RAMP debuts at Pack Expo International

摘要

Remote Access Management Program lets a packaging machine communicate its requirements automatically over a wireless connection. Suppose a corporate engineer buys a piece of equipment and puts it in a plant across the country. He has limited access to that machine once the front-end acquisition is over. But with this new feature, we give that engineer the access he needs." That's how director of marketing and distributor development Greg Levy at Arpac (www.arpac.com) describes the Remote Asset Management Program now available as an option on Arpac's Model BPTS 5000 combination tray packer/overwrapper. Levy describes it as being similar to embedding a cell phone in a packaging machine. When the machine needs to alert someone that a condition requires attention, the machine sends an e-mail or text message automatically to whomever is designated to be on the receiving end. And, thanks to a wireless communications device from Spectrum Control (www.spectrumcontrol.com), the communication is done wirelessly.