Standard Machine Language Simplifies Line Integration

By John Kowal, OMAC Board Member

PackML, also identified as the ISA88 industry standard TR88.00.02, is an important software structuring methodology developed by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (Organization for Machine Automation and Control).

PackML is a simple concept that standardizes key data point acquisition across different makes of packaging machinery. It reduces the learning curve for plant personnel by providing a common look and feel. PackML is independent of the control system vendor or programming language in use.

PackML stands for the Packaging Machinery Language. It provides a standardized way to collect uniform data across machines, lines, shifts, plants, and business units. This uniformity is essential to productivity-enhancing initiatives, such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) analysis and to simplify manufacturing executing system (MES) functions. MES is a type of information technology that links business planning and shop floor control systems to deliver to manufacturing an achievable and realistic production plan.

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