Overview

Best Packaging Automation modernizes the controls at the heart of your packaging and material handling equipment, replacing aging PLCs, HMIs, and safety relays with modern platforms that are easier to support, diagnose, and expand. These upgrades extend the life of your machines and prepare your lines for additional automation without forcing a full equipment replacement.

What We Upgrade

  • Legacy PLC platforms
Older controllers that are hard to support or expand are migrated to current platforms, with structured code that improves diagnostics, standardization, and long‑term maintainability.
  • HMIs and operator interfaces
New HMIs present clearer status, alarms, and setup screens, making operation and changeovers simpler while reducing training time and operator error.
  • Drives, I/O, and safety controls
Where appropriate, upgrades include drives, remote I/O, and safety hardware so motion, I/O, and safety circuits align with current standards and can be supported by your maintenance team and OEM‑neutral partners.
  • Line control and integration
Controls upgrades can unify multiple machines into a coordinated line, improving start/stop behavior, fault handling, and communication with higher‑level systems.
  • Corrugator and converting controls
Modernize controls, drives, and operator interfaces on corrugators and converting equipment to replace obsolete electronics, improve uptime, and support higher, more stable speeds

Our PLC/HMI Upgrade Approach

Controls and PLC/HMI upgrade projects start with an assessment of your installed base—hardware, software, spare parts, and known pain points like nuisance faults or obsolete components. Best Packaging Automation then proposes a migration path that balances risk, budget, and downtime, often phasing changes during planned outages to limit impact on production. Documentation, backups, and standards are updated as part of the project, and your maintenance team receives hands‑on training so they can confidently support the new platform with backing from Best Packaging’s service organization.

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