Show Daily Exclusive - Flexible packaging often involves VikingMašek, parent company of Viking Masek Global Packaging Technologies (Booth S-2852).
Headquartered in Vlasim in the Czech Republic, the firm designs, manufactures, sells and services vertical/form/fill/seal (V/F/F/S), multilane stick pack and cartoning machines worldwide. Applications include food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, hardware and other products. The company holds a large number of patents and has won several awards in recent years.
VikingMašek’s new, high-speed ST800 multilane stick pack machine represents a good example of the Siemens control and motion-control systems in action. An integrated checkweigher with automatic feedback checks the weight of each stick pack and reports incorrect weights to the Siemens-controlled servo-feed screw so weight can be adjusted. A standalone Simatic S7-300 controller (ET 200S-PN CPU) with Siwarex CS modules measures the weight, which is then transmitted to the Simotion motion-control system by the Profinet I-Device function. Operators run the machine via a 12- or 15-in. Simatic Comfort Panel HMI. VikingMašek machines also provide extended functions such as parameter and recipe backup on a USB memory stick, recipe retrieval with a handheld QR scanner and a camera connection for an instant view of the HMI.
Lukas Masek, vice president of Viking Masek, concludes, “Siemens is a great partner to work with. Thanks to Siemens, we can work on unique solutions which make us a market leader in the field of packaging machines.”
For more information, visit www.VikingMasek.com, www.usa.siemens.com/packaging. SD
