Line 70 Palletizer In the photos to the left, the palletizer for line 70 is shown. This machine will stack the large cereal cases into a pallet formation, put a WIMS tag on the pallet, and shrink wrap it. This unit is among the largest ones we have and
starts in the production room, and extends into the warehouse. Also pictured is the casepacker for line 70. This unit vertically stacks the cartons of ceral then pushes them into a case, glues them shut, and puts a code date on the case. This is also a larger footprint item.
Massman Timing Gate Pictured to the left is a Massman Timing Gate or a pouch placer. The concept is fairly simple in that pouched product enters on the top and there are three gates that open and close. They open based on the signal from the cartoner and will drop a single pouch into the bucket to be cartooned.
Line 72 Pouch Placer Pictured to the right is the pouch placer on line 72. The concept is very unique and there are no other machines like it in the world. It is truly a one off a kind. The concept here is that cheese pouches are delivered to the unit via conveyor belt. The red glow seen inside of the machine is a vision camera
that sees the pouch location and orientation. The unit then tells the two robots where to go and how to pick up the cheese pouch. Then it inserts the cheese pouch into the cup. This is an example of a very small footprint piece of automation.
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