Hopak Machinery

Traditional horizontal flow wrapper packaging machines required significant floor space, had high costs, and lacked data collection and integration platforms to provide equipment operation and production data for optimization.

Hopak implemented Rockwell Automation iTRAK intelligent track systems, Emulate3D digital twin for design validation, and FactoryTalk Optix for visualization and data collection, creating a fully intelligent packaging machine platform.

An automated packaging production line can package three different product arrangements. Estimated 80% reduction in downtime and 30% reduction in floor space were achieved. Hopak became market leader for smart horizontal packing machines.

• Independent cart technology enables flexible product handling configurations previously impossible with fixed-pitch systems • Digital twin validation before physical build reduces commissioning iterations and accelerates time-to-market • Smart machine data collection is becoming a core OEM differentiator in the packaging machinery market