Vision guided robotic pick and place system for bakery settings

For manufacturers tackling high-volume, diverse-sized bakery goods, optimize your production line with scalable robotic systems that ensure precise sorting, picking, and packing efficiency.

Handles and Configures Bakery Products Efficiently

The COOKIEBOT from Royal Houdijk is a vision-guided robotic pick and place system expertly designed for bakery production environments. It offers unparalleled flexibility with toolless change-overs and can handle a random supply of products. This system is capable of creating various package configurations, whether you’re working with slugs, piles, or individual items, ensuring efficiency in packaging diversity. The COOKIEBOT system’s vision guidance allows real-time product qualification, efficiently managing flawed items by redirecting them. Its modular design features robots in different reach executions, adaptable grippers to suit product specifics, and an overall control system to optimize loading cycles. Integrating seamlessly into your production line, it can be configured for both direct wrapper infeed and tray loading in multiple orientations, supporting continuous high-speed operations in the food and packaging industries. Available in robust materials to withstand typical bakery conditions, maintenance is streamlined for long-lasting performance. Configurable to project needs, the COOKIEBOT enhances productivity in manufacturing environments focused on biscuits, cookies, and other tray-packed or packaged snacks.

Benefits

  • Increases operational flexibility with rapid, toolless change-overs between product types.
  • Enhances product handling precision through vision-guided robotic systems.
  • Minimizes product waste by efficiently managing disqualified items.
  • Boosts production efficiency by supporting high-speed, continuous operation.
  • Customizes packaging configurations to meet diverse product demands, from slugs to tray-packed goods.

General


Applications
Cookies,Biscuits,Confectionery,Packaged snacks,Bakery products,Tray-packed goods
End products
Granola bars,Sandwich biscuits,Chocolate chip cookies,Puff pastries,Decorated cupcakes,Savory crackers,Gingerbread cookies,Tray-packaged brownies,Tray-packed pastries,Shortbread cookies,Cream-filled snacks,Biscotti,Wafer sticks,Macarons,Packaged donuts
Steps before
Product sorting,Supply organizing
Steps after
Packing,Wrapper loading,Tray loading
Input ingredients
random supply of products,different product types,different product sizes,different product shapes
Output ingredients
slugs with or without tray,piles with or without trays,individual products,variety of package configurations,products loaded into infeed of a wrapper,products loaded into trays
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 system
Flexibility
Toolless changeovers
Product handling types
Slugs,piles,individual products
Product configurations
With or without tray
Disqualification system
Product overflow
Robot configurations
1,2 or 4 overhead positioned robots
Gripper execution
Vacuum/venturi,mechanical gripper
Additional axis on gripper
1 or 2 axis
Multi-pick execution
Single or multipick
Loading strategy
Overall control system
Module independence
Independent operating modules
Reach execution
Different reach executions available
Package configurations
Flat,on edge or shingled trays
Loading applications
Infeed of wrapper,trays loading
Efficiency
24/7 robustness
Maintainability
Engineered for typical bakery conditions
Operation ease
Designed for ease of operation
Cleanability
Engineered for cleanability

Operating Characteristics


Working mechanism
Robotic Pick,Place
Flexibility
Toolless change-overs
Vision Guidance
Product qualification/disqualification
Changeover time
Toolless
Product configuration
Slugs,piles,individual
Automation level
High (Multiple independent modules)
Gripper execution
Vacuum/venturi,mechanical,single/multipick
System robustness
24/7 operation
Cleaning method
Easy cleanability

Material Compatibility


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

Physical Characteristics


Machine footprint
Compact
Flexibility in product handling
Toolless change-overs
Gripper execution
Vacuum/venturi or mechanical gripper
Modular configuration
Customizable
Product positioning
Overhead positioned robots
Feed/discharge method
Handles a random supply of products
Execution of gripper
1 or 2 additional axis

Custom Options


Control panel type
Touchscreen HMI
Integration possibilities
Modular design for various configurations
Gripper execution
Vacuum/Venturi or mechanical gripper
Robot reach executions
Multiple reach options depending on project
Module configuration
1,2,or 4 overhead robots per module
Product rotation/pivot options
1 or 2 additional axes for rotation/pivot
Loading configurations
Direct wrapper or tray (flat,edge,shingled)