A closeup of the robotic end effector and its vacuum pickup cups.
Machine Case Study
| February 1, 2013

Cartoning made simple

What used to take six operators now requires just one as Schiff Nutrition automates its cartoning operation. At 400 nutrition bars/min, the speed is pretty impressive, too.
For bottle reducers, the EOAT requires a guidepost in addition to the vacuum to ensure they do not fall off the robot head before being seated in the bottle neck.
Machine Case Study
| August 1, 2012

Liquid pharma line requires fast, flexible pick-and-place

Flexibility and fast changeover were top-of-the-list requirements for a robotic pick-and-place unit for a liquid packaging line at Actavis Mid Atlantic LLC, located in Lincolnton, NC.
Arnott
Machine Case Study
| April 10, 2011

Robotic case packers for Aussie bakery products

An innovative, custom-built solution for a case packing requirement at biscuit maker Arnott’s in Australia consists of four wraparound case packers installed simultaneously in the middle of 2010.
Machine Case Study
| May 13, 2008

Robots boost cheese productivity

Dutch cheese packager KH de Jong employs robots to depalletize, case-pack, and palletize more than 350 tons per week of Edam.
Machine Case Study
| January 11, 2008

Automated pickers boost hamburger packing efficiencies

White Castle uses robots to lower labor requirements and prevent job-related injuries.
SIX-AXIS ROBOT. The six-axis, articulated-arm robot uses several different end-of-arm grippers to handle various container size
Machine Case Study
| April 30, 2006

Workers find robotic relief

Repetitive-motion injuries are avoided and operator fatigue eliminated when a six-axis, articulated-arm, robotic case packing system is installed at US Chemical.
Precise positioning of bags is a hallmark of the robotic top-loader (above). I/O system shown below has a compact design that sa
OEM Application Note
| February 28, 2006

Robotic case packer gains from integrated controls

Positioning information is sent from one servo drive to another along an Ethernet connection, and a single controller handles logic, motion, and HMI.
Mechanical clamp tool captures a multiwall bag for loading onto a pallet at Forbes Chocolate's Cleveland plant.
Machine Case Study
| October 31, 2004

Robot takes 'load' off workers

Forbes Chocolate eliminated a production bottleneck when it replaced manual palletizing of multiwall bags with a robotic palletizer.
Front and back paper labels are applied at speeds to 220 1-gal bottles/min.
Machine Case Study
| April 30, 2003

Mott's creates downstream flexibility

On Mott’s new bottling line, aseptically filled PET bottles of juice product in four sizes can be automatically conveyed through a number of tray- or case-packing options.
Machine Case Study
| February 28, 2001

Coders save company its sweet time

Just Born’s ink-jet coders print date codes on cartons and trays of candy with minimal changeover time.
Frame-mounted 4-axis robot uses vacuum cups to assemble cases of cartoned milk three at a time.
Machine Case Study
| January 31, 2001

'Cool' robot palletizes three-up

A robot at Schroeder Milk palletizes cases from three lines in up to three different configurations at a time using specialized tooling to handle cases, pallets or slipsheets. System replaces manual palletization.