Food Processors, Packagers Have a Growing Taste for Robotics

Nine out of 10 food processing and packaging companies are using robots now, but lower-cost collaborative robots are expected to drive adoption even further, according to PMMI Business Intelligence.

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机器人在食品和饮料行业中已经很普遍,在10个食品加工和包装公司中,有9个使用它们。2017 Evolution of Automation, a report from PMMI Business Intelligence.

报告的详细信息,尤其是当成本下降时,协作机器人(柯机器人)可能会提高采用率的详细信息。OEM说:“合作机器人的投资回报率现在要好得多三倍。”“并且使用将继续增加,取代低级操作或简单的人类任务。”

该研究说,增加对机器人技术的依赖的原因之一可能与以下事实有关,即人为错误仍然是停机时间的最常见原因,并且还可能导致产品质量不可靠。

机器人被用于各种位置,并且可能会继续渗透到工厂的各个区域。一位大型食品工厂的一位设计工程师指出:“机器人技术主要用于案例包装。”“但是将来,随着冲洗功能的提高,它将增加线路。”

Robots are being used at the front end of the line for direct product handling like filling, dosing and pick and place, according to 40 percent of those interviewed for the study. A quarter of the respondents predict more use in product handling, such as cutting, coating and feeding; and 13 percent cited front-of-line use for depalletizing. End of line will see growth in both palletizing and secondary packing such as tray packers, cartoning and case packaging.

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