Applications · Packing

A packing robot for the station with the highest churn.

Arrange the product, place it in the carton and leave it ready to close: repetitive standing work at the pace of production. It is usually the station with the highest churn. Robotized, it stops depending on how many people showed up that day.

The application

Packing stations

Arranging and boxing at the end of the line: ordering the product, placing it in the carton and leaving it ready to close. It is repetitive standing work paced by production, and it is usually the station with the highest churn. Robotized, the station stops depending on how many people showed up that day.

  • What we measure: cartons per hour, units per carton and packing pattern.
  • Where it shows up: end of line in food, beverage and consumer goods.
  • Typical equipment: medium-payload arm with a multi-part end effector.
  • A good sign: few carton formats and a defined packing pattern.
  • Logtix monitoring included in the fee: the cell is watched from our control centre.
Robot arm arranging wrapped packs inside a corrugated case at the end of the line.
Before the visit

When a robotic packing station fits

These are the signals we measure during the technical visit. If your operation ticks most of them, the task probably fits.

  • Few carton formats

    Defined formats that change by recipe. Unpredictable casing is still people's work.

  • A defined packing pattern

    How many units per carton and in what order. If the pattern exists, it can be programmed; if it changes daily, it does not fit.

  • Paced by the line

    Constant cartons per hour at the end of the line: the pace that is hardest to cover with high churn.

  • Where it shows up

    End of line in food, beverage and consumer goods, usually next to palletizing.

Frequently asked

What people ask about this application

Can casing be robotized if we run several carton formats?
Yes, if the formats are defined: each one is programmed as a recipe — units per carton, packing pattern — and changeover is a selection. What does not fit is a new format every week; we review that with numbers at the assessment.
What do you measure at the technical visit for a packing station?
Cartons per hour, units per carton, packing pattern, formats and the room available at the end of the line. With that we size the arm and the multi-part end effector, and we leave with a clear answer on fit.
Next step

How many people churn through your packing station?

Book an assessment. We measure the station in your plant and tell you whether robotic packing fits.