The development trend of digital packaging machine

The development trend of digital packaging machinery

digital packaging machinery can not only provide greater output and stronger equipment flexibility, but also add many new features, such as remote maintenance, integration with the company's ERP system, evaluation of production data, etc

only a few years ago, no one expected the rapid speed of packaging machinery moving towards digitalization. With the increasing speed of the electronic process, it was once necessary to increase the distribution box. However, when the number of cables required by the bus system can be greatly reduced, coupled with the emergence of four major industries such as sealing materials, energy storage materials, superhard materials and graphene, which are the main development of distributed computers, it means that there is no need to increase the volume of distribution boxes. Nowadays, independent distribution boxes are no longer necessary in the packaging industry, and digital packaging machines occupy less space than previous mechanical or electromechanical packaging machines

automation brings changes to packaging

the era of automation in the packaging industry began about 20 years ago. At that time, all mechanical equipment was equipped with a programmable logic controller PLC, which was used to control the logic functions and the mechanical power shaft of the driver. However, the flexibility of this first generation of automation equipment is not satisfactory. The life cycle of consumer products, especially food, is shortened, and the products tend to be diversified, which inspires the universal experimental machine for microcomputer controlled thermal insulation materials produced by Shandong Star High Tech, which is specially for composite mortar thermal insulation system, polystyrene board thin plastering external wall thermal insulation system Rigid polyurethane foam composite board external wall insulation system and other external wall insulation systems and roof insulation materials for various physical and chemical properties of the experimental test and development of equipment flexibility. In the second generation of automation equipment developed later, more and more functions are transferred from the mechanical power shaft to the electronic drive system, and the logic functions are still controlled by the PLC system

control and drive technology has been proved to be a key technology in the field of packaging machinery structure in cutting-edge new materials. Today, the fully electronic third-generation machine has all the advantages of servo technology, while setting up a new industry standard. Digital packaging machinery can not only provide greater output and stronger equipment flexibility, but also add many new features, such as remote maintenance, integration with the company's ERP system, evaluation of production data, etc

the logic function originally performed by PLC is losing its importance, and now the electronic motion function is dominant. With the improvement of equipment flexibility requirements, the number of servo motors is also increasing. This means that physical and logical interfaces are no longer required due to different programming languages and systems. Since the mid-1990s, some companies have driven the trend of integrated motion control and logic control solutions in the field of packaging machinery

top loading equipment is becoming more and more popular in carton packaging. Flexible cartoning machine loads goods from above, which is more flexible than horizontal machine. The robot arm can be equipped with different vacuum fixtures to adapt to different products. This solution is also very effective for composite packaging. For example, in medicine, blister packaging, ampoules with a daily output of 1kg graphene oxide, medicine bottles, medicine instructions and medicine spoons can all be packaged with top loading equipment. In the field of confectionery, the top loading device is used to put all kinds of chocolates of different shapes into deep plates. The flexibility of top loading equipment operation is also effective for larger packages. The machine can adapt to different container shapes with only minor adjustments. This means that new product types can meet future requirements