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The production of a small
quantity of different products

has always been an issue for
the container glass industry.

The IS machine had to be
completely stopped and

reconfigured. In addition,
the whole production run

had to be turned over to
the other article and more

moulds than necessary
Realized project of weight difference more than 200 grams
had to be purchased for
nology makes production par- realized. Today, due to constant
these low-volume items. ticularly interesting for manu- development of the software in
Downtime was very costly facturers not only with regards cooperation with different cus-
to sampling procedures, but tomers, assortment production
and production efficiency above all when it comes to the with weight differences of over
request of cost-effective produc- 200 grams are possible under cer-
suffered greatly. Today,
tion of these smaller quantities. tain conditions (e.g. 610 grams
gobs of different weights and 825 grams).
ANSWERS FROM THE
can efficiently be produced EXPERTS How can assortment production be

on the same IS machine Which maximum weight implemented?
differences can be handled? Heye developed a software
simultaneously. This finally depends on the solution especially for run-
article that is to be produced and ning multi weight production.
must be assessed in each individ- Furthermore, manufacturers
ual case. In general, assortment need the Heye servo drive control
production can be realized at a unit in conjunction with the servo
weight difference of 10 per cent to plunger and dual motor shears
20 per cent. The lower the basic to be able to accept those lucra-
A Smart weight, the better to keep this tive low-volume orders from the
Plant
combines figure. In the past, multi weight fillers. With the use of modern
the best productions with 280 grams and hardware technology, in conjunc-
Industry 4.0 304 grams, as well as 256 grams tion with intelligently designed
concepts and 280 grams, were successfully software, it is, today, feasible
to deploy resources and energy
much more efficiently than it was
HEYE INTERNATIONAL possible with less sophisticated
Based at Obernkirchen, Germany, Heye techniques in the past.
International GmbH is one of the internatio-
nal glass container industry’s foremost sup-
pliers of production technology, high perfor-
mance equipment and production knowhow.
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