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Elmet offers a dose of automation for LSR sector

Plastics News

For Elmet Elastomere, K 2022 represents a chance to showcase its long-standing business partnerships and new liquid silicone manufacturing components, as well as a production cell for beverage lids that highlights both. Elmet, of Oftering, Austria, is a supplier of processing equipment for liquid silicone and production of LSR parts.

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Motion control, ease of use, sustainability: Pack Expo Las Vegas 2023

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. Related machine simulation is fit for digitalization. seconds) and KR IonTec robot can help for food processing. – Edited by Mark T.

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Digital transformation tools improve plant sustainability and maintenance

Control Engineering

For mid-sized food and beverage facilities, unplanned downtime costs around $30,000 per hour. Let’s consider pneumatics maintenance in food and beverage processing, where compressed air is heavily used to actuate auxiliary and hygienic valves through discrete pilot valves or valve systems. That’s where predictive maintenance comes in.

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Recent Innovations in Mold Components and Hot Runners

Mold Making Technology

The company says EcoOne is a economical solution suitable for processing commodity resins for simple, cost-sensitive applications such as consumer goods, small home appliances, basic automotive components, electronic peripherals/accessories and more. to 120 grams.

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Enhance Safety and Productivity with SICK’s Robust New DMM4 Muting Module

i4.0 today

muting for AGVs, electric forklifts or AMRs), to manufacturing (from large automotive parts to small consumer goods, food & beverage, and pharma). Its part of a complete range of SICK safety light curtain products, including light curtains, sensors, fittings and muting modules.

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A3 calls on incoming administration to support robotics, as Q3 stats show slowdown

Robotics Business Review

Orders increased in food and consumer goods (+60%), life sciences / pharmaceuticals / biomedical (+43%), and metals (+8%). If the priority is to create more jobs, then these fit together. The dollar value of orders and shipments reportedly declined in 2024. increase in units and an 8.8% rise in revenue compared with Q3 2023.