Automation

At ALL4PACK Robopac and OCME showcased their innovations among the main players at the event. The Aetna Group’ main brands presented some of the latest and most significant solutions for end-of-line packaging, offering a direct demonstration of their functioning.

From WITTENSTEIN, brushless micromotors for maximum flexibility and high hygienic standards cyber® dynamic line.

Sustainability, robotics and digitalisation are the biggest challenges facing the packaging industry. Gerhard Schubert is responding by developing cutting-edge solutions based on its established expertise.

The new GTX Exlar® series of actuators, developed by U.S.-based Curtiss-Wright and distributed exclusively in the Italian market by Servotecnica, is the result of many years of experience gained in the design of other actuator families still available.

B&R technology leverages the integration of different technologies into a single development environment and enables machines for time-to-market production.

At Booth 2501 (South Hall), the group specialized in innovative industrial and packaging solutions is presenting its machinery and products that automate the various production phases, thus increasing the reliability of the systems and the efficiency of the processes.

The new Vimercate headquarters of Mitsubishi Electric Italia, designed to foster collaboration and cater to a constantly evolving world of work, is off the ground.

Fast, flexible and efficient: Beckhoff’s XTS - eXtended Transport System is an example of replacing conventional mechanics with software functionality.

Piab’s B52XP vacuum cups and piCOMPACT®23 SMART pump optimize the performance of a system that handles the gripping and opening of cardboard boxes, designed and built by Cob-Solution for Rao Farmaceutici.

Developed by Sealed Air, FasFil® Jr is the new paper vacuum filling system designed to help
companies manage the rapid growth of e-commerce business and variations on order volumes, enabling efficient transition
from low to medium packaging volumes.

FlexPicker® IRB 365 by ABB is a delta robot with five axis and 1.5kg payload, both flexible and the fastest in its class for reorientating packaged lightweight products such as cookies, chocolates, small bottles, and parcels.

Positioners and actuators from halstrup-walcher automate changeovers, helping to improve the uptime of packaging machines: tools needed to meet the flexible design challenges of today and tomorrow.

Scheduled to take place in Padua on Oct. 4, the Mechatronics Forum is an opportunity for leading providers of mechatronic technologies and solutions to meet under the umbrella of the event's guiding theme, now in its ninth edition and dedicated to "Integration and Flexibility to Support Digital and Sustainable Industry."

Bosch Rexroth presides over this market as a single supplier and interlocutor, capable first of analyzing the customer’s request and then providing the corresponding solution in terms not only of products, but of the overall architecture of the plant, in all its complexity.

Founded by RTA as an innovative start-up, RTA Robotics has been operating since April 2022 in the sale and integration of anthropomorphic and Scara robots offered to the supply chain of industrial automatic machine manufacturers as well as system integrators.

It was an itinerary between the digital factory, robotics and industrial automation that visitors took at SPS Italia, an event organized by Messe Frankfurt Italia and held in attendance at Fiere di Parma’s premises May 24-26, 2022.

Anticipating the technological trends of the digital world with an integrated approach, bridging the gap between the IT and OT worlds: this is the strategy behind Relatech Group’s recent acquisition of EFA Automazioni.

After a 2020 marked by a substantial downturn (-10.3% at current values), the industrial automation market saw a meteoric growth of 22.2%, despite issues due to supply difficulties, rising commodity prices, and labor shortages.

Welcomed to the Wittenstein Italia booth at SPS, we spoke at length with the CEO, Biagio Frontuto, who explained how adopting responsible behavior is a key lever for growth. Edoardo Pizzolato, Area Manager&Engineering for Emilia Romagna, on the other hand, identified the peculiarities that link Wittenstein to the world of packaging.