Ever-rising customer expectations are driving unprecedented demand for new product packaging configurations and changing retail formats. As a result, it’s never been more important for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to reduce the time it takes to change over their packaging line equipment from one product to another.
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Service: The Heart of Every Serpa Machine
At Serpa, we engineer our packaging machines with durability and performance in mind. We know that our customers rely on that dependability to maximize uptime, productivity — and the bottom line.
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When needing to changeover lines to a new product recipe, most high-speed manufacturing and packaging machines utilize outdated changeover practices; but this method can lead to complications due to the number of required tasks and the difficulty of making the adjustments. Changeover practices are a common source of errors and low first pass yield, as steps can be overlooked and assemblies not installed correctly. When driving down the costs associated with unplanned downtime, accountability and verification play an important role in effective changeovers. Serpa has created a system to add accountability and additional verification to changeovers through user-friendly HMIs and electronic position indicators. When performing changeovers, having a PLC or software driven verification program is the only way to increase first pass yield and decrease unplanned downtime and unforeseen maintenance costs.
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