New high speed overhead orienter from A-B-C Packaging
Machine Corp. accepts product for palletizing and turns it 90˚, 180˚, or 270˚.
The orienter can turn bags to form pallets with “butts-out” bag orientation,
and rotate cases and trays for pallets requiring specific panel orientation.
Servo-powered for smooth handling and reliable operation, the mechanism quickly
and gently grips and rotates the product to the proper position during high
speed product accumulation.
A-B-C Packaging
800/237-5975
www.abcpackaging.com
American Conveyor Corporation has developed the ISC incline conveyor for
dairies that require a conveyor that can move large blocks of or wheels of
cheese up steep inclines without slippage. The ISC was originally designed for
moving 60-lb-plus blocks of butter. This ruggedly engineered, all-stainless and
UHMW (ultrahigh molecular weight) polyethylene, sanitary grade conveyor with
swing and lift rails and drip pans completely disassembles and reassembles in
less than 15 minutes, making wash downs fast and easy.
American Conveyor
508/278-0033
www.americanconveyor.net
Cannon Equipment, is a leading design, engineering and manufacturing
organization in the U.S. that designs in-plant dairy systems and transportation
configurations for over-the-road and in-stock delivery.
These systems include:
- Stacks of cases for delivery on two-wheel handcarts
- Cases stacked on forkliftable pallets
- Case product that rolls on wheeled dollies
- Rolling carts for transporting high-volume products
Cannon also develops specific component equipment and systems for:
- Receiving and washing empty cases, carts, or dollies
- Bottle, carton, and case conveyance (overhead and in-floor
systems)
- Filling and packaging lines from casing to
palletizing.
Cannon Equipment
800/825-8501
www.cannonequipment.com
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As
a manufacturer of Fanuc robotic solutions, Delkor provides a full range of
robotic packaging solutions, from the picking of the raw product, to the
loading of the carton or case, and finally, robotic palletizing of the package.
Features of the Delkor robotic automation line include complete layout, design,
integration, and set up at Delkor before shipment. Proven end-of-arm tool is
designed to handle corrugate and shrink film for product pick up.
Delkor Systems
800/328-5558
www.delkorsystems.com
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Deville Technologies engineers and manufactures conveyors
specifically designed to reduce cheese loss. These conveyors have numerous
features to optimize sanitation and product flow. Heavy gauge rounded tubular
framing, stainless steel washdown duty drum motors and variable speed drive.
Hoppers, pans and side rails are quick release for easy cleaning. The
thermoplastic belts are self-aligning, removable without any tools and
available in a positive drive configuration. Dual-position belt scrapers allow
scrapings to be included or excluded from the final product.
Deville Technologies
866/404-4545
www.devilletechnologies.com
Dyco’s palletizing systems have been integrated with Kuka robotics to provide
increased flexibility to simultaneously palletize multiple lines with different
product packages, while retaining the adaptability to program for future
products and packages. The Kuka palletizing robot is provided with PalletTech
software, providing total palletizing control from a single operator’s screen.
Dyco Inc.
800/545-3926
www.dyco-inc.com
Lantech’s new Q-300XT Plus stretch wrapping system allows the fork truck
operator to drive up, position the pallet on the turntable, start the machine
with a lanyard switch, and drive away. The wrapping machine automatically attaches
the film for the start of wrapping, and cuts the film at the end, eliminating
the need for the fork truck driver to dismount and handle these operations.
Available with a Simple Automation option.
Lantech
800/866-0322
www.lantech.com
The Hi-Speed CM6900 is designed for checkweighing unwrapped blocks of cheese
utilizing dovetailed o-ring belts for smooth product transfers. The IP69K
Mettler Toledo electromagnetic force restoration weigh cell delivers
unparalleled accuracy minimizing product giveaway. Open frame construction with
tool free conveyor removal makes cleaning, sanitation, and maintenance fast and
easy. The 15” color touch screen user interface with intuitive navigation
delivers quick product changeovers and production monitoring at-a-glance.
Hi-Speed/Mettler Toledo
www.mt.com/hi-Speed
OK International Group manufactures a complete line of stainless steel sanitary
conveyors, automatic box filling systems, custom product handling and
automation equipment, all designed to exact specifications. OKI manufactures
stainless steel conveyors, which utilize belts made of fabric, plastic or
stainless steel wire. All belts are
USDA and FDA approved. These value-added systems provide increased productivity
and decreased manufacturing costs.
OK International
508/303-8267
www.okcorp.com
PIAB, a global leader in industrial vacuum technology, offers its complete line
of C-Series vacuum conveyors for powder and bulk applications. The C-Series of
conveyors are ideal for conveying starches, powders and other dry ingredients
that are typically used in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical
industries. Powered by the company’s
highly regarded pneumatically driven vacuum pumps, these systems safely and
quietly transport up to 10-15 tons/hour of material in virtually any
manufacturing or processing environment.
PIAB Inc.
www.piab.com
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co., has introduced the Schneider Bag Palletizer,
available for single and multiple line systems. Designed for heavy or industrial sized bags of
product, Schneider’s state-of-the-art Bag Palletizer is ideal for applications
where consistent throughput and well packed unit loads are essential.
Controlled motion assures smooth and dependable product flow, increases line
throughput and reduces product damage typically associated with manual handling
while eliminating the risk of back injuries linked to manual palletizing.
Schneider is an authorized Fanuc systems integrator.
Schneider Packaging
315/676-3035
www.schneiderequip.com
Rugged best describes Westfalia’s entire line of pallet conveying equipment.
For over 30 years, Westfalia has provided customers with heavy-duty pallet
conveying systems, most of which are still in use today. The company offer both
fixed direction conveyors, and change of direction units. Both types offer
reliable, innovative pallet handling that will transport and accumulate pallets
smoothly. Westfalia designers can customize pallet handling conveyor heights,
widths, and speeds to best fit your needs.
Westfalia Technologies
717/764-1115
www.westfaliausa.com
New England Dairy Automates Palletizing Operations
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Guida’s
Milk & Ice Cream of New Britain, Conn., is one of the largest independent
dairies in New England. Since 1886 Guida’s has had the reputation of supplying
the finest products and service to its large customer base. Guida’s produces a
full line of dairy products, ice cream mixes, fruit juices, fruit drinks and
water.
Until recently the dairy’s production line ended with manual palletizing of its
8 oz to 1 gallon milk products. Employees were required to do the physically
demanding and potentially dangerous work. The company needed a solution that
would increase efficiency and speed of the operation and provide a safer
working environment for employees, so it turned to its partner Dyco, Inc. to
develop a solution.
Dyco had recently developed a new palletizing system using robotics and after
evaluating the dairy’s operations suggested a fully automated palletizing
system using a Kuka Robotics’ Kuka KR
180 PA robot.
The new automated system is being used to palletize two lines of milk products.
Depending on production demands, the Kuka KR 180 PA robot runs from 12 to16
hours per day six days a week, making the dairy more productive and efficient.
Additionally, the new system has allowed Guida to free two employees that are
now assigned to less physical and more intellectually demanding projects
elsewhere in the dairy. This increases job satisfaction and safety for the
employees while increasing production speed and accuracy for the company.
Dyco, Inc.
www.dyco-inc.com
Guida Dairy
www.supercow.com
