Robotic pick and place system for bakery products

Enhance your bakery production line with advanced robotic systems that ensure efficient sorting, picking, and placing of various baked goods, maintaining high-speed operations and precision.

Picks, Places, and Loads Bakery Products

The COOKIEBOT from Royal Houdijk revolutionizes bakery production with its vision-guided, flexible robotic Pick & Place system. Uniquely designed for the bakery sector, it efficiently handles a variety of baked goods, including cookies, croissants, and doughnuts. This system features a multi-robot setup, each equipped to operate in three axes for precise positioning, with grippers customizable for vacuum or mechanical handling. It supports high-speed continuous operations by employing an advanced vision system for accurate product inspection and sorting, ensuring only qualified items proceed to packaging. Tailored for seamless integration with existing packaging lines, COOKIEBOT reduces downtime with effortless tool-less changeovers between product types and sizes. Built to withstand 24/7 bakery environments, it emphasizes maintainability and cleanability, offering CIP options to ensure hygiene standards are met. The system’s modular design allows adaptation to specific production needs, enhancing throughput and efficiency, making it a vital component for food processing companies and confectionery manufacturers aiming to optimize their packaging lines.

Benefits

  • Enhances production efficiency with rapid, precise Pick & Place operations.
  • Minimizes downtime with tool-less changeovers between different product configurations.
  • Ensures product quality and safety through an advanced vision guidance system.
  • Adapts to diverse product types, sizes, and shapes, increasing production flexibility.
  • Streamlines maintenance with easy-to-clean components and CIP capabilities.

General


Applications
Baked goods,Pastry items,Snack foods,Confectionery items,Bakery products,Biscuit products
End products
Cookies,Wafers,Breadsticks,Muffins,Doughnuts,Crackers,Croissants,Scones,Brownies,Macarons
Steps before
Product Sorting,Quality Checking,Product Supply Organization
Steps after
Packing,Final Quality Inspection,Distribution Preparation
Input ingredients
random supply of product,different product types,different product sizes,different product shapes
Output ingredients
pile in tray configurations,slug in tray configurations
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


Robotic Type
Pick,Place
Robotic Axes
3-axis
Additional Robot Axis
2 (rotate and pivot)
Robotic Automation
Vision guided
Pick,Place Modules
1,2,or 4 modules
Reach Executions
Different reach executions available
Gripper Type
Vacuum/Venturi or Mechanical
Gripper Execution
Single or Multipick
Changeover
Toolless
Operation Hours
24/7 robustness
Control System
Overall loading cycle control
Product Overflow Handling
Disqualified products overflow system
Loading Configuration
Pile in tray / Slug in tray
Efficiency
Overall system efficiency assured

Operating Characteristics


Working mechanism
Robotic Pick,Place
Automation level
Vision guided system
Batch vs. continuous operation
Continuous
Changeover time
Toolless change-overs
Cleaning method
Easy cleanability
Load strategy
Vision-based qualification
Flexibility
Handles different product types,sizes,shapes
Picking configuration
1,2 or 4 overhead robots


Food Grade Design
Yes

Physical Characteristics


Machine Footprint
Flexible/modular design
Pick,Place Modules
1,2 or 4 modules
Axis
3-axis movement (X,Y,Z)
Robot Gripper Execution
Vacuum/venturi or mechanical
Machine Configuration
Pile in tray / Slug in tray

Custom Options


Control panel type
Vision-guided system
Gripper execution
Vacuum/venturi or mechanical gripper
Pick,Place robot reach
Different reach executions
Robot axis configuration
3-axis with 2 additional axis
Toolless change-over
Yes
Loading configurations
Pile in tray,slug in tray