The self-contained collaborative robot (COBOT) case packer for the packing of lid and container packaging incorporates an Omron 6-axis cobot to help processors bridge a labor shortage gap in the U.S. plastics processing industry while delivering greater versatility, flexibility and productivity.
For the past almost 20 years, Pace Processing, a commercial bakery located in British Columbia, Canada has experienced consistent growth. That growth has led the company to adopt an automation strategy, but that presents its own challenges.
A German winery finds a better way to stabilize pallets for highway shipping.
Headquartered in Freyburg at the Unstrut in Saxony-Anhalt, the Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH winery has a 50 percent market share of bottled sparkling wine in Germany.
The OYSTAR A+F SetLine wraparound case packer end-of-line system packs single cups, cup sets and bottles of various shapes and sizes directly into trays or cases; it also sleeves primary packs into multi-packs prior to packing them.
Handling up to 180 products/min., the Bosch CCM 3100 case packer enables tool-less changeovers between vertical (standup) and horizontal (lay-flat) bag orientation.
The Delkor C1 1400 robotic packer integrates forming, loading and closing with a detection device that locates and discharges out-of-place packaging before it can jam the system.