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Foodmach will focus on applied Industry 4.0 in action on stand E065 at AUSPACK 2019, with a range of IIoT-compatible technology on display.

The manufacturer has a large suite of automation solutions for applications ranging from depalletising, conveying, filling and inspecting through to case packing, traceability, palletising, pallet wrapping and AGVs.

According to Foodmach, it can integrate all equipment on a customer’s line with a management system providing useful live data and full operational control, and its controls expertise means it is better placed to upgrade legacy equipment and implement line management execution systems across old and new machines.

At AUSPACK, Foodmach will display its Line MES, plus robotics and vision technology including its robotic bag palletiser with vision; the Robopac helix stretchwrapper; the Markem-Imaje Pallet Labeller/UR10 cobot integration plus mark and read solution; the Novus Carry autonomous mobile robot; and the Robowizard pick and place robotics programming tool.

PKN spoke to CCO Earle Roberts about the extended range of equipment on show at the company's stand: 

 

Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?