Issue 2/2022
Solutions for the packaging industry

Pilz wraps it up: both man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors of pack­aging machines are offered flex­ible automa­tion and safety solu­tions. In the 2/2022 issue of “Mensch und Automa­tion”, dis­cover how these help to meet the cur­rent chal­lenges of the pack­aging industry.

Packaging – I trust you!

Pack­aging offers prod­ucts pro­tec­tion and gives con­sumers the feeling: “My product is safe.” But to be able to ensure that they can fully trust in the quality of the ­pack­aging, it is nec­es­sary to con­sider safety and secu­rity as early as the man­u­fac­turing process of pack­aging machinery and plants.

“We find tailored solutions”

In an inter­view, Thomas Nitsche, Senior Man­ager of Sales Training at Pilz, explains where the chal­lenges lie in the pack­aging industry, how packing plants are designed and what cus­tomers can rely on from Pilz.

Open for efficiency

In one-second inter­vals, the puller pulls in the pre­punched card­board blanks and the tray former from Sema Sys­temtechnik GmbH folds, glues and seals these to form fin­ished outer pack­aging. The inter­esting part: the card­board blanks func­tion as a mov­able guard. If the mate­rial feed runs empty, how­ever, the oper­ating per­sonnel can reach right inside. For this reason, a TÜV Süd cer­ti­fied safety solu­tion guar­an­tees safety in every work step.

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Three minutes with …
… Sven Jungmann

Sales Engi­neer at Pilz

From cyber attack to safety award

After Pilz was the victim of a cyber attack in October 2019, the com­pany launched a com­mu­ni­ca­tion offen­sive. As part of the 4th Cyber­Sicher­heits­Forum, a forum for cyber secu­rity pre­sented by the state of Baden-Würt­tem­berg, Pilz received the safety award for their response.

Ready for use around the world

No matter whether Pilz prod­ucts are to be used in Canada, Italy or China, no Pilz cus­tomer should have to worry about the required cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. The variety of quality marks on the prod­ucts shows that cus­tomers can rely on Pilz, such as on the con­for­mity of the mod­ular safety relay myPNOZ.

Well-advised

What should you do if your machine is get­ting on in years? We show Pilz’s sys­tem­atic approach to bringing plant and machinery back up to the state of the art – including higher avail­ability and a longer ser­vice life.

Expertise in demand

While on Euro­pean fac­tory floors it is normal for per­sonnel to feel safe when working on plant and machinery thanks to laws and stan­dards, in other places around the world there is still work to be done to con­vince people to carry out tech­nical safety mea­sures. Like in Japan, where Pilz Japan has been helping change minds for 25 years.

Full speed ahead

Everyone is talking about the Mobility Turn­around, meaning that railway oper­ating com­pa­nies around the world are facing the chal­lenge of digi­tising the entire rail net­work over the coming years. The aim? Railway oper­a­tions should become safer, better, simply rev­o­lu­tionised for cli­­mate-neu­­tral mobility. Pilz is there­fore expanding its product range for rail­ways and, with the estab­lish­ment of the Busi­ness Unit Rail, is bundling its global railway activ­i­ties.
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