Robotics by sector · Gist Point
Robots for the food industry
Pick and place, packing and palletizing with the hygiene and speed the line needs.
What gets automated
- Pick and place and sorting
- Palletizing and depalletizing
- Packaging and transfer between stages
- Handling packages and trays
Sector problems
What a robot solves
In food and beverage, automation is defined by the product, the package, the production rate, and cleaning conditions. Robot, tooling, materials, and protection are assessed together with the rest of the line.
Hygiene and cleaning
Robots and tooling with materials and protection designed for sector wash-downs.
Many formats
Changing pack or presentation means selecting another program and gripper.
Heavy end of line
Robotic palletizing stops people lifting boxes all day.
In every project
What the sector demands
- Materials and surfaces according to the environment
- Robot protection for cleaning
- Variability of formats and presentations
- Line continuity and rate
Applications
Solutions for the sector
What it takes
Robots used
Guides
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Which process do you want to automate?
Tell us what you make and where the line gets difficult; we will tell you what can be automated.