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Sweet Improvement to Packaging Operation

Posted by Kelly Howe

Feb 12, 2015 11:13:00 AM

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Industry: Food Packaging

Operation: Collecting ten 4 pound bags, pushing them together into a station to be wrapped as a bundle, and then pushing a series of bundles to the palletizing area.
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Topics: Precision Technology, electro-mechanical, packaging, Victory Actuator

Why Electro-Mechanical?

Posted by Kelly Howe

Feb 5, 2015 1:44:00 PM

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Q: Why Electro-Mechanical?

A: IT'S PRECISE, POWERFUL AND CLEAN.

Evolution of Technology

All industries are taking a critical look at the way they use motion control systems in their equipment. Where hydraulics once dominated, equipment is now increasingly utilizing electro-mechanical actuators for a large number of tasks for which they previously would not have been considered. Electro-mechanical actuators provide more precise and reliable motion, and integrate easily with modern PLCs and computers. From a complete system perspective, they are smaller, lighter, and cleaner than their hydraulic counterparts.

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Topics: Precision Technology, electro-mechanical, Benefits, actuators