See How Motion Feedback Devices Work in Packaging, Printing, and Labeling Applications
Motion feedback is a crucial consideration in any packaging, printing, or labeling application, and there are a variety of encoders available on the market to provide that motion feedback. In this video, see how encoders from Encoder Products Company provide feedback in a variety of packaging applications for Litehouse Foods, a nationally-known company famous for its salad dressings, dips, and snack foods.
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00:00:00 [Music] welcome to encoders on the job where we take a look at how a PC encoders are put to work in demanding real-world applications I'm your host Steve Diltz food and beverage companies are tasked with many unique manufacturing challenges maintaining consistent product flavor texture and color are top of the list along with that providing
00:00:31 attractive packaging that stands out on the shelf and keeps the product fresh in addition there are regulatory guidelines governing manufacturing processes product labeling lock coding traceability etc for most manufacturers reliable factory automation is an essential ingredient for meeting all of these challenges while also maintaining quality productivity and profitability
00:00:53 in this installment of encoders on the job we visit lighthouse foods known throughout the US for their refrigerated dressings dips and other products the company got its start in the 1950s at the family-owned lighthouse restaurant in Hope Idaho the founders noticed that customers kept asking for jars of their signature blue cheese salad dressing eventually this led to a business
00:01:15 focused on producing refrigerated dressing for local restaurants and grocery stores fast forward to today and the company has three manufacturing plants in Idaho Michigan and Utah and has become an award-winning market leader we visited their Sandpoint Idaho factory to get a look at an EPC encoders in several applications to maintain freshness as well as a distinct position
00:01:39 in their market segment lighthouse packages many of their products in glass jars and bottles in this application these bottles are being filled with Italian dressing via a multi head filler bottles are conveyed in line to the filling station via a linear screw and conveyor system when a flight of bottles reaches the fill area to fill head lowers and dispenses product and then
00:02:01 retracts and resets for the next fill cycle conveyor speed monitoring is enabled by feedback from an EPC model 25t two and a half inch diameter encoder features a housing made of a sturdy and chemically inert polymer composite it's configured with a blind hollow bore and the corrosion resistant option in order to tolerate harsh sanitary washdown
00:02:23 conditions an ip66 seal keeps out the moisture and a flexible tether absorbs any shaft run-out or a centricity protecting the unit's bearings from excessive loads the encoder signal is fed to a control system they use a shaft speed feedback to coordinate the fill heads two axes of motion as well as fill rate and volume with a wide range of resolution bore sizes connector options
00:02:46 and mounting tethers the 25t is a high-performance encoder suitable for processing converting packaging material handling and other food and beverage industry applications other APC products and you set the lighthouse plant include the model 770 C face motor mount encoder the compact model 15 t through bore the model 702 shaft encoder and the model T our one true tract linear measurement
00:03:08 encoder now due to the company's guidelines protecting its manufacturing processes we aren't able to show you all of these applications these are secret family recipes after all to find out more about products featured in this video or to learn how a PC products can benefit your application visit encoder comm thanks for watching and thank you the lighthouse Foods for hosting our
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