Category “SERVICES, SOFTWARE”: packaging and packing as forerunners of the factory of the future
The Factory of the Future or 4.0: in packaging, creation and production cycles are already driven by customers. 3D design software offers a real-time response to packaging customisation requirements through to shelf stacking. 3D printers make prototypes or parts of packaging in limited series or made-to-measure conveyor parts.
Even more flexible and optimised production: UV and 4-colour inkjet printing on cylindrical plastic packs is now possible to 360°. In multi-packs, stretch sleeves can now hold products together without the need for a heat-shrink oven.
Further enhanced product security: identification and tracking solutions can now protect the entire chain, smartphone applications based on the package’s intrinsic material verify whether the product is authentic. Connected tablets and glasses can film machines for distance repairs or video-based maintenance.
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Stand 6 P 147
IC3D 4.0
iC3D is the first software for 3D model creation in real-time, to instantly generate digital mock-ups of folding boxes, shrink-wrap, bottles and in-store visualisation.
Markets of application: drinks, consumer goods and household appliances, cosmetics and personal hygiene, pharmaceuticals/ healthcare, luxury goods.
Comments from the Committee: “A platform for all, moving towards the total integration of all design functions”.
Category “Equipment, software, automated systems and services for lifting, handling, storage and logistics”: aiming for operational excellence in intralogistics
Intralogistics today offers increasing added value and competitivity: modules for the high-speed conveyance and dispatch of single loads can be attached onto conveyor lines with 24V powered versions, telescopic arms enable presses and machine tools to be loaded and unloaded, combining compactness and versatility.
Measuring service quality and performance: viewing systems can count products, read codes and use-by dates, detect non-compliant products and remove them. Racks become dynamic. In e-commerce, conveyors increase the speed of automatic unloading of parcels delivered loose in trucks and containers.
User-friendliness and improvement in working conditions: pullers and pushers adapt to bins and trucks, swing mast forklifts can work in very narrow aisles. Computer programmes analyse data and performance of throughput and AGV productivity.
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