PackSoft
Mission
The mission of the PackSoft Working Group is to develop programming language guidelines for packaging machinery that will: ease learning, support transportability of software across control platforms and allow continuing innovation by all parties.
By pursuing our mission we share the vision of a common programming language for packaging machinery based on internationally accepted open standards.
Objectives
Leverage the programming knowledge that currently exists in the End User community, easing the validation, maintenance and integration efforts required to support packaging equipment from multiple vendors, enhancing the productivity of End User personnel, and thereby manufacturing operations, by reducing the technology learning curve.
Make intellectual content control hardware independent, reducing the OEM re-engineering effort required to move developed applications across hardware platforms, allowing OEM’s to select a level of technology to match individual applications and/or make use of emerging technologies, delivering a targeted functionality at lowest cost through reuse of developed and off-the-shelf applications.
Allow Technology Providers and OEMs to continue to innovate, creating competitive advantages for their solutions and driving technology innovations that reduce price, increase performance and/or add new functionality.
Thorough these and the other Connect-and-Pack™ initiatives ultimately achieve hardware interoperability and code portability.
Documents
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PackAL V1.0 – Packaging Application Function Block Library
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Benefits of PackAL – A presentation from the team leader, Gerd Hoppe