Customer Applications

Automatic Depalletizing for Mixed Case Stacks Application: Automatically unload pallets of mixed cases Speed: 5-6 cases per minute ROI Justification: Replacing labor and reducing ergonomic injuries on a fully-manual portion of the customer’s line Unique Challenges: Vision system lighting interferences (case contrast & discoloration) Important to Customer: Completing daily volume of 6,500 cases per day […]

Random product handling & vertical packing for pouches Application: A dedicated co-packing line for bagged snack products Speed: 180 products per minute ROI Justification: Reaching committed packaging volumes for their customer Unique Challenges: Achieving high rates of speed within a limited footprint, and handling randomly-oriented products and re-orienting them vertically into cases Important to Customer:

Automated Top Loading for Randomly-Oriented, Easily-Damaged Products Application: A dedicated packing line for trays of frozen rolls  Speed: 68-88 products per minute depending on dual or single stack pattern ROI Justification: Achieving contracted production volumes for a leading fast-food chain Unique Challenges: Handling a randomly-oriented, easily-damaged product Important to Customer: Product integrity, line reliability, and

Compact Automated Pack and Palletizing Cell Loading Flexible Bags into Cases or Totes Application: Automation of the complete end-of-line packaging process for a new line of bagged pesticides into RSC cases and display style pallet size totes Speed: 36 products per minute, 7 different product, pack and pallet/gaylord configurations ROI Justification: Minimize labor usage for

Bag Loading Application Application: Loading 2x 8lb bags of powdered building products into a case Speed: 16 bags/min with capacity for 20 ROI Justification: Replacement of  6 workers (3 shifts with each 2 workers) and avoidance of 6 more workers to double the output speed Unique challenges: Highly dusty environment What was important to customer:

Flexible case packing for loose & bundled tubes of personal lubricant Application: Loading tubes of individual and bundled personal lubricant into RSCs  Speed: 120 tubes per minute/73 bundles per minute ROI Justification: Overcoming the staffing challenges of keeping (4) workers devoted to the line with a 3-year payback Unique Challenges: Accommodating a range of product

Loading and Unloading of Seafood Pouches into a Retort Tray System Application: Loading pouches of seafood into trays in preparation for the retort process, followed by unloading of the sterilized product, the system includes tray handling Speed: 25 pouches per minute ROI Justification: Lack of available labor and elimination of unproductive operator wait times Unique

Automatic Row Palletizing of Heavy RSC Cases Application: Palletizing RSC cases weighing up to 36lbs, including automatic pallet and slip sheet dispensing, 3 different case and pallet configurations Speed: 20 cases per minute steady state with surges up to 30 cpm ROI Justification: Automation of a new line using robotics as much as possible to

Automatic Case Packing of Cartons of Snack Cakes Application: Deploying reconfigured cases and pack patterns to improve pallet space utilization. The project replaces three 7yr old Pearson case packers with new RTL-MX models. Speed: 30-66 products per minute, 4 different product and pack configurations ROI Justification: The reconfigured cases increased pallet space utilization by 14%.

Case Packing of Flow-Wrapped Wafer Cookies Application: Loading several layers of multiple flow-wrapped tubes of round wafers into a case, separated by layer sheets Speed: 30-120 products per minute, 15-40 products per case, 7 different product and pack pattern variations ROI Justification: Lack of available labor that reliably shows up to work leads to unanticipated