Material Handling Projects
Food and beverage is another industry that has required the help of Alliance Automation’s flexible automation products. The increased demand that each company faces is unique and every automation project must scale with the company as they grow. Automation projects in this industry focus on achieving technology goals across many processes and stages. Producing high-quality products at a high volume while keeping costs and human contact with food down are key challenges. Automation equipment is integrated into packaging, material handling, quality control standard inspection systems, and palletizing.
Automated Stack-Off Lines
Food and Beverage Industry
The Project
This once manual and repetitive process was transformed into an intelligent palletizing project that accepts packed and sealed cases from the weigh system. Here, the information is feed to the company database and a label is produced and placed on the case. Pass/fail procedures ensure the right information and boxes get added to the pallet and packing list. When the accumulation zone is full, the robots pick up cases and follow the preset stacking configuration until the pallet is full. A full pallet is then sent to the packout conveyor where it is feed to the stretch wrapper then onto unload conveyor. The complete automation project increases efficiency, improves ergonomics and saves time for material handlers.
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Case Packing System
Food and Beverage Industry
The Project
A reduction in the number of operators used to pack trays into empty boxes had to be reduced to keep pace with rising costs. The automated case packer provided a solution to this manufacturing challenge. Alliance Automation reworked the existing conveyor system to feed the case packer with empty boxes and exit filled cases out to the existing line. This project was successful in cutting down on labor costs, making use of existing conveyor systems, and increasing the throughput rate.
Robotic Palletizing Cell
Food and Beverage Industry
The Project
This project was part of a long term, multiple phase strategic engineering plan to identify where to cut down on labor costs, make palletizing ergonomic and safer for employees, and centrally locate the palletizing area. Before this cell, operators would stand at the end of 7 production lines and manually palletize boxes on pallets. This setup removed 5 operators from the process and stationed 2 operators at the centrally located palletizing cell. The company received a cost-effective solution, gained a long-term automation partner, and the maintenance staff was trained to reduce down time on new equipment.
Food and Beverage Automation Opportunity Areas:
- Case packers
- Cartoners
- Sleevers
- Palletizers
- Primary packaging
- Secondary packaging
- Mechanical palletizing
- Robotic palletizing
- Traceability
- Metal detectors and X-ray inspection
- Seal inspection and seal checkers
- Scales and checkweighers
- Labeling
- Form fill seal (vertical and horizontal)
- Conveyance
- Dispensing
Companies need a partner they can trust to install robotics, vision, laser inspection, sensors, and part testing into their production lines. Whether it is a fully automated line or specific tasks, automated equipment is ideal for completing repetitive tasks like moving parts across stations, applying sealants, and joining materials.
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Is Food and Beverage Automation Right for your Business?
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Is your current manufacturing process struggling to meet quality standards?
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Do you have a new product or change to a product that needs added to your production process?
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Is it time for your company to bid for new business opportunities and gain assistance?
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Have you struggled with labor requirements for production?
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Are your current customers requesting new functions or testing to be integrated into production?
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