RM Group were presented the challenge of developing a high speed handling solution to arrange a variety of bakery products into various pack ready formats. The remit, to “dramatically and reliably increase production handling capability and maintain very high quality standards”, came to us from Village Bakery Group, the well regarded Welsh baker.
In order to achieve the prerequisite speed and accuracy we immediately turned to our partner in automation, ABB Robotics and their Flex-Picker robots. Known for their speed capability and accuracy.
Having reviewed various layout options with the customer, we arrived at a 10 robot system, split into two banks of five, ABB Flex-Picker IRB360’s with Pick Master 3 control. The system also incorporates six ABB high resolution vision systems, which not only take advantage of the Flex-Picker’s accuracy, but also provide a high degree of quality inspection for shape and colour. Providing the customer even more enhanced quality control.
The system; Product is conveyed away from the customers cooling conveyor and split between the two banks of five robot cells. Each robot is equipped with a Festo pick-up head which operates using the Bernoulli “non contact” principle. Product is picked and placed directly to Fuji flow wrapper infeed conveyors which have been integrated into the system along with Fuji card feeders.
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19 авг 2024
