Automation and intelligence is one of the development directions of packaging machinery industry

At present, there are still many deficiencies in the domestic development, and the fast-paced development speed requires the stability and automation in the mechanical production process.

Packaging, as the last link of industrial value chain, is paid more and more attention by manufacturers. The development of packaging industry is inseparable from the development of packaging machinery and equipment industry which is closely related to it. The continuous innovation of equipment is the main basis for the rapid development of packaging industry. According to statistics, in 2011, the global consumption of flexible packaging reached 18.1 million tons, and the output value reached 58.3 billion US dollars. For the field of packaging machinery, this growth rate has greatly increased the market demand for packaging machinery and equipment. Although the domestic packaging machinery market has a broad prospect, such problems as single machine automation, poor stability and reliability, unsightly appearance and short service life also make domestic packaging machinery products suffer from criticism.

The increasing market demand of packaging machinery and equipment has greatly stimulated the technical upgrading of the industry. The new packaging machine with intelligent and automatic functions will gradually replace the tradition and become the mainstream in the future. This is an effective way for packaging machinery enterprises to achieve sustainable development and the ultimate goal of technological reform.

Twenty years ago, the first application of PLC in packaging machinery products opened the era of packaging machinery automation technology. After that, with the intervention of control and drive technology, servo technology and digital concept, packaging machinery market has experienced many rounds of changes. At present, China has become the world's largest producer and exporter of goods. At the same time, the global attention is also focused on the fastest growing, largest and most potential Chinese packaging market.

Safety detection technology -- the detection field is gradually expanding

Safety is the first key word in any industry, especially in packaging industry. In the food industry, safety detection technology has developed rapidly in recent years. At present, the embodiment of food safety in packaging machinery is not only limited in the scope of simple physical parameters, but also pay attention to food color, raw materials and other factors. The application scope of packaging machinery is expanding, which constantly puts forward new requirements for machinery manufacturers and automatic product suppliers. For example, in food packaging, we should be able to monitor the bacterial content of the product itself and packaging materials online. Therefore, in the field of automation products, machine vision and other technologies have great development potential.

Motion control technology -- the key to upgrade domestic packaging machinery

The development of motion control technology in China is very fast, but the development power of packaging machinery industry is weak. The function of motion control products and technology in packaging machinery is to achieve accurate position control and strict speed synchronization, which is mainly used for loading and unloading, conveying, marking, palletizing, unloading and other processes. Motion control technology is one of the key factors to distinguish high, medium and low-end packaging machinery, and it is also the technical support for the upgrading of packaging machinery in China.

Because the whole mechanical assembly line of packaging industry is continuous, it has high requirements for speed, torque, precision and dynamic performance, which is also in line with the characteristics of servo products. At present, the application prospect of bus type motion controller in packaging machinery industry is very broad.

Market demand is the source of economic development, so automation and intelligence will become one of the development directions of packaging machinery industry.