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Automation

ABB to offer digital services free of charge due to COVID-19 pandemic

Services offered for free until the end of the year

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

March 27, 2020

Beginning Friday, March 27, ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business will make key software services available free of charge to its customers until Dec. 31, 2020. Among the services included are condition monitoring and diagnostics, asset management software and remote troubleshooting and monitoring of production lines for the delivery of important supplies.

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Collaborative robots

March 17, 2020

CRX-10iA and CRX-10iA/L (long arm version) collaborative robots can handle products from 4-35 kg.

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Modular packaging equipment

March 16, 2020

The company offers eight standardized system components combined into a robot-supported packaging system using the modular principle for the packaging of snack products.

Cimcorp MultiPick robotic material handling

Field Report

Bakery improves fulfillment time by automating headquarters warehouse

The bakery also reduced space utilization by 50 percent and decreased labor by 30 percent

Wayne Labs

January 30, 2020

Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe Inc. finds the summer season really good for business—except mostly manual practices in the warehouse put a real crimp on the way the company would really like to handle the distribution side of its supply chain.

Robotics

Palletizing cobots handle tea, ease workload

Nestlé needed a robust, precise and user-friendly cobotic solution—one that could handle pallet stability.

Wayne Labs

December 17, 2019

Nestlé Suisse SA in Orbe, Switzerland, a facility producing tea in capsules under the well-known brand of Special.T, was in a bind as it looked for a cobotic palletizing solution. Not only was accurate placement of cartons necessary, the robots had to work safely among people.

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Integrated or standalone heater cooler

December 16, 2019

Hamilton Co.’s Heater Cooler (HHC) automates the heating and cooling of microplates with an ANSI/SLAS footprint.

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Industrial-grade 2D camera

December 16, 2019

EventCam is designed for the detection and analysis of sporadic errors in industrial processes.

Tech Update

Why be liable for workplace injuries if robots can do the job safely, efficiently?

Wayne Labs

November 22, 2019

Robots in picking, packing and palletizing applications have performed some new feats—thanks to clever system integrators who have given them sensitive touch, better grips and keen vision.

Pack Expo

Pack Expo Preview: Tackling common robotics concerns

Sean Riley

September 15, 2019

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up much of the food industry, have been hesitant to invest in robotics solutions. However, there are many reasons for companies to reconsider.

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Robotic packaging systems from JLS Automation

June 4, 2019

The JLS Talon robotic pick-and-place system and Osprey robotic case packers have open, hygienic, stainless steel frames with minimal horizontal surfaces and sloped control boxes.