Unipaker variations make robotic crate packing as easy as 123 Brillopak has developed its award-
can only be achieved in real life on very
dual and triple robot configurations for
winning UniPAKer robotic crate packing
straightforward crate/case packing
our UniPAKer packing system – to help
platform with the introduction of single
applications such as packs of biscuits.
our customers meet their performance
and triple-head versions of the system,
It is very unlikely that any packaging
and payback objectives without making
following the success of its dual robot
automation supplier who is handling
false promises.”
cells in fresh produce applications. The
delicate or awkward products like
ability to incorporate one, two or three
flow-wrapped apples, bags of carrots
Working on the premise that most
parallel arm delta robots into a single
or tray-sealed meat would be able to
fresh produce packs – whether punnets
crate packing cell enables the design of
achieve anything close to those kinds of
of soft fruit, bags of sprouts or flow-
flexible systems that strike the optimum
speeds without damaging the product
wrapped packs of peppers – can be
balance between speed and gentle
in the process, it simply isn’t possible,”
packed into crates using a single
handling.
says Peter Newman, Technical Director
robot head at speeds of 30-40 packs
at Brillopak.
per minute, the UniPAKer can double
“Whilst delta robot heads might boast
or triple those speeds to achieve
mechanical speeds in excess of 120
He continues: “That is precisely the
a customer’s target by adding a
picks per minute, such high speeds
reason why we have developed single,
second or third robot.
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