Robotic crating and decrating solution for returnable glass bottles
Streamline your bottling line by efficiently handling both returnable glass and RefPET bottles, ensuring swift and precise packing for beverages and personal care products.

Automates Crating and Decrating Bottling Processes
The Leo Robotic Crater and Decrater from OCME is designed to optimize packaging lines by seamlessly automating the crating and decrating processes for various bottle types, including wine, spirits, and personal care products. Its motorized gripping head enables precise handling and quick changeovers for returnable and non-returnable containers, ensuring flexibility and efficiency on high-speed production lines. Capable of operating at up to 8 cycles per minute, Leo integrates easily with existing systems, offering customizable solutions for beverage producers, food manufacturers, and personal care companies. Its robust construction promotes longevity and minimal maintenance, while the optional self-adjusting head further enhances operational ease. The robotic structure allows excellent accessibility and adaptability, making it suitable for diverse industrial applications, all while reducing energy consumption with optimized motor control.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by automating crating and decrating processes.
- Reduces changeover time with quick, flexible configuration options.
- Lowers operational costs through energy-efficient motor control.
- Adapts to multiple bottle types, accommodating various production needs.
- Minimizes maintenance with a robust, accessible design.
- Applications
- Food,Beverages,Personal care,Wine,Spirits,Lubricants,Home
- End products
- Motor oil bottles,Craft beer bottles,Wine bottles,Vodka bottles,Olive oil bottles,Returnable glass soda bottles,Refpet soda bottles,Liquid detergent bottles,Reusable glass milk bottles,Whiskey bottles,Shampoo bottles
- Steps before
- Bottle Collection,Sorting,Inspection
- Steps after
- Crating,Palletizing,Warehouse Storage
- Input ingredients
- returnable glass bottles,non-returnable glass bottles,RefPET bottles,crates,cases
- Output ingredients
- secondary packaging,american carton,crates,RSC carton
- Market info
- OCME, part of Aetna Group Italy, is renowned for manufacturing innovative, high-quality packaging and material handling solutions, including filling, palletizing, and conveying systems, with a strong reputation for reliability and technological advancement in industrial sectors.
- Automation
- Robotic
- Cycle speed
- Up to 8 cycles per minute
- Container type
- Glass bottles / RefPET bottles
- Changeover
- Quick and easy
- Gripping head
- Motorized / Self-adjusting / Automatic pick-up head changeover
- Secondary packaging
- Crate / RSC Carton
- Construction
- Simple and robotic structure for excellent accessibility
- Working mechanism
- Robotic arm
- Automation level
- Automatic / Motorized
- Changeover time
- Quick and easy
- Cycle rate
- Up to 8 cycles per minute
- Crater and decrater options
- Returnable and non-returnable bottles
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container type
- Glass bottles / RefPET bottles
- Product adaptability
- Returnable and non-returnable bottles
- CE marking
- Yes
- Feed/Discharge Method
- Robotic gripping head
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Construction
- Robotic Structure
- Accessibility
- Excellent
- Grip Head Type
- Motorized or automatic pick-up
- Cycle Speed
- Up to 8 cycles per minute
- Material Compatibility
- Glass and RefPET bottles
- Secondary Packaging Method
- Crate/RSC Carton
- Control panel type
- Motorized self-adjusting head / Automatic pick-up head changeover
- Integration possibilities
- Flexible lines