Where conventional machines can only handle part of the bag filling process, our latest innovation can handle the entire process from empty bag to full pallet. And that on less than 55 square meters.
By using one robot arm with a multifunctional tool, we can operate the various stations in a compact and efficient manner. Starting at the empty-bag-storage, where the robot picks up an empty bag. This storage contains space for 100 empty bags that are presented to the robot separately.
Because the robot can clamp an empty and a full bag in its tool at the same time, the cycle time is reduced enormously.
Furthermore, the system makes optimal use of the potential of the robot arm by performing other tasks while filling a bag. This is possible because the robot is allowed to release the bag to be filled during filling.
A third efficiency boost has been made by making the system double, with the left side being the mirror image of the right side. The robot forms the centre of the setup, able to serve both sides. An additional advantage of the mirrored setup is that the continuity of production is guaranteed, because both sides can be used separately while the unused side is being cleaned or maintained for example.
In this way it is possible to fill, sew and palletize 120 bags per hour.
