Brochure: Advanced Temperature Control for Packaging
Manage temperature control in sealing processes to prevent costs and reputation damage from product recalls, ensuring consistent quality even with thin materials.
Form-Fill-Seal Automation
Proper temperature control is essential for sealing applications in packaging, especially in the food and beverage industry. It ensures seals maintain product integrity, prevent spoilage, and meet hygiene standards by avoiding contamination. Controlled temperature settings also enhance operational efficiency by reducing equipment wear, preventing leaks, and supporting regulatory compliance.
Challenge
Critical temperature control
Maintaining proper temperature control in sealing applications is critical in the food and beverage industry. Challenges include ensuring product integrity, preventing spoilage, and meeting hygiene standards. Inconsistent seals can lead to contamination, while inefficient control increases equipment wear and risks regulatory non-compliance, impacting overall operational efficiency.
- Factors like film type and thickness affect sealing temperature
- Incorrect sealing temperature leads to weak seals or film damage
- Non-uniform sealing temperature can result in contamination and quality issues
Solution
2-PID autotuning
Automated temperature control achieves consistent, high-quality seals in packaging. Omron’s advanced solutions, like Direct Power Control and Pre-boost function blocks with NX and NX-TC, ensure perfect seal-jaw temperature synchronization, boosting machine throughput and adapting to modern materials. With 2-PID algorithms, precise control is achieved without manual intervention.
- HMI templates and function blocks enable adaptable machinery
- Accommodates diverse film types, product characteristics, and speeds
- Eliminates need for multiple machines, streamlines production and enhances efficiency
Thinking inside the box: Producing lightweight packaging
LiquiBox attributes its optimal machine performance to the Omron Sysmac automation platform. “Everything works together to compensate for any changes needed to produce the new films, from temperature for sealing, sensing for the different gauges all the way to the motion for speed adjustment.”
Enabling Technologies
Automation Control
NX102 Machine Automation ControllerThe NX1 series is the next standard in automation control that is IIOT ready and designed to meet many modern manufacturing needs.
HMIs
NA Series HMIsWith the need for increased performance, the NA family of HMI terminals makes it fast and easy to implement dynamic intuitive user interfaces that boost productivity and minimize downtime.
Temperature Controllers
NX-TCAddition to Omron's NX I/O Series, providing optimal multi-loop temperature control and communication.
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