Golytec Automation, through close cooperation with customers, has developed an iTS intelligent manufacturing application solution for the food industry to help enterprises to break through bottleneck encountered in the food production process. This solution can significantly improve production efficiency and product yield, empower food enterprises, reduce costs and increase efficiency, whereby enhancing market competitiveness.

The iTS line from Golytec can achieve a precision level of ± 0.01mm for repeated positioning, a speed of 2.5m/s and a super high dust-free level, without messy cable and drag chains. The line body supports long-term and multiple operations, and the equipment service life is several times that of traditional transmission lines, meeting the flexible production needs of multiple varieties.

At present, the food packaging industry suffers from the following pain points

• Appearance & packaging: On one hand, the pursuit of cost reduction, including bottle weight, has nearly reached its limit; on the other hand, to enhance market value, enterprises pursue more exquisite appearance design, including special-shaped bottles, especially in the high-end Baijiu industry, with a zero-tolerance policy for cosmetic defects. Such demands impose increasingly stringent requirements on production lines, and issues such as bottle tipping, bursting, and surface scratching frequently occur on site. Our analysis has identified the traditional "pressure transmission method" as the root cause of these issues.

• Production efficiency: Currently, the alcohol industry is increasing production capacity from 9,000 bottles/hour to 18,000 bottles/hour, and even higher. Similarly, the beverage industry is upgrading from the mainstream 24,000 bottles/hour to 54,000 bottles/hour and above. Traditional rotary filling and labeling equipment, including shrink sleeve applicators, also suffer from certain drawbacks due to the "pressure transmission mode" in production equipment.

• New product research & development: The market demand for personalized products is growing, such as holiday packaging and customized packaging for supermarkets. There is a growing preference for equipment that prioritizes flexibility over capacity, ranging from packaging design to flavor formulation across small-batch, multi-variety production.

Advantages of iTS

Golytec provides an era-marking solution for the beverage industry - a pressure free transmission system, which will significantly reduce defects such as "bottle overturning", "bottle bursting", and "bottle surface scratches" and provide the most efficient flexible flexibility-over-capacity solution. It effectively shortens the production process, optimizes the production process, and meets the production needs of a wide variety of bottle types and sizes.