There is growing interest in consolidating palletizing/stretch wrapping operations closer to the shipping dock or warehouse facility in order to free up space for additional packaging capacity. Running multiple conveyors to a single palletizer/stretch wrapping operation not only adds valuable real estate for expanding packaging operations, but also offers these advantages: Minimizes the number of […]
Robotic Palletizing
Robots Palletize 4 Production Lines in Multi-Line Robotic Palletizing System
This multi-line robotic palletizing system includes four production lines that are palletized by three FANUC Palletizing Robots in two separate robot cells. In this, the first of the two cells, a FANUC M-410iB palletizing robot is used to palletize from two of the four production lines. Cases are fed to the palletizing area on a […]
Robotic palletizing proves successful for Nephron
Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a global leader in the manufacture of generic respiratory medications. All of its products are manufactured in the U.S., and are supplied to retail pharmacies, hospitals, home care companies, long-term care facilities, mail-order pharmacies, and various other customers worldwide. One of the Orlando, FL-based company’s leading products is an Albuterol Sulfate […]
Don’t Blame the Robot (Part 2) – Get a GRIP!
The beginning and end of this food plant’s palletizing problem is similar to the experience of the meat plant in Part 1 of Don’t Blame the Robot. The original supplier of a robotic palletizing system went out of business. The plant invited two other robotic integrators to service and troubleshoot the cell, but both were […]
Don’t Blame the Robot (Part 1)– What’s Inside Counts
A meat product producer invested in a robotic packaging system to palletize 40 lb. cases. While visiting the plant, a Brenton sales person noticed that the vacuum tool on the system was consistently dropping the cases. The operations manager mentioned that the problem was chronic and had started within the past couple months. Unfortunately, the […]