Harpak-ULMA, Rockwell Automation collaborate to deliver smart, connected packaging machines
Harpak-ULMA’s thermoformer lines are now delivered with Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Architecture production control and information system.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, Taunton, Mass., joined forces with Rockwell Automation’s PartnerNetwork program as an OEM machine builder to help facilitate the development of smart, connected packaging solutions.
Harpak-ULMA’s thermoformer lines are now delivered with Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Architecture production control and information system, leveraging Internet of Things (IoT) and augmented reality platforms supplied by PTC, Needham, Mass., which guides employees’ maintenance or production activities through 3D step-by-step work instructions using tablets, smartphones or glasses.