Ron Smith, sales manager, processed meats, Coesia North America

R.A Jones KartridgPak CH-70 machine demonstrates cabinet-free MX-System at Pack Expo 2024

Nov. 14, 2024

Coesia’s Ron Smith reveals first chub packaging machine with MX-System

R.A Jones' KartridgPak CH-70 machine — Figure 1: The KartridgPak CH-70 is designed to produce chub packages in diameters up to 4.125 inches (104.8 mm) at speeds up to 70 packages per minute.

Ron Smith, sales manager, processed meats, at Coesia North America, reveals the first R.A Jones machine with Beckhoff Automation's decentralized and cabinet-free MX-System at Pack Expo 2024.

The KartridgPak CH-70 is designed to produce chub packages in diameters up to 4.125 inches (104.8 mm) at speeds up to 70 packages per minute (Figure 1).

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The MX-System is designed to achieve cabinet-free automation of machines. The modular system offers a simplified engineering phase and reduction of machine footprint and cable paths. It is UL-/CSA- and IEC-certified, so the system can be used worldwide without adjustments. The plug-and-play components mean assembly and installation can be performed by non-specialist personnel.

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