Vision guided multi-robot system for flowpack candy packaging
Streamline your confectionery packaging process with high-speed vision-guided robots that ensure precise, gentle handling and flexible product configuration, adapting seamlessly to evolving production demands.
Picks, Arranges, and Packages Confectionery Products
The CV Vision Guided Multi-Robot System from IMA Group is designed to optimize the packaging of confectionery products by utilizing a vision system coupled with Delta robots. This modular top loader is engineered to handle a wide variety of flowpack candies with precision and efficiency. It is particularly effective in high-speed operations, accommodating up to 600 products per minute, making it ideal for confectionery manufacturers seeking to streamline their packaging lines.
With its flexible configuration, the CV can arrange and place assorted candies, such as fruit-flavored gummies and individually wrapped caramels, into various box sizes. The integration of a vision-guided system ensures accurate product positioning, feeding critical information to Delta robots for precise manipulation. Vacuum cup end effectors guarantee gentle handling, preserving product integrity while maintaining high throughput.
The CV system is scalable, allowing for the expansion of production capabilities by adjusting the number of pick and place robots. Equipped with full-size transparent safety panels that meet CE requirements, it also supports the use of recycled materials, reflecting a commitment to sustainability. Its ability to adapt to diverse box and flow pack sizes ensures longevity and relevance for current and future production demands. For seamless integration, the system offers quick format changeovers and customization options, supported by IMA Group’s engineering expertise.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with high-speed picking and packing of up to 600 products per minute.
- Ensures product integrity and reduces waste through gentle handling with vacuum cup technology.
- Adapts to changing production needs with scalable robot configuration and quick format changeovers.
- Supports sustainability goals by facilitating the use of recycled cardboard materials.
- Minimizes operational disruptions with CE-compliant safety features and transparent guarding.
- Applications
- Packaged snacks,Sweets,Flowpack candies,Confectionery
- End products
- Licorice whips,Taffy squares,Soft chews,Toffee bites,Chocolate-covered nuts,Fruit-flavored gummies,Assorted hard candies,Nougat pieces,Individually wrapped caramels,Mint tablets
- Steps before
- Sorting,Product inflow arrangement
- Steps after
- Boxing,Packing,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- flowpack candies,randomly arriving candies,belt conveyor candies
- Output ingredients
- carton box,arranged candy configuration,packed candies
- Market info
- IMA is known for its expertise in manufacturing automated packaging machines and solutions, particularly for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, tea, and coffee industries, offering innovative, high-quality equipment and comprehensive customer service.
- Line Speed
- 600 products/minute*
- Box size max
- 200x230x100
- Power required
- Total installed power
- Compressed Air
- Exercise pressure
- Line weight
- 3500 Kg
- Automation
- Vision system and Delta Robots
- Handling Method
- Vacuum cup end effectors
- Packaging Type
- Flowpack candies/Carton box
- Changeover
- Quick,reliable format changeover
- Working mechanism
- Vision-guided multi-robot system
- Automation level
- Automatic with vision system and Delta robots
- Product handling
- Gentle handling with vacuum cup end effectors
- Changeover flexibility
- Quick format changeover with customized kits
- Operation type
- Continuous inline operation
- Output scalability
- Flexible number of pick and place robots
- Compliance with safety standards
- CE requirements,safety switches
- Sustainability features
- Use of recycled cardboards
- Speed
- 600 products/minute
- Container size and shape
- 200x230x100 mm max
- Handling sensitivity
- Gentle
- Modularity
- Scalable output
- Material type
- Flowpack candies
- Safe handling
- CE requirements compliant
- Box size range
- Max 200x230x100
- Machine weight
- 3500 Kg
- Transparency panels
- Full size transparent panels
- Guarding feature
- Interlocked with safety switches
- Modular design
- Scalable with flexible number of pick and place robots
- Control panel type
- Not specified
- Integration possibilities
- Vision system with Delta Robots integration
- Customization for handling
- Vacuum cup end effectors
- Format changeover
- Use of customized format kits and spindle adjustments
- Box size flexibility
- Wide flow pack and box size range