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Automation/Robotics

A Better Vision for Food Traceability

Ryan Guthrie

January 31, 2023

Robots with 3D vision systems can quickly identify food contamination.

Nanotec's PD6 drive on a white background

Automation/Robotics/Machine Building

PD6-EB Compact Integrated Drive Motor From Nanotec

December 6, 2022

The company released a new integrated motor with multi-turn encoder, stated to be the most powerful of its product family.

Robotics

Piab’s piCOBOT L Upgraded Vacuum Pump Unit

October 17, 2022

The company has released a new vacuum pump unit for heavier lifting and varying gripping capabilities.

Spotlight on: Robotics

New Plant Products | August 2022

August 31, 2022

See the latest robotics equipment to help processors advance their operations.

ABB survey finds U.S. businesses looking to bring production closer to home

Robotic automation and workforce upskilling also essential to return of operations

June 28, 2022

According to a survey of 1,610 executives in the U.S. and Europe, ABB says they have found that 70% of U.S. businesses are planning changes in their operations, with 37% planning to bring production back home and 33% looking to nearshore and shift their operations to a closer location.

Tomra Food Kete 16 robotic packing machine for punnets and clamshells

Tomra Food introduces robotic packing machine for punnets and clamshells

May 19, 2022

Keye16 automates the process of placing punnets and clamshells into cases, trays, boxes and crates.

Automation, especially on the packaging and material handling side of an operation can assume a lot of jobs that are boring and tiring

Automation Trends

Automation and food processing today: It's about labor

Food processors have found labor scarce, difficult to retain and in need of ongoing training; automation can help

Wayne Labs

May 16, 2022

Processors are turning to automation to fill jobs where people are unavailable.

Product Focus: Energy Management

YASKAWA MOTOMAN Cobots

March 10, 2022

HC10DTP and HC20DTP collaborative robots enrich the company’s HC-series line. Hand-guided programming allows users to direct teach points without a pendant, and an ISO standard tool flange and electrical connections facilitate a plug-and-play approach.

Field Reports

Robotic solution lightens the load at dessert topping wholesaler

When Hanan Products needed a way to alleviate the stress on their employees from lifting, they turned to K2 Kinetics for a robotics solution.

Sharon Spielman

February 14, 2022

Although a national, downward trend in sales is happening in many sectors, Hanan Products, a 75-year-old, third-generation wholesaler in the whipped topping, icing and dessert-filling sector—and the original creator of Tasty Whip—has seen an increase in sales.

Product Focus: Focus: Motors, Drives, Bearings

Palletizing robot

Yaskawa America Inc.

January 7, 2022

Designed to be efficient and flexible, the five-axis PL80 robot is suitable for a range of palletizing applications, order picking and other logistical tasks for end-of-line or distribution automation.