AI assistants and AI-driven skills management solutions can provide personalized, on-demand training powered by operational data. By Chris Kuntz, VP of Strategic Operations at Augmentir As the packaging industry battles intensifying consumer demands and an acute labor shortage, a cutting-edge solution is emerging — artificial intelligence-guided worker training. Manufacturers across the U.S. are leaning into…
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The Benefits of Ethernet with TSN By Roy Kok, Senior Partnerships and Alliance Specialist for CC Link Partner Association (CLPA) and Partnership and Alliance Manager for Mitsubishi Electric eF@ctory Alliance The packaging industry is a cornerstone of the global economy, playing a critical role in the distribution of goods across various sectors. As consumer demands…
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Tried-and-true Solutions for the Customization Conundrum By David Hicks, VP – Maintenance Excellence Practice, TBM Consulting As the trend toward packaging customization gains momentum, expected to nearly double by 2032, many manufacturers are struggling to keep pace with growing demand. Already challenged by supply chain hurdles and staff shortages, custom packaging adds even more complexity…
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Combi Packaging Systems® (Combi®) has announced the expansion of its end-of-line packaging automation solutions by adding Siat® S.p.A.’s (Siat®) world-class load containment products to its portfolio. With a long and successful track record, BeeWrap+™ becomes the first Siat product range directly marketed in North America under the Combi brand. The Combi BeeWrap+ is an advanced mobile,…
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Digitalization is Transforming Palletizing Into a Smart Scalable Solution By Fabien Chiron, Director Product Management of Palletizing/Depalletizing at Sidel Industry 4.0 is the next phase of digitalization in the manufacturing sector, with robotic machines and intelligence software taking the lead. As digitalization, robotics and data-learning converge, they’re transforming palletizing equipment into a game-changer for food,…
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Robotics technology slashes downtime and lowers barriers to automation adoption. By Fredrik Ryden, CEO, Olis Robotics Packaging and palletizing are among the most popular applications for robot assistance due to the laborious, repetitive, and unergonomic nature of the work. Workers appreciate being able to focus on less strenuous, higher value tasks. And management appreciates the…
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The Energy Manager is a pre-engineered hardware and software solution designed to simplify energy monitoring from quick set up to intuitive operation. Ready out of the box, the Energy Manager monitors asset energy use in real time, allowing manufacturers to gain deeper insigh into energy consumption and operating costs. Through its easy-to-use dashboard, operators can…
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New Tech Lowers Barriers to Adoption for Small Businesses By Clarissa Schwendeman, Director of Marketing at The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Ranging from large scale industrial robots to collaborative robots (cobots), robotics designed for ease-of-use are driving a faster return on investment (ROI) as businesses of all sizes can seamlessly integrate these solutions to…
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How Technology Helps Manufacturers Make Better, Data-driven Decisions By Jorge Izquierdo, Vice President of Market Development For PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies It may sound like hype, but artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize how manufacturers conduct packaging and processing operations. That’s because AI, a large umbrella of technologies including machine learning, machine…
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FANUC America, a global industrial automation leader, will showcase its latest packaging and processing innovations at Pack Expo Chicago, in booth #N-5332. From food-grade cobots to stainless industrial robots, a wide range of agile solutions will demonstrate uninterrupted speed, reliability, accuracy and dexterity—all while maintaining food safety—in real-world applications. Built with the highest quality standards,…
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By Laura Studwell, Marketing Director at Universal Robots Founded in 1978, Bob’s Red Mill in Milwaukie, Oregon, has grown rapidly from ‘mom and pop’ size to become a company with more than 700 workers operating out of an approximately 800,000 square-foot facility making more than 200 different products distributed worldwide. Bob’s Red Mill’s milling process…
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Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, has today presented for the first time the UR AI Accelerator – a ready-to-use hardware and software toolkit created to further enable the development of AI-powered cobot applications. Designed for commercial and research applications, the UR AI Accelerator provides developers with an extensible platform to build applications, accelerate research and reduce time…
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How manufacturers can steer their sustainability strategies in the right direction. By Mikko Urho, CEO, Visual Components In recent years, manufacturers have faced the dual challenge of needing to reduce energy usage and preserve natural resources, alongside ensuring their operations don’t negatively impact the environment. However, the economic strain on the sector has hindered progress.…
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This year’s PACK EXPO International will have special meaning with the SOMIC Packaging, Inc. team. The main reason will be the live demonstrations of the unique and adaptable next generation SOMIC 434 automated packaging system in booth N-6148 throughout the four day event, which is being held November 3-6 at McCormick Place in Chicago. PACK…
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The Rethink Ryder AMR line includes a model for light- to medium-weight payloads up to 550 kg and another for heavy payloads up to 1400 kg. With a renewed vision that aims to seamlessly integrate advanced robotics into manufacturing and logistics environments, Rethink Robotics announces the Rethink Ryder line of AMRs at IMTS 2024. Two…
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Enhancing the strength of high-payload cobots will boost throughput and productivity for customers. Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, is now increasing the payload capacity on its new-generation, high-payload cobots UR20 and UR30, enabling customers to lift more at no additional cost. The updates raise the total payload, including end-effector, to 25 and 35 kgs respectively…
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RS, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a digitally enabled global distributor of product and service solutions for industrial customers, now offers Banner Engineering’s new Q90R Series radar sensors. Designed to provide superior detection and measurement capabilities in challenging indoor and outdoor environments, the versatile new Q90R Series radar sensors are robust,…
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Company brings deep legacy of driving industry standards to Margo initiative enabling more flexible, scalable automation for customers Global automation and technology leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is joining the Linux Foundation’s Margo, a new open-standard initiative designed to make edge applications, devices and orchestration software work together seamlessly across multi-vendor industrial automation environments. As process and…
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Red Lion, a manufacturer of innovative technologies that empower industrial organizations to access, connect and visualize their data, is pleased to announce the launch of two new programmable Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), VT-MIPM-138-D and VT-MIPM-248-D. Equipped with onboard I/O and designed for uncompromising performance in extreme environments, the industrial controllers are ideal for a wide…
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ABB Robotics announced its sponsorship of MassRobotics, the leading innovation hub and startup accelerator for robotics in the United States. As part of this sponsorship, ABB Robotics will donate several of its versatile GoFa™ 5kg collaborative robots (cobots), and licenses to its RobotStudio® simulation programming software to MassRobotics, providing emerging companies access to cutting-edge technology to drive innovation…
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