The spring sun shines through the glass skylight on the top of the factory building. Rows of silver-gray intelligent packaging machines are running in an orderly manner in the workshop. The robotic arms accurately grab materials and the conveyor belts emit a low hum. Wang Wei, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xinzhan District, Hefei, and his party stopped in front of the sixth-generation fully automatic packaging equipment newly developed by ply-pack, and observed with interest the adaptive packaging process of the equipment for special-shaped products.
"This set of equipment can be compatible with 12 different specifications of packaging requirements through 3D visual recognition technology." Li Gong, technical team leader of the production department, demonstrated the operation interface on site. As the parameter instructions were input, the robot that originally handled the square box quickly switched modes and completed the film packaging of cylindrical products in just 3 seconds. Someone in the visiting group sighed in a low voice: "The core of flexible production is indeed hidden in the details."
At the subsequent symposium, Zhang Feng, general manager of ply-pack, shared the innovative practice of supply chain collaboration. By integrating the resources of more than 200 parts suppliers in the Yangtze River Delta region, the factory has achieved a 48-hour rapid response delivery of the core modules of the intelligent packaging machine. "For example, the temperature control sensor of this equipment comes from a joint research project of local high-tech enterprises." He pointed to a model being debugged in the workshop, emphasizing the role of industrial chain collaboration in promoting technological iteration.
The research team paid special attention to the implementation results of industry benchmark cases. Last year, the aseptic packaging production line customized for a food giant used ply-pack's patented negative pressure clean technology to help customers reduce product loss rate from 1.2% to 0.3%. "The key to this set of equipment is to change the rigid structure of the traditional packaging machine to a modular design." The R&D director pointed to the three-dimensional drawing and explained that the folding frame structure not only saves 30% of the floor space, but also can quickly adapt to the customer's workshop layout.
Before leaving, Secretary Wang Wei personally started the intelligent packaging machine prototype sent to Europe in the finished product area. With the rhythmic sound of operation, he specifically reminded: "Xinzhan District will focus on supporting the "smart transformation and digital transformation" in the field of intelligent equipment, and hope that you will continue to deepen the scenario-based innovation of packaging machine technology." At this time, the electronic screen in the workshop was scrolling real-time data-the 47th equipment completed the final inspection that day and was about to be sent to the new energy vehicle parts manufacturer.
As dusk deepened, the visiting group's vehicles drove out of the factory. The assembly workshop was still brightly lit, and the technical team was overcoming the problem of dynamic weighing deviation of the seventh-generation packaging machine. Looking through the glass curtain wall, those silently running intelligent devices seemed to be silently telling: In this era of deep integration of machine vision and the Internet of Things, the evolution of the packaging machine industry is always one step faster than people think.
