22 August 2025
The UK’s leading supplier of automated end-of-line packing solutions will launch its latest operating system, which features several innovative online features, at this year’s PPMA Total Show.
Visitors to PACE Mechanical Handling’s stand (C50) at the NEC on 23rd – 25th September will be able to get hands-on with the company’s new HMI machine control system, which provides easy access user manuals, maintenance instructions and online ordering of parts and services via a smartphone.
All of the documentation and functionality in the new HMI is accessed via QR codes, which can be scanned by both Apple and Android devices.
“We believe this is a first for end-of-line robotic and automated packing and palletising machines,” says Nick Cesare, managing director at PACE. “I’ve certainly not heard of any other manufacturer incorporating such easy-to-use and informative documentation in their machines.
“At the moment, the functionality is present in our CBC sack placer and stitcher, but will be available across our full range of end-of-line equipment within the next six months.
“Users of PACE solutions will then be able to access user manuals, find maintenance instructions for all of the components and parts that can be serviced without specialist skills and order a service through their mobile phones. We think this will make a real difference to the user experience, saving them a lot of time.”
In addition to enhancing the functionality of PACE’s established machines, including the Gemini twin-head weigher, Orion Weigher, and Orion Weigher and sack placer, Nick and his team are developing the functionality for the company’s latest addition, the PacePal collaborative robot.
Launched at the PPMA Total Show last year, the PacePal collaborative robot is designed to work near people, handling cartons and cardboard boxes, without needing to be placed within a cage or behind a guard.
The PacePal CoBot, which has a 20kg load capacity, 1300mm reach, and packs up to 15 cartons per minute, is competitively priced, with models available for as little as £78,000.
To learn more about PACE Mechanical Handling, its new HMI machine control system and its range of automated solutions, visit stand G14 at the PPMA Total Show or email sales@robotpalletizing.co.uk.
