In the world of packaging, data is the key to increasing efficiency and cutting expenses to create the most profitable product. Reacting quickly to machine shutdowns, supply chain issues and safety events gets our plants back to what they are supposed to be doing: making the product.
With recent HMI hardware advances, today’s industrial touchscreens should provide key standard features while offering enough options to support wide-ranging applications.
Due to ongoing advances in HMI technology in terms of hardware and software, the range of options keeps growing — creating new solutions for specific machines or lines that will support safer, more modular designs and intuitive operation.
The new rental-based force and pressure measurement system by Pilz offers a complete package for validation of human-robot collaborations (HRC) in accordance with ISO/TS 15066.