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Whether you’re looking for solutions to specific challenges or wanting to deepen your overall knowledge of secondary packaging, our Learning Center is designed to give you the resources to make confident decisions about your secondary packaging systems.

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How to Read and Respond to Common K6000 Faults

Kinetix 6000 (K6000) fault codes can often be remedied with the right know-how. We’ll help you understand how to read power-ups, status lights, and fault codes, to get to the root cause of drive issues.

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Problems / Challenges

How Do I Navigate K6000 Obsolescence?

Allen-Bradley moved the Kinetix 6000 (K6000) servo drive to obsolete status, which means no new units and a used-only supply. We can help you navigate this change and offer options on how to proceed.

Aftermarket Obsolescence Risks Servo Drive

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How-To

What is the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Requirement for Packaging Equipment?

Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) is a federal safety requirement that makes sure machines are de-energized before maintenance. We’ll walk you through the eight-step procedure, explain your role, and show how it applies to the equipment you work with.

Federal Safety Requirement Hazardous Energy Lockout LOTO OSHA Safety Tagout

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Comparisons

What Is Equipment Refurbishment and When Is It Better Than Replacement?

Learn the 50% rule and a five-question framework to help you distinguish when refurbishment and when replacement makes the most economic and operational sense.

Machinery Lifecycle Obsolescence Refurbishment Repair

OEE = availability x performance x quality

Secondary Packaging 101

The Three Components of OEE: Availability, Performance, Quality (and the Six Big Losses)

Understand the three independent components of OEE and learn how to identify which one is dragging your OEE down.

Diagnostics Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Productivity

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Secondary Packaging 101

Vertical Startup: Why It Matters

Vertical startup is the achievement of stable throughput and quality within days of going live, not just the installation event. Understand the difference and how you can plan for this success.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Productivity Return on Investment (ROI) Startup Vertical Startup

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Secondary Packaging 101

Predictive vs Preventive Maintenance: How Do They Differ?

Learn how to tell which type of maintenance your high-value assets need and where traditional maintenance still makes business sense.

CMMS Equipment Reliability P-F Curve Predictive Maintenance Preventive Maintenance

Problems / Challenges

Packaging Equipment Project Timelines: Why They Range from 4 to 18 Months

Understand which dependencies are on the critical path and the cost/benefits of timeline compression so you can negotiate timelines that protect both schedules and production success.

Commissioning Startup System Integration

Secondary Packaging 101

URS, FDS, and FRS: A Buyer’s Guide to Packaging Project Specifications

Understand the roles of these three core specification documents and when each one is required so that you can save your project from FAT failures and costly rework.

Equipment Validation Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) FDS FRS Site Acceptance Test (SAT) Specifications System Integration URS

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Secondary Packaging 101

What Is a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Why Does It Matter?

Understand what a good FAT looks like so you can help protect your investment.

Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) Site Acceptance Test (SAT)

Secondary Packaging 101

What Is ‘Machine Efficiency’ and How Is It Calculated?

Learn the details of this commonly misunderstood metric so you can set realistic efficiency benchmarks for your application.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Secondary Packaging 101

What is ‘Sanitary Design’ in Packaging Equipment — and Does It Matter for Your Application?

Learn the principles of sanitary packaging design and whether your application requires sanitary equipment.

Regulations Sanitary Design Washdown

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Comparisons, Secondary Packaging 101

What’s the Difference Between a Case Packer and a Tray Packer?

Learn the essential difference between case and tray packers and when their format works best for your application.

Case Packing Secondary Packaging Tray Packing

Problems / Challenges

Factory Tested Sizes: Why Cheaper FAT Scope Often Costs More Later

Understand the value differences between a thorough FAT scope and a shallow FAT scope — and which investment costs more in the long term.

Delays Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) Pricing Startup

Problems / Challenges

Commissioning Governance for Packaging Equipment: How to Run Startup Without Chaos

Get a clear, practical guide for CPG manufacturers commissioning new packaging equipment.

Commissioning Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Startup

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Learning Center

Whether you’re looking for solutions to specific challenges or wanting to deepen your overall knowledge of secondary packaging, our Learning Center is designed to give you the resources to make confident decisions about your secondary packaging systems.

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How to Read and Respond to Common K6000 Faults

How Do I Navigate K6000 Obsolescence?

What is the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Requirement for Packaging Equipment?

What Is Equipment Refurbishment and When Is It Better Than Replacement?

The Three Components of OEE: Availability, Performance, Quality (and the Six Big Losses)

Vertical Startup: Why It Matters

Predictive vs Preventive Maintenance: How Do They Differ?

Packaging Equipment Project Timelines: Why They Range from 4 to 18 Months

URS, FDS, and FRS: A Buyer’s Guide to Packaging Project Specifications

What Is a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Why Does It Matter?

What Is ‘Machine Efficiency’ and How Is It Calculated?

What is ‘Sanitary Design’ in Packaging Equipment — and Does It Matter for Your Application?

What’s the Difference Between a Case Packer and a Tray Packer?

Factory Tested Sizes: Why Cheaper FAT Scope Often Costs More Later

Commissioning Governance for Packaging Equipment: How to Run Startup Without Chaos

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