PACKAGING Emerson Solution Extends Leak Testing Analyzer’s Valve Life RESULTS • Achieved more than seven times greater operating life • Cut maintenance and valve replacement costs • Dramatically reduced downtime • Provided better production quality and smoother work flo w APPLICATION Leak-test analyzers CUSTOMER Large container manufacturer CHALLENGE A leading packaging manufacturer produces approximately 1.6 billion plastic containers a year for a major coffee brand. The pneumatic valves in the company’s leak-testing analyzers could not withstand the equipment’s 10-million-cycles-per-month operating rate and needed to be replaced every two months. The abnormally high replacement rate, plus associated downtime, were driving up cost and disrupting production schedules. The com

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