When any element on a production line fails, the entire production line probably goes down, at considerable loss of time and profit. The first thought of the maintenance engineer is, “How soon can I get it back up?” The pain begins when the line goes down and ends when the line recovers full production.

Packaging is a constantly shifting environment. However, unlike the rest of production, packaging processes have been slow to uptake new technologies. Thankfully, with the rise of developments in technology, like sensors, human-machine interfaces and motion control, flexibility of the packaging line is better than ever.

SICK Inc. was named a Top 50 Robotics Company by the Robotics Business Review.

The partnership will allow SICK to provide customers with a combined package of SICK’s innovative sensor technology and ACS’s software platform.