MYTH: Highly automated lines can be operated by any man on the street.

MYTH: Energy costs only make up a small percentage of the total production costs.

TRUTH: Short reaction times and fast troubleshooting are crucial to the availability of a filling line. Well trained personnel is needed here.

TRUTH: Due to the constant rise in energy prices this percentage will increase disproportionately in the future.

MYTH: Investment costs constitute the biggest portion in the procurement of a system.

MYTH: Service contracts don’t pay off.

TRUTH: Throughout the entire life cycle of a filling line day-to-day operating costs account for at least 90% of the total operating costs.

TRUTH: With fixed monthly costs and a system which is always well serviced, a service contract protects operators from unpleasant surprises and gives them the highest possible technical efficiency.

TRUTH: Packaging is vital for sales success and materials cost about 80% of the TCO.

TRUTH: OEE can be positively influenced by careful planning of changeovers to other products on the filling line using a make-to-stock strategy.

MYTH: Consumables only serve to package the product.

MYTH: The best planning strategy for filling is first in, first out.

Your contact on this topic

Christian Wopen
Press and Public Relations

Phone: +49 251 62 55 61 21
Email: wopen@sputnik-agentur.de