We’ve all seen the rise in AI Copilots and LLMs (Large Language Models) from ChatGPT and similar to Microsoft’s CoPilot.  Many of us will be using them if not daily, then probably pretty regularly. So what are they and where do they potentially fit in a manufacturing environment? An AI Copilot is a conversational interface […]

We’re aware of the cost implications of unplanned downtime. These are reported to be £5K per hour with companies experiencing up to 20 hours of unplanned downtime each week. Even though Planned Maintenance is the most important maintenance strategy being followed by companies, on average they are still potentially losing almost a full day’s production

ELAU PacDrive firmware of new MC-4 Motor Controller must be compatible with existing equipment

There is a term which we seem to hear more of these days and this is the ‘Black Swan’ effect. The Black Swan concept was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former risk analyst, defining the concept as…’an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences.

ELAU PacDrive systems provide the motion control for packaging and other machines. These are used by many well-known international companies in the Food and Beverage, Pharma and Healthcare sectors. But what is motion-control and what does it mean in terms of industrial automation? The automation of manual processes on production lines is key as progress

We’re all familiar with preventative maintenance whether we know it or not. For example, this is what we’re doing when we have our cars or boilers serviced. Parts are then replaced according to the manufacturer’s schedule before they fail due to wear or age. In fact most cars these days have a “Condition Based Servicing”

If there was a reduction in production line failures of over 20% since 2019/20, would you have expected the costs of unplanned downtime for manufacturers to have increased by 50%? Well, thanks to inflation and production lines running at increased capacity this is the case, according to Senseye’s True Cost of Downtime Report 2022. The

As a Schneider Electric Training Partner we can complete up to 10 days of ELAU PacDrive training every month. This covers PacDrive 3 and the now obsolete PacDrive M. All our programmes are designed to equip your engineers with the skills and expertise to keep your production lines running. Well-maintained packaging lines can last for

With PacDrive M obsolescence have you considered who you would turn to for specialist support? Packaging machines, their equipment and systems can last for 10-20 years or longer if well-maintained. Even though it has been obsolete since December 2018, the same can be true of the PacDrive M range. The biggest challenge faced by manufacturing