Related video: A simple tooling and recipe change converts lines from cans to bottles
Value in a capital project includes flexibility and future-proofing in
any scenario, but even more so to a small business like a
microbrewery. This is where Nuspark packaging systems really shine.
The company takes turnkey responsibility for two entire case packing
lines, one for cans and one for bottles. They begin with single file
lines from the bottling and canning operations. Then they are split
into 4 lines and staged into 4 x 6 groups for robotic picking and
packing.
It’s a simple recipe change for the system to go from 4 6-packs to 2
12-packs to one 24 count case at a rate of 200 bottles/cans per minute.
And while two separate lines handle bottles and cans, a simple tooling
and recipe change will convert either line to either format. Can
height is varied by recipe change as well.
The tooling is the only difference between the two lines, with bladder
type grippers for bottles and specially formulated vacuum pickup heads
for cans.
Nuspark has adapted Schneider Electric/ELAU packaging automation and
delta robot arms to a variety of uses now – from tray packing
components to case packing cosmetics to infeeds to dual arm robots to
this demanding, heavy payload application.
They’ve combined off-the-shelf mechanics with their knowledge of
packaging handling and systems integration for solutions that are fast,
compact and easily supported.
About Schneider Electric’s ELAU Packaging Solutions
Schneider Electric’s ELAU Packaging Solutions is the only automaton
supplier in the world exclusively focused on the packaging machinery.
They offer the only automation system purpose-built for the packaging
industry.
Through ELAU, Schneider Electric equips over $1 billion worth of the
world’s best machines annually, with over 45,000 systems already
deployed in packaging machinery worldwide.
The market demands packaging operations that are more flexible and
efficient to fulfill marketing, supply chain and global business
strategies. Schneider Electric innovations have enabled a revolution
in mechanical, software and hardware modularity to deliver these agile
packaging systems.
