Using robotic systems in chocolate manufacturing plants can increase quality and output. Unlike employees, robots do not need to stop for lunch or other breaks.
- Swiss Chocolate manufacturer, Chocolats Halba, recently installed a new Sigpack Systems robotic system - an investment which has already been justified.
- To increase its packaging automation and further improve product quality and increase output.
- The use of robots certainly makes sense where speed is concerned, but it is difficult to depreciate the investment over a reasonable period
- Different vibratory systems and conveyer belt speeds ensure that the product is spaced along the belt.
- With LED lighting integrated into the conveyer body and a camera positioned above the belt.
- Thanks to the use of this new technology, operators can perform several, varied tasks, rather than simply feeding to the wrapper.
- The larger the number of wrapping machines that are supplied in parallel by a robot, the easier it is to justify the robot technology in economic terms
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