Robotic loading systems for packaging applications

Enhance your production line with versatile robotic loading systems, designed to handle diverse products and optimize efficiency by seamlessly integrating into existing packaging workflows for precise and gentle handling across applications.

Automates Product Handling and Packaging Tasks

MULTIVAC, a leader in packaging solutions, offers advanced robotics that redefines efficiency in product handling and packaging. These versatile robots are engineered with servo drives and innovative gripper technologies, minimizing space usage and enhancing precision. Ideal for diverse industries such as food, pharmaceutical, medical, and consumer products, they accommodate applications from handling steak cuts to blister-packed pills.

The robots seamlessly integrate with both existing and new production lines, optimizing automation through modular designs that offer customizable options in robots, grippers, belts, sensors, and vision systems. The ability to retrofit existing systems ensures scalability and future-proofing. MULTIVAC robotics can operate continuously at high speed, maintaining low energy consumption and reducing the need for manual intervention, thereby decreasing operational costs and personnel requirements.

The equipment also boasts high hygiene standards, with easy-clean features to ensure maximum availability and compliance with industry regulations. By automating tasks such as product loading, converging, and pack removal, these robots boost throughput and flexibility across production lines. With support for integrated line control, MULTIVAC’s robotics provide seamless machine operation. Overall, they represent a future-ready solution in high-demand environments requiring precision and speed.

Benefits

  • Enhances productivity by minimizing manual handling and increasing automation precision.
  • Reduces operational costs through low energy consumption and optimized resource allocation.
  • Maintains high hygiene standards with easy-to-clean designs, ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Adapts to changing production needs with modular and retrofittable options.
  • Expands production capacity with seamless integration into existing lines, improving output and flexibility.

General


Applications
Sausage and meat products,Ready meals,Alternative proteins,Snacks,Cheese,Industrial and consumer products,Fish and seafood,Medical products,Vegetables,Poultry,Pastries,Pharmaceutical products,Fresh meat,Fruit
End products
Blister-packed pills,Salmon fillets,Chicken breasts,Diced peaches,Frozen lasagna,Plant-based burger patties,Ground beef patties,Potato chips,Sliced carrots,Steak cuts,Croissants,Sterilized syringes,Packaged screws,Boxed electronic components,Cheddar cheese blocks,Tofu blocks
Steps before
Product preparation,Material handling,Product inspection,Sorting
Steps after
Packaging,Inspection,Labelling,Box/container loading
Input ingredients
products,packs,boxes,containers
Output ingredients
thermoformed packs,trays,product packs,boxes,containers
Market info
Multivac is renowned for manufacturing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in vacuum packaging equipment, thermoformers, and labeling systems, catering mainly to the food, medical, and industrial sectors, with a strong reputation for quality and technological advancement.

Technical Specifications


Automation
High flexibility,Servo-driven,Modular
Gripper Technology
Innovative,customizable
Integration Capability
Direct integration into thermoforming machines
Output
Maximum efficiency,high output
Precision
High
Space Requirement
Minimum,compact design
Retrofit Capabilities
Extensible with additional degrees of freedom
Hygiene Standard
High,easy to clean design
Energy Consumption
Low
Operating Costs
Permanently low
Pack Handling
Automatic product loading and converging
Loading Solution
Automatic box/container loading

Operating Characteristics


Automation level
Manual / PLC / SCADA
CIP/SIP
CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
Cleaning method
CIP / Manual
Energy efficiency
0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
Batch vs. continuous operation
Batch / Inline Continuous

Material Compatibility


Density/particle size
0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm

Physical Characteristics


Machine footprint
Compact
Gripper technology
Servo-driven with various options
Integration capability
Directly into machine frame
Robot types
Linear,Parallel kinematics (2D/3D)
Control panel type
Touchscreen interface

Custom Options


Control panel type
Touchscreen HMI
Integration possibilities
Direct integration with thermoforming packaging machines
Gripper technology
Various grippers available
Modular design
Sensor and vision system customization
Servo drives
High efficiency