Higher productivity in Primary,

Secondary and Final packaging

Whether its fresh food, beverages, confectionary, liquids,

pharmaceuticals or cosmetics, we can supply our customers with
advanced solutions that are already proven in the field.

Its all part of our ten-year plan to become Number One,

which we launched in 2010, says Hadrien Maureille, Omrons
European Packaging Market Manager. Omron has been a
specialist in packaging automation for more than 30 years,
so we have known for quite some time that packaging
machines were evolving into fully integrated systems where
robots, safety, motion and vision will all eventually meet.
Thats why we developed the Sysmac platform, to accelerate
that evolution by providing one network and one software
for all elements in the machine. Sysmac not only integrates
the whole system, it actually makes increasingly complex
automation much easier to implement. The result is that
packaging machine manufacturers can now design and
develop new machines in a fraction of the time it used to
take. The platform has also fundamentally changed our
own modus operandi: we no longer start from the idea of
proposing individual components for a machine, Sysmac has

Hadrien Maureille
Omrons European Packaging
Market Manager

given us a holistic systemic approach. One that is founded

on what the customer wants to achieve rather than what we
can sell.

Higher productivity in Primary,

These vision systems can provide object detection or quality

Secondary and Final packaging

inspection or a combination of both. Place one downstream

Unlike much innovation, its not just niche markets or

from your packaging machine and get a reliable final

specialty manufacturers that can take immediate advantage

packaging inspection system. It will do everything from

of these new opportunities. We already have proven

content detection, label defect, and position inspection, to

automation strategies across the full spectrum of packaging,

barcode verification up to OCR/OCV inspection and printed

says Hadrien Maureille. Whether its fresh food, beverages,

elements check such as best-before date. Use it upstream

confectionary, liquids, pharmaceuticals or cosmetics, we

to a robotic handling module and you can simultaneously

can supply our customers with advanced solutions that

track on-the-fly product position on a conveyor, detect the

are already proven in the field. Whats more we cover the

positioning angle relative to the conveying direction, as well

full range of advanced packaging solutions. For example,

as sort the product by pattern, color or surface. Also, Omron

our complete portfolio of vision products range from

vision systems can support most of the high-speed, random

application-specific vision sensors to PC-based vision

product identification and location required in many pick-

systems with EtherCAT embedded.

and-place applications.

Answering customer needs

controller combines EtherCAT with our new One-Software-

Moreover, we can give our customers solutions that they

Environment. Its a combination that enables our customers

really need. Over the years we have worked very closely with

to phase-out conventional mechanical systems and replace

our packaging machine customers, and as a result we know

them with highly versatile servo drives, Delta-robot, and

what they want. For example, speed is obviously essential

vision systems. This reduces product changeovers to mere

for high productivity, but so too is the ease with which a

software commands. This is the end-users dream the

machine can be operated, cleaned and serviced. Thats why

ability to switch packaging parameters at the push of a

our HMIs include intuitive graphics that guide the operator

button.

step-by-step through the different parameter changes of a

recipe-driven product changeover for example.

Reliability guaranteed
Today, our product offering to the packaging industry is

The end-users dream in versatility

matching the industrys needs, says Hadrien Maureille. A

We also know that increasingly the packaging concept

wide selection is vital for best-fit solutions. But having high-

must be upgraded and changed. Thats why our new

quality products with extremely low failure rates is essential

Omron is already delivering totally integrated packaging systems where robots, safety, motion and
vision all work and communicate as one.

for our customers profitability. Fortunately, our quality control procedures have set very high
standards in reliability and robustness, even in the harshest of environments.
Expert support - here and abroad
Whats more, we have networks of engineers both here in Europe and in South East Asia,
says Hadrien Maureille. This means we can advise and work with our customers here in
Europe during the design and development of their new packaging machine. Our engineers
have in-depth knowledge of networks, PLCs, motion, safety and HMIs knowledge that we
can share with our customers, both at their own premises and at our Packaging Automation
Test Centre.
In addition, as a global manufacturer, we can provide our services anywhere in the world.
Wherever you are installing your machines, we can arrange, on-site, a liaison sales engineer
to facilitate training, spare parts supply or even machine commissioning. All this in the local
language with local documentation.
Into the future
There is no doubt that Omrons vision in packaging automation has ignited the imagination
of quite a few people in the industry. But apart from unifying the software environment and
providing a roadmap to advanced highly flexible vision and robot systems, where else can
the company impact on the packaging industry and Europes 500+ machine manufacturers?
Thats easy, says Hadrien Maureille with a smile. The first two years of our ten-year plan
in packaging have helped us establish an integrated platform that focusses on speed and
performance. The next couple of years will see us focus on flexible cell automation with fully
integrated safety, kinematics and CNC functionality. We will also work towards more machine
virtualization. We have worked hard to build a solid foundation for the future the rest is just
a building-block process.

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