How Are Advantech’s Weighing and Packaging Machines Useful? - Alltronix India

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With humans relying enormously on machinery to do
major parts of their work, every industry today
uses a variety of machines on their premises.
Industrial sectors like pharmaceuticals,
jewelry, food and beverage, and many others are
using highly accurate automatic weighing and
packaging machines to weigh and pack their goods
effectively and efficiently. The weighing
machines weigh the goods as required and then
send them to the packaging system via a conveyor
system to have the goods packed. With such
machinery, flexible orders and detailed
production systems are being incorporated in the
manufacturing process.
Today, weighing and packaging machinery with
powerful programmable automation controllers
(PAC) are used to achieve high-precision driving
with high-end capabilities. But earlier, people
used programmable logic controllers (PLC) with
touchscreens for the same purposes, which caused
them great difficulty in various aspects. Some of
these aspects included PLC motion control,
interlock control functions, integration of a
third party weighing scale via a communication
interface, and running out of memory for control
and production parameters. Therefore, there had
always been a need for a powerful new PAC to
fulfill easy expansion capabilities with simple
secondary development to achieve high precision
driving with advanced features. How has
Advantech changed the scenario today? With the
advancement of Advantech, this has been possible
with the brands APAX and AMAX controlling units
that can integrate motion, networking, and
information processing functionality. These
controllers can recognize complicated processing
systems by
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integrating high-precision motors and high-power
variable frequency drives. Combining both
digital input and output can help achieve
integration and optimization of such control.
AMAX and APAX work together to manage the entire
process. AMAX receives digital sensor signals
and generates output signals to control various
components like switches, buttons, indicators,
etc. Then the analog signal from the weighing
scale is measured to get the information about
the weight of the object, by connecting with an
Ethernet I/O module. The system is completed
with a flat panel monitor having resistive
touchscreen functionality, and a flexible Human
Machine Interface. The time deterministic control
is ensured by implementing distributed motion
control products. APAX provides C and .NET API
for high performance motion and DI/O control.
Additionally, embedded computer systems allow for
conversion and storage between the database and
Human Machine Interface to be easily recognized,
while the production data is transmitted to the
back database via the Ethernet. What are the
benefits achieved by this automation? With the
automation systems spoken of above, high accuracy
and motion control can be achieved. When APAX,
ADAM, and distributed motion controls are
connected, the system integration efforts are
shortened, while increasing the accuracy and
reliability. Also, the overall system cost is
reduced by incorporating a high-precision motor
and high-speed data acquisition modules.
Moreover, the high speed computing, mass storage,
and versatile communication interfaces help the
system meet the requirements of rapid
communication with high-precision weighing and
quick data acquisition. If you are looking for
such incredible benefits of automation systems,
you can also get the best quality embedded
computers, industrial rack computers, Fieldbus
I/O systems, and SCADA ay Alltronix, the leading
Advantech distributor in Bangalore, who has been
serving clients effectively since more than four
decades now!