Discrete Industries Solutions

Actemium Avanceon offers comprehensive solutions in discrete manufacturing, which requires managing both assembly equipment and individual components. Our solutions extend beyond equipment control to include inventory management, production tracking, record keeping, and operator interfaces.

Improve Your Discrete Industries Manufacturing

Discrete manufacturing often relies on machines, vision systems, and robotics for hands-off operations. We provide complete design and integration services, starting from the requirements level and translating them into machine or process area designs.

Key components are prototyped and demonstrated before final approval. After the design is approved, we implement the solution, thoroughly test it, and integrate it with the rest of the equipment or production line. Following integration testing, our engineers oversee commissioning and final acceptance in the field.

Discrete Industries Solutions

We deliver a wide variety of solutions for the discrete industries market, including:

• PLC and HMI/SCADA software development: Process automation, packaging lines, and machine control.
• MES and Data Integration: Order entry and tracking, reporting, OEE calculation, and ERP system interfaces.
• Data Analytics solutions: Extracting insights and value from large amounts of process data.
• Consulting services: ROI definition, standards development, production rate analysis, process optimization, and more.
• Vision system implementation: Managing quality and control during assembly and production.
• Electrical design and control panel fabrication: With mechanical engineering and integration.

Corrugated Box Manufacturing

One key area of Actemium Avanceon’s expertise in discrete manufacturing is corrugated box production. Beyond complex machines developed by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), automation in this space focuses on quality management.

Manufacturing corrugated boxes can face quality challenges that are difficult to manage manually. We provide solutions to improve box production quality, including:

• Label Verification: Avoid “wrong product, wrong label” issues by checking labels against the current SKU, with alerts through line stops, light indicators, or reports.
• Box Count Check: Ensure the correct number of boxes in a pack (e.g., 20-pack with exactly 20 boxes) using vision systems, rather than expensive checkweighers.
• Glue Conformance: Verify the correct amount of glue is applied at high speeds, alerting users of any issues.
• Gap Conformance: Use dual-camera vision systems to verify gap specifications between boxes in a bundle to prevent folding issues.
• Strike Box: Ensure the first box of a run matches a pre-loaded image to avoid defective runs. Our off-line solution provides immediate visual feedback to prevent incorrect box printing.

Discrete manufacturing spans across various market segments, including packaging for food, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and consumer products. Actemium Avanceon excels at delivering integrated, progressive solutions to address the unique challenges in discrete manufacturing.