Cama Group

IN ASSOCIATION WITH KENNEDY’S DIGITAL Cama Group goes digital

Cama Group solutions at next year’s Interpack.

Above and main pic: Mini-Wrap_FW746 Founded in 1981, this modern yet experienced business is taking its digitalisation process further with the announcement of a new range of packaging solutions. Cama Group told Kennedy’s that its new machines will help deliver better, faster and more focussed packaging solutions while aiming to increase throughput, shorten time to market, slash downtime and undertake format changes.

Massimo Monguzzi, R&D Manager at Cama Group reported that “new digital technologies will enable us to truly exploit Industry 4.0, to create added value at every stage of our machines’ life cycle, thanks to modern concepts such as simulation-based design & engineering and virtual commissioning.”

He explains further that this added value is generated through “a more realistic conceptualisation process together with an

Cama will present a delta-robot-equipped loading unit, running – in real time – alongside its own digital twin. This will highlight how product other upstream machines, also running in a virtual environment.

The Augmented reality (AR) is another showcase technology at the event, with two machines highlighting the advancements in technology: one will display a product-changeover cycle and the other will demonstrate maintenance.

In both cases, augmented reality removes the need for line operators to have intimate knowledge of the machines; instead, overlaid 3D renders allow them to perform complex tasks. Cama’s AR solution can also be used for training, where it aims to give operators concise and realistic experience of the machine before it has even left the Cama factory.

Cama also announces that it is prioritising an edge computing approach. Put simply, this means running fewer processes in the cloud and moving them closer to local paces, such as a machine’s in-built computer. Massimo Monguzzi states that “This will offer an additional layer between the

…augmented reality removes the need for line operators to have intimate knowledge of the machines; instead, overlaid 3D renders allow them to perform complex tasks

machines and the factory – between control and supervisor levels – which will gather data from the level systems and personnel.”

Not only does the approach improve security, edge computing also opens up a lot of possibilities for the future, including tailored data presentation and the analysis of historical data.

Advancements in worldwide technology are becoming more and more impressive as time passes and Cama is evidently contributing heavily towards this movement. Above: Delta Robot Below: IF318_Confectionery