Onexia's HD Palletizer for Heavy Lifting

Demonstrated at PACK EXPO East, the collaborative robot can lift up to 38 pound payloads.

Stephanie NeilEditor in Chief

Mar 24th, 2022

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Adam Gluck, CEO & Founder of Copia Automation, speaking at PACK EXPO East.

Copia Automation Brings Modern DevOps to Industrial Control

The startup builds ergonomic workflows on top of the IT-based Git version control tool so that it works with visual control system programs.

Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Aurora Bearing Company develops key components for dairy machinery, high speed sorters and inserters, baggers and carton erectors. Aurora's engineering experts solve the most difficult applications using ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified products.

Bedrock's Open Secure Automation (OSA) product family.

Bedrock Automation’s Open, Secure Control System Gets an Upgrade

The maker of intrinsically-secure systems also welcomes industry luminary Peter Martin to its advisory board.

Inside Krispy Kreme’s Automation Upgrade

Krispy Kreme upgrades the Siemens drives on their doughnut-making equipment in all its stores to optimize production, save costs, and improve worker safety.

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Automation and Education Two Keys to Solving Workforce Issues

Automation can eliminate monotonous tasks for employees, while better education and training is needed to engage current workers.

Rockwell Automation’s New Cloud & Cybersecurity Strategy

Rockwell acquires Plex, Fiix, Oylo, and Avnet adding cloud-based software and cybersecurity services to its industrial control portfolio.

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Key Challenges to Using Automation in Packaging and Processing Operations

There are four main automation-related issues mentioned in a discussion between CPGs and OEMs, in relation to manufacturing operations.

Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Aurora Bearing Company develops key components for dairy machinery, high speed sorters and inserters, baggers and carton erectors. Aurora's engineering experts solve the most difficult applications using ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified products.

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Mobile Robots Make an Impact on Omnichannel Fulfillment

ABB’s acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics Group positions the company to deliver a complete portfolio of AMRs, robots, and machine automation.

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unPACKed Podcast: Revisit Cobots, Cannabis and More from PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group Editors discuss the trends and innovations that drove PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO.

Turck showed a conveyor demo, showcasing various Turck products and how they can be used in the packaging industry, especially automotive and other wet, harsh environments.

Turck Automation Solutions Improve Conveyor and Inventory Systems

Ultra-high frequency RFID inventory management system, I/O blocks, and Turck programmable HMI, which is both HMI and PLC, feature at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

How Robotic Palletizers Cater to Labor Shortage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Check out the latest robotic palletizing innovations from the PACK EXPO Las Vegas show floor on this Take Five with OEM video.

The machine’s recipe approach allows operators to easily adjust specs to different flower strains through compacting and twisting to produce consistent shape with uniform density.

Feeder Plays Integral Role in Automated Pre-Roll Cannabis Equipment

Just as it is affecting many other verticals, a tight labor market is also impacting the emerging cannabis industry, especially in typically manual processes like pre-roll production. Lately, automation is becoming more sophisticated to fill the gap.

SuperPick system combines ultra-fast 3D vision with state-of-the-art gripping technology to automate handling, scanning and loading of outbound orders and returns of polybagged items.

Soft Robotics Moves into AI

Industrial robots gain human-like hand-eye coordination.

Products feed into the Schubert system via lateral belts.

Flexible Machines Boost Output 30%

Family business combines craftsmanship with modern machines.

Picking, Packing, Fulfillment, and Palletizing Robots

FANUC to feature robot and cobot solutions for picking, packing, fulfillment, and palletizing at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

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Integrated Design for Seamless Blister Pack Transfers

ProMach's Serpa and Pharmaworks join forces to flex their packaging expertise in line integration with a new integrated design for seamless blister pack transfers.

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CMMS Specifically for OEMs

Exhibiting for the first time at PACK EXPO, Llumin, an established participant in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) space, introduced a new software called Llumin for OEMs.

RoBex Rolls Out a Creative Way to Pay for Equipment

The RoBex Flexx technology licensing program, which addresses new lease accounting requirements, brings automated systems to the factory floor for a flat monthly fee.

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Robotics in the Digital Age of Secondary Packaging: Future Trends

Robots and cobots are expected to expand to 95% of all secondary packaging lines within ten years, according to a report by PMMI Business Intelligence.

The State of Cloud-Based Automation Today

A look at how digitalization and the need for scalability are driving more interest and investment in cloud-based industrial applications and how automation technology suppliers are responding.

EtherCAT provides the optimal fieldbus for synchronizing robotics with mechatronics, like the XTS, which can replace robotic functions in some instances.

How to Streamline Robotics in Packaging

Select open control platforms for easier programming and runtime for various robots, and consider whether other systems make more sense in certain applications.

Off-the-shelf equipment will not accommodate every application, particularly those that are complex involving equipment for manufacture, assembly, packaging, labeling, and palletizing that must be flawlessly coordinated.

A Unique Approach to Automating Production and Packaging

Rapid Development Services and Multivac team up to develop an automated system to package insulin reservoir syringes into a form/fill/seal machine.

Skjern Paper started production in 1967 with the idea of manufacturing paper exclusively from old newspaper.

How to Make Sense Out of Difficult Data

Skjern Paper turns to GE Digital’s Proficy CSense for real-time quality control in the production process.

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The First Commercial Open Industrial Control System Rolls Out

The Coalition of Open Process Automation unveils COPA QuickStart for open process automation.

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Rockwell Automation Has Its Sights Set On the Cloud

The industrial automation supplier’s recent acquisitions of Plex and Fiix expand its supply chain and operations management vision.

Spider robots sit atop a conveyor on one of Serpa’s intermittent cartoners.

OEM Profile: Serpa’s Next Big Move

Grounded by innovation and boosted by a recent acquisition, there’s so much opportunity on the horizon for this end-of-line equipment manufacturer.

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Shiseido Moves to Forefront of Cosmetics Packaging with XTS

Machine builder Unista uses linear transport system to provide the basis for compact and flexible packaging system with minimized changeover times