Two RollBot depanning robots from ABB Flexible Automation serve up sweet savings for Awrey's Bakeries in Detroit, MI. The robots transfer three-, four- and five-inch-diameter sweet rolls from baking pans onto an icing line, and pay for themselves in faster production, less waste and lower maintenance, according to Dave DePoy, Awrey's project manager in charge of the system's installation.
Awrey's previously counted on a 20-year-old pick-and-place unit depanning approximately 18 pans of sweet rolls a minute. "We needed something faster," says DePoy. "Plus, we were experiencing up to six percent product damage, and machine maintenance took nearly 40 hours a week."