Benefits of Using Packaging Robots

In the food/​beverage indus­try, the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try, and oth­er major man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­tries, the ben­e­fits of pack­ag­ing robots are becom­ing more appar­ent. When a robot­ic arm can put in as many as 70,000 work­ing hours before expe­ri­enc­ing a mechan­i­cal fail­ure, the com­pa­ny is reap­ing the benefit.

Pack­ag­ing robots reduce labor and safe­ty costs while increas­ing through­put. Robots work at a high speed, thus increas­ing pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and out­put. They allow the removal of a load­ing fun­nel that slows through­put. Robots are also pre­cise and flex­i­ble, two char­ac­ter­is­tics that con­tribute to their cost-sav­ings rep­u­ta­tion. The need for addi­tion­al work and dou­ble-check­ing is elim­i­nat­ed. Fur­ther, the use of robots allows the man­u­fac­tur­er to do with­out addi­tion­al mechan­i­cal load­ers and their main­te­nance. Instead, a sin­gle robot can per­form pack­ag­ing col­la­tion, lay­er inser­tion, pal­leti­za­tion, case pack­ing and tipping.

Pack­ag­ing robots reduce dam­age to prod­ucts. Their pre­cise move­ments elim­i­nate scratch­ing or oth­er­wise dam­ag­ing the sur­face of prod­ucts. In the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try, robots help avoid con­t­a­m­i­na­tion. The com­pa­ny can be assured that pack­ag­ing robots will get their prod­ucts to their cus­tomers in pris­tine condition. 

Robots are reli­able. They are more accu­rate than their human coun­ter­parts, and decrease instances of faulty pack­ag­ing. 6‑axis robots can repli­cate arm and hand move­ments iden­ti­cal­ly for greater accu­ra­cy to opti­mize case sizes as well. 

The flex­i­ble nature of robots con­tributes to their effi­cien­cy. They can sus­tain their work in unfa­vor­able con­di­tions for humans. The tem­per­a­ture doesn’t mat­ter to robots, and they won’t be affect­ed by fumes or dust. They can avoid obsta­cles that oth­er mechan­i­cal sys­tems can’t. They save space with their small foot­print, and can be mount­ed in a vari­ety of ways. Final­ly, robots allow greater flex­i­bil­i­ty to accom­mo­date indus­try trends. Robots are able to rebuild a line in a cheap­er way if the indus­try needs change.

Low­er­ing costs, increas­ing accu­ra­cy, and avoid­ing prod­uct dam­age are sig­nif­i­cant ways that pack­ag­ing robots are ben­e­fi­cial to a man­u­fac­tur­er. The easy-to-use, flex­i­ble pack­ag­ing robot is a wise choice for pack­ag­ing needs. Robots​.com rep­re­sen­ta­tives can help you cus­tomize the right pack­ag­ing robot for your facil­i­ty that would add the most ben­e­fit. Con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.