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i.Sense smart plastics | i.Sense in a packaging machine smart plastics | i.Sense in a packaging machine i.Sense
i.Sense protects a modern
packaging machine ...
Challenge The solution
Sliced, packaged bread is an everyday product for many For energy chains, cables and plain bearing products, igus
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households. But it takes rather complex technology to make has developed a product family in which sensors make
it that way. The bread must be carefully cut and securely plastic components intelligent. It is called smart plastics. The
packaged and sealed. GHD Georg Hartmann Maschinenbau principle is simple: intelligent sensors record the status of the
is one of the world's leading manufacturers of systems for components involved and report it to the i.Cee module, which
slicing and packaging foodstuffs. These operations require passes the data on – to the cloud, for example. igus uses
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speed as well as precision. the CF.Q module for cable monitoring to avoid cable damage
in such applications like the GHD Hartmann bread packaging
Cutting-edge machines, such as the GBK 440, package up machine.
to 80 pieces of sliced bread per minute – less than a second
for each. So it works with high strokes in a relatively small The principle of the monitoring system is as follows: it assumes
installation space. In particular, the energy chains with cables for that two cables from a production batch behave in the same
energy supply, control and measurement are heavily stressed way when stressed and should therefore also approach their
by the rapid movements. So all cables must be optimised for breaking point at the same time. So a second, identical cable
a minimum bend radius of just 63 millimetres. This places high is added to the measuring cable. The system continuously
demands on cable quality. Unfortunately, cable damage cannot monitors the two additional cores. The device measures push/
be avoided entirely. They result in costly downtime, since the pull forces and detects the beginning of a damage very early
high throughput quickly adds up to large production backlogs. by the changes in the electrical properties.
So GHD wanted a warning system that would detect failures For this, igus has collected a large amount of data from load
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in advance so that they could be prevented. It commissioned tests and historical data from various application scenarios
igus GmbH, a manufacturer of lubrication-free high- which are used to generate a comparative value for forecasting.
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performance plastics and fail-safe energy supply systems, to The software can therefore predict just how many more work
implement the system. cycles a chain can handle without failure. The process data
collected at the same time makes it possible to predict the
remaining number of working days the chain has, so that The result
companies can precisely plan maintenance and replacement. The igus CF.Q system is an integral part of the GBK 440
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packaging machine. It allows the interval between
maintenance sessions to be greatly extended. All data
is evaluated in the customer control system and output
Stop! as notifications on the Human Machine Interface (HMI).
This concept allows cables to operate far beyond the
CF.Q - cable quality monitoring igus guarantee period. The user company thus saves
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● Measures the push/pull forces acting on the e-chain ® several thousand euros in maintenance costs each
● Recommends shutdown of the equipment if a force limit year. The i.Sense CF.Q's modern technology detects
is exceeded core ruptures before they occur, saving the user high
● Prevents failure downtime costs.
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