December 2008
Packaging Hall of Fame member shares trends and news from Pack Expos
In a POD Cast for PackWorld.com Ben Miyares, who was recently inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame, shared his insights on Pack Expo in a POD Cast for PackWorld.com. Bill is a frequent speaker on packaging topics at numerous international conferences, association meetings, and corporate and consumer programs. Pack Expo was held last month in Chicago.
> Listen or download the Ben Miyares POD Cast
Established in 1971, the Packaging Hall of Fame recognizes industry professionals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the packaging industry and education. It is managed by PMMI, a trade association with more than 550 member companies that manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery, commercially-available packaging machinery components, containers and materials in the United States and Canada.
Product Focus: Up to 30% faster machine speeds with Intelligent Line Shaft software
Schneider Electric’s a new IEC 61131-3-conforming Intelligent Line Shaft software module can increase machine cycle rates by up to 30% without any additional programming or mechanical redesign. Electronic line shafting (ELS) enables packaging machinery performance to replace a mechanical line shaft with servo axes slaved to either a real or virtual master axis over a network. The introduction of the Intelligent Line Shaft can further increase machine cycle rates by 10 to 30% by limiting velocities and accelerations at critical points, then effectively ‘making up the time’ by increasing speed in non-critical portions of the motion profile.
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