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Packaging System
Packaging System
Operator Panel
Operator Panel
Maintenance Screen
Maintenance Screen
Configuration Screen
Configuration Screen
Breakfast Pastry
Breakfast Pastry

Breakfast Pastry Packaging

Summary

DMC programmed the PLC and motion control software for a breakfast pastry packaging machine.

Customer Benefits

  • Increases production time with easy job changeover
  • Ease of use simplifies operator training
  • Facilitates maintenance and reduces down-time with on-line diagnostics

Technologies

  • Two Allen Bradley® 1394 motion controllers
  • Allen Bradley® SLC 5/03 PLC
  • Data Highway communication
  • CTC® color flat touch panel

Solution

A packaging system, or cartoner, receives wrapped pastries from a wrapping machine and stacks them to the correct height for the set carton count. This carton package count can be changed quickly and easily from the user interface. The cartoner has "no product" and "no carton" fault detection, product high and low alarms, as well as other diagnostic tools. A CTC® flat panel touch screen is used as an HMI (Human Machine Interface). The screen displays the machine status, current PLC settings, servo parameter settings, and diagnostic information.