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Flexible Manufacturing: Built for Change

The fast-moving consumer goods market is experiencing a transformative shift, driven by factors such as consumer empowerment, customization demands, health-conscious preferences, veganism, ethical concerns, and sustainability. We expect that it will undergo more changes in the next decade than it has in the previous 50 years.

This necessitates the adaptation of production and supply chains to meet emerging trends. The future of fast-moving consumer goods factories will likely involve smaller, smarter facilities with autonomous movement of goods and interconnected systems.

Machines, whether standalone or interconnected, need to be more flexible than ever before to ensure the timely supply of appropriate materials and packaging. Production has to be more agile, increasingly producing retail-ready items with a high mix-low volume approach with zero recalls.

Flexibility also means implementing changes is a smooth production process. Risking introducing disruptions in a process finetuned for the highest efficiency. The question is how to implement changeovers with minimal cost and fast ROI.

Flexible manufacturing system: Workflow in three levels

Flexible Applications
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For the machine and lines we aim to reduce intermediate stock on the shopfloor and enabling flexibility in the production line thanks to just-in-time delivery of consumables, optimizing the transport of goods, boxes, and pallets, as well as managing waste, and unused consumables.
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Zero defects with adaptive inspection

AI-based defect detection solution performs like a skilled inspector, enabling automated detection of subtle defects, agile workflows, and continuous production during personnel shortages.

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Flexible Machines
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In the machine itself, all functions such as machine control, motion, robotics, sensing, vision, and safety are automatically aligned. This ensures that tasks like filling, capping, tray loading, seaming, sealing, and labelling are executed as quickly as possible, thereby enhancing overall efficiency.
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Customising Machines in runtime

This Sysmac-based solution allows to handle devices that may be added, removed, or vary in number without needing to change or duplicate your Sysmac Studio project every time. You maintain 1 project file per machine type and configures the various machine options ... even in runtime!

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Cobot based palletizing

Easy to install and configure palletizing solutions. OMRON and its partners offer a complete palletizing solution. Integrating cobot, PLC & HMI with the complete sequencing performed from

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Flexible Lines
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At the machine we’re addressing non-value added tasks by the operator when consumables arrive at the machine. Automating material verification and feeding processes, replacing manual feeding activities with automated ones, conducting quality assurance on packaging materials, and ensuring package integrity after packaging.
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Conveyor Management

The consistent movement of products requires synchronized production processes. OMRON offers solutions in the form of a library of functional blocks, effectively reducing the time needed for the development of PLC program code.

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Consumables feeding

Recruiting and retaining operators for loading cartons in a carton tray forming machine is quite a challenge for producers in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. See an example of an OMRON part

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Optimum Flexible Manufacturing ensures

  • Faster product change-over capabilities enable quick adjustments and modifications to production lines, reducing changeover time and optimizing performance.

  • Improved tracking and analysis provide valuable insights for continuous improvement and workflow optimization.

  • Increased employee satisfaction thanks to being able to focus on value-adding tasks and more strategic and creative work.

By leveraging the benefits of automated flexibility, companies can achieve greater operational efficiency, employee safety, cost savings, product innovation, and improved competitiveness.

Flexible Manufacturing technology

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