Today’s packaging robots are even more sophisticated than in previous years. The new designs, features and technology behind these systems help to increase speed and throughput and work to decrease downtime.
Take five with Propack Processing & Packaging Systems president Chris Follows.
March 12, 2015
Food and Beverage Packaging: What’s the difference between robotics and automation?
Chris Follows: While the terms have become perhaps incorrectly interchangeable, robotics is the term used to describe the field of robots and its uses.
The food and beverage packaging industry is undergoing constant change. New developments in automation, and a continuing focus on flexibility, continue to support the advancement of manufacturing operations in the areas of efficiency, sustainability and food safety.
Over the nine years I've covered the meat and poultry industries, visiting plants and seeing the ways in which processors produce their products, I've watched as the industry slowly moved portions of its operations toward a more automated “experience".
When I was asked to write a blog about the upcoming PACK EXPO International scheduled for November in Chicago, I began to think about what the show has meant to me over the years.