Rexroth's leading motion control technology – with innovative packaging that makes it easy

The emergence of "ready-to-shelf cartons" has changed the situation by bringing retailers and consumers closer together with the new carton that combines fast shelf and display. After the goods are delivered to the supermarket, the staff only needs to open the closed boxes on all sides, and the cartons are "immediately" into pallets, and the goods are neatly "standing" and placed at the same time. Innovative packaging technology makes everything quick and easy, and Bosch Rexroth's leading motion control technology is the driving force behind it.

Rexroth's leading motion control technology – with innovative packaging that makes it easy

"Instant packaging" is different from the traditional packaging method, it adopts a new structural design, which can display the goods in the original packaging box, effectively saving the time of loading and placing the goods, and can also save the labor cost of unpacking. Such a step-by-step packaging design has been widely used in European and American supermarkets, and large supermarkets such as Sam's Club and Metro in China have gradually begun to promote.

People are often afraid of change, but like the results of improvement. Zhirui Intelligent Equipment Wuxi Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhirui Intelligent") does not have the word "waiting" in its dictionary. In 2016, a group of engineers who have been deeply engaged in the field of automation equipment for more than ten years set their sights on the "instant shelving cartons", combined transportation and display, and developed the first "instant shelving carton forming machine" in China, bringing a new value experience to end users such as supermarkets. And this machine runs on the MLC control system from Bosch Rexroth.

Generally, the application of secondary packaging usually includes four links: box making, material management, cartoning, and box sealing. Based on the development of new technology, although it is only a front-end box-making mechanical equipment, in order to meet the needs of the integrated production of end users, Zhirui Intelligent fully considers the production process of the equipment in the future, and carries out a unique positioning design for the equipment, that is, HBOT structure. Liu Xiang emphasized, "Rexroth's precise and stable control system perfectly supports the realization of this structure," which means that through the precise and stable control of Bosch Rexroth's control system, our equipment can accurately and smoothly transport the made cartons to the specified position, and connect with the next step of packing, so as to achieve automatic packing and automatic sealing.

Bosch Rexroth's control system MLC integrates motion control, PLC logic control, robot control and communication control, with a powerful cam synchronization function, which is fully utilized in this machine. In order to make the movement of the case making machine more stable and flexible, and ensure the efficient and quiet operation of the machine, the cam synchronization function can make the case making machine run better. In order to achieve a smooth and efficient case making process, Bosch Rexroth not only provides a powerful motion control system, but also carefully designs supporting motors to ensure the perfection of the entire control system.

With the upgrading of the consumer market, the personalization of FMCG secondary packaging is becoming stronger and stronger. However, personalized customized production often means high cost and long cycle, how to maximize the need for personalized customization while expanding the scale of production and reducing production costs? Bosch Rexroth breaks this spell. With the SERCOSIII Industrial Ethernet bus protocol, the Bosch Rexroth MLC control system enables stable and high-speed data transmission. When users produce cartons of different sizes, they only need to modify the curve through the touch screen and select different modules to modify the product specifications online. In this way, the changeover efficiency can be maximized and the production cost can be reduced.

Data is the basis for the realization of Industry 4.0, but without unified interfaces and interfaces, independent data such as orders, equipment, plants, processing processes, and personnel cannot be exchanged. The Bosch Rexroth Open Core Engineering Platform (OCE) is a leading implementer and leading provider of Industry 4.0 that offers a common interface that enables the perfect combination of IT and automation.

On this basis, Bosch Rexroth opens up new areas for the application of secondary packaging equipment. For manufacturers, the various functions provided by the PLC can be directly accessed through the OCE interface, which greatly speeds up the operation of the project. At the same time, because Bosch Rexroth has opened up the controller core, they can also customize the software and control the production line using a mobile phone or tablet. In this way, the data of each production station can be monitored and tracked in real time, whether it is the equipment start-up time, production rhythm, or motor temperature, torque, load inertia, the end user can grasp the operation status of each station through these real-time data, and prevent failures. Moreover, once an abnormality occurs, the user only needs to use the browser to diagnose the controller and modify the controller parameters, and can easily realize the motion control, quality traceability and intelligent production of secondary packaging without installing debugging software.

When it comes to high-end applications for secondary packaging, Bosch Rexroth is the obvious choice. When it comes to future cooperation, Liu Xiang is full of confidence. I am convinced that this "immediate shelf" seed, sown by the two sides, will surely reap the fruits of victory in the near future.

Rexroth's leading motion control technology – with innovative packaging that makes it easy

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