Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 26 2019 | Page 10

MACHINE AUTOMATION 4.0 When it comes to high demanding solutions in the automation of industrial machines and equipment, SIGMATEK is the right partner. Founded in 1988 and based in the Salzburg region of Austria, today we are one of the leading drivers of innovation in machine au- tomation and present in many coun- tries worldwide. Our core competency lies in advanced automation processes, in which the com- bination of performant control with dy- namic motion and optimal visualization is required. Since the automation components – including software tools and operating system – are developed and produced in-house, high quality and long-term availability are guaranteed. SIGMATEK AUTOMATION IN THE UK Founded in 2011, SIGMATEK Au- tomation UK, a subsidiary of SIG- MATEK GmbH & Co KG, serves the UK market. Headquartered on the Nottingham Science and Techno- logy Park, we provide a complete customer service from the initial automation concept to product sup- ply, customer training and full after sales and engineering support. SATISFIED CUSTOMERS ARE THE BEST REFERENCE CPS "The integration of Safety technology with the SIGMATEK complete system was signifi­ cantly simplified and costs reduced." With the Casepacker "CP 201", up to 140 bags of frozen vegetables per minute can be space-sparingly packed into bo- xes – compact control system, 300 I/Os including Safety and 35 drives increase the throughput with the intelligent packaging line. GREYMANS PAKTECH "The openness of the solution makes it simple to integrate third­party systems and en­ ables maintenance concepts with remote diagnostics via Internet." Customer specific conveyor and feeder sys- tems: up to 500 units per minute – several highly dynamic motion axes – synchroniz- ation of the servo motors in hard real time with the industrial Ethernet VARAN. RONTECH "We could significantly reduce the hard and software engin­ eering. SIGMATEK provides high machine expertise and customer proximity." The friction feeder "Motion Feeder" opera- tes with up to 800 cycles per minute – flat products such as package slips for medica- tion are therewith separated, counted and in a package, also position-synchronized – servo drive controllable up to 240 m/min.