Why packaging machines today must be designed for flexibility
The requirements for packaging machines are undergoing fundamental changes. Shorter production runs, an increasing number of product variants, and frequent format changes are forcing machine manufacturers to rethink traditional design principles. Whereas the focus used to be primarily on maximum speed, today the emphasis is on flexibility, quick changeovers, and simple machine architecture. This video is all about this change.
From speed focus to adaptable machine
For decades, line speed was considered the key performance indicator in packaging technology. Today, this criterion alone is no longer sufficient. Manufacturers must produce smaller batch sizes economically, change over more frequently, and at the same time meet high standards of efficiency, hygiene, and reliability.
For machine builders, this means that flexibility can no longer be an add-on module, but must become an integral part of the machine architecture. This applies not only to the mechanics, but also to the way in which movements are generated, distributed, and synchronized.
