8/4/2019 Positioning Packaging Label Adjustment

1/1Balluff, Inc. n 8125 Holton Drive Florence, KY 41042 n 1-800-543-8390 n www.balluff.com

www.ballu.com/Packaging

Application Spotlight

Automatic Label Height Adjustment

In this application, there is a dierence in position or both the bottom and top labels when running a 28 oz bottle versus an 18 oz bottle obarbeque sauce. Ater the roll o labels is changed out, the height generally still needs to be adjusted on the labler. The typical approach

to moving a labeler is to use a ball screw mechanism. Adding position eedback sensors to the ball screw allows the position change to be

automatic and exact. For lines that have only two dierent products to be run, simple inductive proximity sensors with metal ags are used

one or the higher position and one or the lower position. For applications that may require an unlimited number o positions, Ballus new

BIP inductive positioning sensor can be used. With an eective measuring distance o up to 40 mm, most size change applications can be

easily solved.

Size Changeover on Labler

Many consumer products are packaged in a variety o sizes based on customer demand. When it comes to the packaging lines or

products with various sizes, end-users are challenged with how to run the multiple sizes in the most efcient manner. Labeling products with

diering heights oten means there is idle time between sizes run. This downtime decreases efciency and drives end-users to limit which

products can run on each line, making the entire process inexible. I something happens to the only line a product o a particular size can

run on, urther downtime and inexibility cause even greater inefciency. The simple addition o sensors, however, can assist in automating

the size change and can reduce changeover time by as much as 10%. This enables greater exibility and decreases downtime, thusincreasing the efciency o the line.

nMore exibility allows users to run various sizes o product down the same line

nLess downtime automates the size change and reduces changeover by 10%

nSimple to install simple, discrete inductive proximity sensors can be used

Benefts:

Ordercode Output Type Detection Range Teachable Range

BIP0001 0...10 V 0...14 mm 7...14 mm 1

BIP0002 0...10 V

0...40 mm 20...40 mm 2BIP0004 IO-Link

BIP0005 4...20 mA 1 2

For a two-position solution, see the economical GlobalProx amily

o inductive sensors at http://www.ballu.com/GlobalProx.