the field of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). High-performance machines that incorporate modern automation components are an important lever for greater speed and flexibility in this dynamic industry. WOLF Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH has taken its vertical form, fill and seal machines to a new level with solutions from Bosch Rexroth’s automation system ctrlX AUTOMATION – and also benefits from a fast time to market thanks to the simple implementation and the supplier’s strong delivery performance.
The machine manufacturer ILLIG is helping to make the changing food packaging industry more flexible and future-proof by relying on the technological openness of the automation toolkit ctrlX AUTOMATION from Bosch Rexroth. “The modular approach is a good platform for developing future-proof machines,” said Markus Peter, head of electrical development at ILLIG Maschinenbau. “The open hardware and software modules ensure high process quality and allow us to obtain data which can be used to continuously improve productivity and energy efficiency.”
With Generation X, UNIFILL has developed a new machine concept for its thermoforming technology. The machine with up to 35 cycles per minute is suitable for filling liquid and semi-solid products in single-dose packaging for the food and non-food industry. Scalable solutions from Rexroth reduce control cabinet size and wiring effort. The IndraDrive Mi drive technology without control cabinet meets the high performance required in the production of pouch packaging and supports the precision and flexibility of the new machine type.
WDS modularises its confectionery machines with the help of control cabinet-less drive technology from Bosch Rexroth. Users benefit from faster commissioning, space-saving production and optional M2M communication right through to packaging.