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Production line ‘transformers’

Manufacturers turn to robotics and automation for increased flexibility, safety and efficiency

August 25, 2014

The need to meet the demands of the food industry, including its current and pending regulations, is driving the demand for new technologies.

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Robotic packaging solution

August 7, 2014

Engineered for placing into primary or secondary packaging, the Bosch Paloma vision-guided solution features a GD33 Delta robot in an open-frame design; the robot incorporates standard off-the-shelf drive elements and offers a payload capability up to 3kg.

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6-axis robot

February 7, 2014

Used in assembly, dispensing, material handling, machine tending and packaging applications, the Yaskawa Motoman MH12 6-axis robot features a double-yoke design that offers additional strength if the robot crashes due to a programming error.

Robotics

Is there a robot in your line’s future?

Robots aren’t all things to all people, but in the right place, they can be a big time and labor saver.

Wayne Labs

August 7, 2013

Robots can help increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), which improves a processor’s bottom line.

The bionic gripper

Kevin T. Higgins

June 8, 2012

Engineers have taken advantage of 3-D printing for rapid prototyping of tools and parts in recent years. Technicians at the German firm Festo AG & Co. are taking the technology to the next level to mass produce end-of-arm robotic attachments.

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Case packer/palletizer

March 7, 2012

Designed as a “plug-in” robotic palletizer, the Schneider Add-a-Pal unit turns a new or existing Schneider case packer into a case packer/palletizer.

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Palletizing robot

December 6, 2011

Engineered to meet the high throughput requirements in bag palletizing and end-of-line palletizing applications, the compact ABB IRB 460 palletizing robot can pick boxes from an infeed line and place them in different pallet patterns on 2 separate pallets.

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Carton/Case Loader

December 6, 2011

Equipped with 2 FANUC Robotics Delta (spider) robots for specialty cartoning, case loading, and high-speed pick and place applications, the Schneider RCCL/Spider robotic vertical carton/case loader can handle multiple products and packing combinations.

Robots speed delivery of fresh baked goods

July 1, 2011

Night time is the right time for automated DC technology.

Packaging Trends Survey: Sustainability, Flexibility Improve Despite Economic Constraints

Kevin T. Higgins

September 1, 2009

Economic constraints are impacting all operations areas, but packaging professionals aren’t suspending efforts to improve sustainability and flexibility.