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Servo Upgrade on Gable Top Filler

Evergreen Packaging used PACK EXPO Connects as an opportunity to unveil its new servo-driven EH-84 gable top packaging machine.

Evergreen Packaging introduced this new filler at PACK EXPO Connects, and its servo technology drew considerable attention.
Evergreen Packaging introduced this new filler at PACK EXPO Connects, and its servo technology drew considerable attention.

This Evergreen Packaging filler features PLC controls and servo technology from Rockwell Automation. Designed for the dairy, juice, and liquid foods markets, the EH-84 can handle fill volumes of 40 oz on up to  64 oz and 2 L at speeds to 8,400 cartons per hour.

According to Evergreen’s Richard Szyperski, Technical Product Manager & Equipment Sales Specialist, the firm’s EQ-70 gable top machine for quarts and 1-L cartons has taken advantage of servo technology for some time. The EH-84, he says, brings servo technology to the popular half-gallon format and represents a culmination of learnings gleaned from the development of previous machines.

“Our customer base was looking for this kind of an upgrade from mechanical to servo,” says Szyperski. “Rockwell was an obvious choice when it came to a controls platform, not only because that’s what we’ve used in the past but also because it’s what our customers are familiar with.”

Motors and drives selected by Evergreen are the Kinetix VPL low-inertia servo motors and Kinetix 5700 servo drives. The communications protocol used to connect the GuardLogix L83-ES PLC and the servo drives is Ethernet IP.

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