CoreTigo

What Challenges are you solving in this industry

• Automation using robotics [CTAR]
  
  
• Improving Availability and Reducing downtime (i.e predictive maintenance reliability) [PM]
  
  
• Improving Process Productivity/Yield - Asset/Process performance management [APY]
  
  
• Improving Quality (inspection process control) [QI]
  
  
• Process digitalisation and automation [PDA]
  
  
• Remote work [RW]
  
  

Description of solution

CPG Packaging Machines are facing new challenges and requirements in a world where mass customization and dynamic customer demands are key.

Flexible manufacturing systems need the ability to rapidly change product types, the order of operations executed, volume, and capacity.

Packaging machines need to be modular, adaptive, and agile more than ever.

As machine designs become more complex, cabled communication has exhibited some limiting factors. A key ingredient that is missing is wireless communication fit for high performance and fast-motion applications.

IO-Link Wireless is fit for real-time control and monitoring of fast-moving machine components in harsh factory environments. It can be leveraged for a variety of solutions throughout the design and development stages of consumer packaged goods, such as:

o Wireless communication for sensors and actuators that can travel with independent movers on transport track systems
o Wireless communication for end effectors and linear tracks of robots and collaborative robots
o Wireless control and monitoring of sensors & actuators on modular cells, rotary tables, and other dynamically rotating machine components
o Wireless sensor data collection for predictive maintenance, machine performance optimization, and analytics
o Connectivity for machine components that need to be de-coupled and run independently

What is the value you bring to your customers?

IO-Link Wireless enables CPG packaging machines to address the challenging requirements of manufacturers both for greenfield and brownfield machine deployments such as:

• Support a broad range of package variations (size, weight, shape, material) within a single machine
• Reduce and eliminate changeover and setup time between different package types
• Reduce cost and time to market for applying new package designs
• Increase machine capacity by performing actions while in constant motion
• Machine footprint reduction
• Simple to upgrade/adapt for future products
• Predictive maintenance & downtime reduction
• Reduce maintenance cost – less mechanical parts, less wear out, preventive maintenance
• Hygienic design – reduce cables, chains, conveyor belts
• Simplify machine tear down and onsite assembly