Fast and straightforward format changes on just one machine are at the top of the wish list of many packaging machine manufacturers and their customers. Innovations from Festo make these wishes a reality. Enter the new Festo Motion Terminal and the Multi-Carrier-System (MCS).
The ability to automate the production or packaging of custom products right down to batches of one, will really set manufacturers of packaging machines apart from the competition. This is exactly what can be achieved using the MCS and Festo Motion Terminal.
Multi-Carrier-System
This flexible modular transport system can be adapted to different formats via software at the push of a button. Different box sizes and the matching number of products are set directly in the MCS using the freely positionable carriers. The products can be individually transported, grouped or synchronously packaged on the carriers.
The MCS is flexible to install and operate. It is easy to integrate into existing logistics thanks to the infeed and outfeed of carriers without additional transfer points. Acceleration, speed, grouping and synchronous motion can be freely defined, even in the closed recirculating system of the carriers. The modular MCS is used only where it is needed by the process – within a station or in parallel with the process flow. Return transport of the recirculating carriers is ensured by an inexpensive servo-controlled belt drive.
Digital pneumatics
With the Festo Motion Terminal, pneumatic functions can be controlled via apps for the first time, without having to change or modify the hardware. From simple directional control valve functions to complex motion tasks, applications can be easily standardised.
The brand new Festo Motion Terminal VTEM catapults pneumatics into the age of Industrie 4.0 with apps that can replace more than 50 individual components. All this is made possible by the latest developments in piezo technology and software. Thanks to the fast activation of new functions via motion app licences, machine developers can create a basic machine type and then select the relevant apps to equip it with different functions and features as requested by the customer.
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