Starting with a clean slate to build your packaging line may be easier than incrementally adding automation, but you must know your products intimately and define your wants and needs of the line — and in the future.
SOMIC Packaging, Inc. worked closely with its German counterparts to design the larger facility, ensuring the commissioning hall was air conditioned and full of natural light.
The system required conveyor elevation adjustability for any of three staggered height cases erected on a single lane system, which negated a more common stationary incline or decline conveyor approach.
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.