Leuze electronic is the expert for the packaging industry

Leuze electronic presents itself as the leading manufacturer for optical sensors and experienced, innovative complete solution provider for the packaging industry, and not just at Interpack 2017: Leuze electronic has proven its application know-how worldwide day in, day out in numerous applications in the packaging industry - be it food, beverages or packaging. One such example of this is safety monitoring of the material flow process area at Gropper in Bissingen, Bavaria.

Due to its many years of industrial experience in the packaging industry, Leuze electronic has extensive expert knowledge in this area. On the one hand, this includes a suitable product range for applications in the food, beverage and packaging area, and on the other hand application-specific services and support. Leuze electronic demonstrated its specialized knowledge using an ingenious and flexibly designed safety guard on the new film wrapper in the Gropper plant in Bissingen, Bavaria. "With Leuze electronic we have solved the problem of nonexistent space for the actual specified minimum in and outflow in a creative way, implementing a space-saving muting solution whereby only two photoelectric sensors are needed, rather than four", explains Stefan Dicker, Project Manager at Industrieautomation Hähner IDH. This is important to Stefan Malechowsky, manager for bottling and packaging system configuration at Gropper: "Personnel protection must be guaranteed at all times. Nevertheless, safety technology has to be economical enough so that it does not slow down or even restrict the production processes – the workflow should only be interrupted and consequently the system brought to a standstill in case of emergency", says Stefan Malechowsky. These criteria are fulfilled by the smart safety solution that has been implemented here by Leuze electronic. More information about the packaging application that has been implemented at Gropper can be found in the attached application report.