Robot for picking and placing cookies in wrappers

Boost efficiency and flexibility in your bakery production line with vision-guided robotic systems designed to seamlessly handle varying product types and configurations, ensuring precise and high-speed packing of cookies and confectionery.

Optimizes Cookie Picking, Placing, and Packing

The Cookiebot by Royal Houdijk is a vision-guided robotic pick and place system designed for bakery producers and confectionery manufacturers. It excels in handling a diverse array of cookie types with precision and flexibility, addressing the need for efficient product qualification and disqualification. This system utilizes multiple independently operating modules, each equipped with 1 to 4 overhead robots that can be tailored with different reach capabilities. The gripper can be customized to rotate products or perform single/multi-pick executions using either vacuum/venturi or mechanical methods. The Cookiebot seamlessly integrates into existing production lines with an overall control system optimizing loading cycles to ensure high throughput and continuous high-speed operation. Built specifically for the food and bakery industries, it is engineered to withstand typical bakery conditions, supporting robust performance with easy maintenance, cleanability, and tool-less changeovers.

Benefits

  • Enhances production efficiency with flexible, tool-less changeovers between different cookie types.
  • Minimizes operational downtime with robust, 24/7 design tailored for continuous high-speed operations.
  • Maintains product quality by precisely qualifying and disqualifying products through vision-guided technology.
  • Streamlines cleaning and maintenance with a design optimized for easy access and hygiene in bakery environments.
  • Optimizes space and resource utilization with customizable module configurations suited for varying production demands.

General


Applications
Bakery products,Cookies,Confectionery,Snacks
End products
Biscuits,Soft-baked cookies,Butter cookies,Chocolate chip cookies,Chewy cookies,Shortbread,Sugar cookies,Sandwich cookies,Gingerbread,Macarons
Steps before
Product Sorting,Product Supply,Product Inspection
Steps after
Quality Control,Packing,Distribution
Input ingredients
random supply of products,different product types,different sizes,different shapes
Output ingredients
pile pack configurations,qualified products,disqualified products
Market info
Houdijk is known for designing and manufacturing advanced handling and processing equipment for the biscuit and bakery industry, specializing in automated systems to improve efficiency and maintain product quality.

Technical Specifications


Automation
Vision-guided robotic Pick,Place
Flexibility
Toolless change-overs
Gripper type
Vacuum/venturi or mechanical
Product qualification
Vision guided system
Robotic module count
1,2,or 4 overhead robots
Reach executions
Different reach options available
Rotation axis
1 additional axis for rotation
System efficiency
Overall control system
Product handling
Multipick execution
Loading cycle
Strategized by control system
Overflow system
Disqualified products overflow

Operating Characteristics


Working mechanism
Robotic Pick,Place system
Flexibility
Toolless change-overs
Product handling capability
Random supply of products
Pile pack configurations
Multiple configurations
Product qualification
Vision guided system
Disqualification management
Overflow at system end
System cleaning
Cleanability for bakery conditions
Changeover time
Toolless change-overs
Maintainability
24/7 robustness
System control
Overall control system
Loading strategy
Assures complete product loading
Module operation
Independent COOKIEBOT modules
Robot arm reach
Different reach executions
Gripper execution
Vacuum/venturi or mechanical
Product rotation
Additional axis for rotation

Material Compatibility


Cleanability
Easy to clean
Density/particle size
Variety of sizes/shapes

Physical Characteristics


Footprint
Compact for bakery conditions
Discharge method
Overflow at system end
Control panel type
Vision guided system
Changeover time
Toolless change-over
Gripper execution
Vacuum/Venturi or mechanical gripper
Gripper rotation
1 additional axis for rotation

Custom Options


Control panel type
Vision guided system
Gripper type
Vacuum/Venturi or mechanical
Multipick execution
Single or multipick
Module configuration
1,2,or 4 overhead robots
Product rotation
1 additional axis on gripper