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In it, magnetic levitating shuttles move individual products freely through the machine environment, potentially carrying products to be packaged. Acopos 6D is ideal for small-batch production with frequent changeover between products of di erent designs and dimensions.

Corey Morton of B&R demonstrated the technology at the show. “What we’re creating here is mixed packages [of di erent dice colors and types, in the demo] that are built to order, so it’s actually batch three sizes of the EcoStruxure MDC (3), which feature the Stratus ftServer (Fault Tolerant), to highlight their use in CPG and pharma/life sciences applications:

• Small: Stratus ftServer powered by a 1.5 kVA

Smart-UPS in a 6U enclosure

• Medium: Stratus ftServer powered by a 2.2 kVA

Smart-UPS in a single 12U enclosure

• Large: Stratus ftServer powered by a 3 kVA

Smart-UPS in a 42U, NEMA-12 rated enclosure size one production,” he says. “This type of technology gives you no wear, since there’s no rails that it’s riding on. The other thing is it gives you six degrees of freedom of movement.” a video of this system in action at pfwgo.to/7862 .

The di erent size options were presented to highlight the MDCs’ application flexibility in a range of CPG operations. Size can scale up from 6U to 42U depending on how many devices and how much networking equipment need to be embedded in the panel with the ftServer and uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Key features of the edge ftServer include embedded cybersecurity, no unscheduled downtime with failure prediction capabilities, single button restoration, and remote monitoring ability.

Even when only using the X and Y planes in the demonstration at the show, the demo format would allow packagers to collate product, bu er product, and pull product for a specific order from any position within the bu er. The levitating shuttles can also move on other planes, like vertical Z access, tipping on edge, and rotating. That’s why, in a small footprint, this technology could provide packagers a high degree of order customization.

Advanced approaches to handling data

Data centers—which are typically housed in their own separate section of a facility for consolidation of routers, switches, firewalls, storage systems, servers, and application controllers—are a key aspect of enterprise IT. Micro data centers (MDCs) are small, modular versions of data centers used to manage the computing workloads of specific operations. With their ability to be installed nearly anywhere in a facility, MDCs are quickly being recognized for their key role in industry’s IT/operations technology (OT) convergence.

At PACK EXPO International, Stratus Technologies and Schneider Electric showcased

While MDCs are typically designed for IT workloads, Stratus and Schneider Electric note the EcoStruxure Micro Data Center is suitable for OT applications like on-premise automation and control systems in the CPG and pharmaceutical/life sciences industries.

“In e ect, what we are providing customers and partners is a complete o ering—originally meant for IT applications—that can be used for HMI/ SCADA, historians, batch processing, manufacturing execution systems, asset performance management, and cybersecurity solutions,” says Jay David, senior manager for solutions marketing at Stratus.

Integration with existing equipment in a production facility is handled in the same manner as any brownfield project, he adds. “The Micro Data Center can replace any or all of the components

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