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Robotics Special Report: Mass Customization Demands Flexibility

A growing omnichannel environment requires that CPGs have the flexibility to produce a range of package sizes and styles. Automation provides that capability.

For Consumer Packaged Goods producers today, remaining competitive means boosting efficiencies and cutting costs, while at the same time producing the increasing number of SKUs needed for the growing omnichannel environment. Mass customization demands that packagers be able to produce a range of package formats and sizes quickly and cost efficiently. Packaging automation that provides that flexibility through easy programming and fast changeover is therefore highly desirable.

Designed for flexibility, Epson Robot’s new IntelliFlex 530 feeding system has a feeder size that can accommodate parts from 30 to 150 mm.Designed for flexibility, Epson Robot’s new IntelliFlex 530 feeding system has a feeder size that can accommodate parts from 30 to 150 mm.The new BluePrint Automation (BPA) robotic case packer, the Spider 200i, is specifically engineered to enable CPGs in the snack industry to service different supply channels, including Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and Centralized Distribution (CD), from the same line. The Spider 200i uses a multi-axis robot to pick snack bags on-the-fly and vertically case pack them into a cassette that forms a vertical pack pattern.

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