Palletizing of dairy products KUKA Robot KR 180 PA

TINE Meieriet Øst decided to introduce greater automation in order to achieve a significant increase in palletizing capacity. The company, a subsidiary of TINE BA, Norways largest producer of dairy products, thus wanted to move away from manual palletizing downstream of a TetraPak filling machine. In addition to this, older systems were also earmarked for replacement. Another reason for greater automation was the lack of space available. The solution considered was jointedarm robots with short cycle times, long reach, repeatability, flexibility, high payload capacity and gentle handling. (R 258)