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Machine Operator Interface integrates color touchscreen.
Machine Operator Interface integrates color touchscreen.
March 3, 2009 -
Able to be customized to each Standard-Knapp machine, smart Operator Interface is graphically driven and utilizes color touchscreen technology to offer intuitive machine control. Computer-aided fault recovery minimizes mean time to recover (MTR) and promotes efficiency for 24/7 applications in food and beverage industries. Along with color-coded alerts, features include machine history display, detailed help screens, and picture-based product selection screen.
Intuitive color touch screen has look and feel of a car dashboard
Portland, CT-Standard-Knapp, a worldwide leader in manufacturing the ultimate packaging machinery, introduces the new smart Operator Interface. This graphically-driven interface can be customized to each Standard-Knapp machine, and utilizes color touch-screen technology to offer a new level of intuitive machine control. Through computer-aided fault recovery, it reduces Mean Time to Recover (MTR) and increases efficiency for challenging 24/7 applications in the food and beverage industries.
With the look and feel of a car dashboard, this user-friendly solution features simple color-coded alerts, a machine history display, and detailed help screens. The main screen of this innovative solution contains a speedometer that tracks the speed of the machine in number of cases packed per minute. The center of the speedometer contains a color-changing button that switches from green to yellow to red to indicate the presence of machine faults and errors.
A Product Selection screen displays a photograph of each product and allows the operator to easily choose the specific product to be packaged, eliminating costly errors and jamming. With a simple push of the touch-screen image, the machine electronically aligns itself to the size and requirements of the specified product. Further simplifying the process, the corner of each product image contains a colored box that corresponds to the color-coded change parts needed to package each product.
With an ease and simplicity comparable to using an ATM machine, a detailed maintenance screen can be selected that offers a color-coded representation of the machine's maintenance schedule. If maintenance is needed, an oil can icon appears on the main screen that links to a maintenance table indicating whether the machine is on schedule, approaching specific maintenance due dates or past due. To simplify the operator's job, each fault alert is a touch-screen button; when a specific problem arises, the operator can simply push the alert to be instantly directed to the exact maintenance screen needed to clear the fault and resume packing.
Standard-Knapp's innovative interface includes a guard door and e-stop map, a live scheduled lubrication table and complete sensor cycle check. To increase durability, the most-used controls are positioned off the screen as hard buttons located below the display. A machine history display lists all prior faults and stoppages and allows the operator to pinpoint the cause of past delays to increase productivity and reduce costly downtime. Live PLC Input/Output Screens mirror the look and feel of the machine's control components and eliminate the need to physically open the electrical panel to diagnose a problem, increasing both safety and efficiency.
Even with its high-quality sophistication, Standard-Knapp's Operator Interface screen is rugged and designed to withstand an industrial environment. The new Operator Interface boasts up to fifty comprehensive menu and control screens, each with simple touch-screen navigation.
About Standard-Knapp
Standard-Knapp designs, builds and supports the ultimate in packaging machinery for the most demanding customers. Providing reliable, flexible and easy-to-use packaging equipment, Standard-Knapp serves industries including beverage, food, personal care, household chemicals and automotive. A pioneer in the field of automatic packaging equipment, Standard-Knapp leads the industry with the latest innovations in tray packers, tray loading machines, case packers, shrink wrappers, and bottle packers. With over 100 years of experience, Standard-Knapp is the ULTIMATE in case and shrink packaging. For more information on Standard-Knapp's products, visit www.standard-knapp.com, call 860-342-1100 or email info@standard-knapp.com.
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Phone: 617-367-0100 ext 155 E-mail this person Company Information: Name: Standard-Knapp, Inc. Address: 63 Pickering St. City: Portland State: CT ZIP: 06480 Country: USA Phone: 860-342-1100 FAX: 860-342-0783 http://www.standard-knapp.com
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