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End-of-line automation handles dairy tubs with care

Six robots on a new packaging line at Czech dairy Choceňská mlékárna quickly and gently case-pack and palletize tubs of product at 20,000/hr.

A SCARA robot picks six tubs of dairy product from a conveyor and places them into a corrugated tray.
A SCARA robot picks six tubs of dairy product from a conveyor and places them into a corrugated tray.

In Choceň, a town 100 miles east of Prague in the Czech Republic, 90-year-old dairy Choceňská mlékárna produces spreads, yoghurt, and curd cheese to the highest quality standards. Last year, looking for reliable production for 20,000 tubs/hr of a Czech dairy favorite, it decided to go the high-volume automation route, installing a new packaging line with end-of-line robotic equipment from Stäubli.

Says Josef Brokeš, Technical Director at Choceňská mlékárna, “Even though cheaper solutions were available, we decided to equip the entire line with Stäubli robots. For us, Stäubli sets the standard in food production, and we weren’t prepared to settle for a second-best solution.”

The company commissioned TMT spol with planning and implementation of the line. The systems integrator assembled the complete system at its production site near Chrudim, Czech Republic, testing and optimizing each station down to the last detail. Any potential disruption to existing production at the plant had to be minimized, as loss of output would be very costly.

After successful precommissioning, TMT set about installing the line at Choceňská mlékárna in record time. Says Brokeš, “The specifications were extremely demanding. In order to maintain a continuous supply of these popular products to retailers, a target was set of resuming production within a maximum of two days. We were able to sign off the complete job in under a month. During the period of ongoing plant conversion, certain sections were automated, while others were still human operated.”

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