Case Study - Packaging Industry- Product Changeover0 pages

CASE STUDY
Product category: Electric Actuators
Industry: Packaging

Problem:
Achieve precise control over critical
container-lifting sequence and simplify a
complicated product changeover process.

Solution:
ICR Plus SmartActuator® with integrated
servo motor/controller in a reverse-parallel
mounting configuration.

Results:
Consistent, precise lifting control enhanced
powder-filling process and made switching
from one container size to another fast,
efficient and easy.

Tolomatic’s SmartActuator® simplifies product
changeovers on powder-filling packaging machine

Replacing a pneumatic actuator
with Tolomatic’s new ICR Plus
SmartActuator facilitates rapid
and accurate filling adjustments
when changing products or
containers.

EXTON, Pennsylvania – Pneumatic
actuators, known for their cost-effective
power and speed, are traditional
workhorses in the packaging industry.
Yet when a leading manufacturer of
automated powder-filling packaging
equipment wanted to gain greater
control over a critical container-lifting
sequence, it decided to employ
an electric rod-style actuator. The
change was aimed at making product

changeovers faster and easier for
customers who used the packaging
machines for filling a variety of
container sizes. While the original
pneumatic actuator worked well
once set up, adjusting its force and
speed to accommodate a different
size container was complicated. To
simplify a customer’s need for faster
and easier product changeovers, the
manufacturer, All-Fill, Inc., is now
installing Tolomatic programmable
electric ICR Plus rod-style
SmartActuators for this critical
container-lifting application.
All-Fill specializes in packaging
equipment for the food,
pharmaceutical and chemical
industries. The company’s line
of automatic auger machines
fills rigid containers with many
different types of dry products,
ranging from coffee and protein

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