When bakery industry machine supplier Wymbs Engineering set about upgrading an existing design for improved productivity, it set actuator supplier Ewellix a challenge: to deliver a motion solution that would enable the new generation machine to operate a third faster than the previous one.
31st October 2024
Producing several million sustainable beverage cans per hour across its European plants, a can manufacturer needed to avoid unplanned machine downtime. Turning to Schaeffler's OPTIME condition monitoring solution has helped to prevent 360 hours of downtime.
28th October 2024
In a secondary packaging operation, bags of products like confectionery are often 'shingled', a process of layering them into a cardboard shipping box in alternating overlapped layers. Photoelectric sensors with background-suppression from Contrinex have provided a reliable means of checking the correct quantity of bags in each box.
18th October 2024
One of the largest premium flour and ingredient companies in North America, Ardent Mills, recently implemented automatic testing on several of its conveyor Fortress Technology metal detectors. A number of the company's packaging lines are now also using digital reporting to enhance efficiency, food safety and traceability.
17th October 2024
The renowned Belgian brewery Chimay, known for its traditional Trappist beer, relies on maintenance-free spherical bearings from igus in its bottling plant. By replacing rusty, seized ball bearings with lubrication-free igubal H3 bearing inserts, the brewery was able to increase efficiency and reduce maintenance.
30th September 2024
CKF Systems has developed develop a new bespoke robotic de-palletising and re-palletising system for Primafruit at its site in the Vale of Evesham. Primafruit is a primary supplier of a broad range of fruit.
26th September 2024
Rockwell Automation is working with Icelandic chocolatier Noi Sirius to help the company streamline maintenance and improve production-line performance.
21st August 2024
Rockwell Automation reports that Case Packing Systems (CPS) is among the first companies in the Benelux region to deploy the FactoryTalk Optix software platform.
22nd July 2024
When a UK brewery noticed its mechanical interface modulating control valves were becoming very maintenance intensive, it approached Burkert for a better solution.
18th July 2024
By employing a 6-axis industrial FANUC robot to automate the palletising of its bottled salad dressing line, Swiss condiment producer Brunos has alleviated production inefficiencies, allowing the company to keep pace with its growing order book.
14th June 2024