One of the most important advantages to using robots in
packaging machine is greater flexibility. But there are lots of other benefits
too that are listed as follows:
Speed to market
The most common models of robot, especially of the specific
sizes that are most used in packaging lines are readily available for immediate
delivery, off the shelf.
Standardization
A number of makes,
sizes, and models of robots would cover 80 percent or so of all the packaging
machinery applications. It simplifies design, and it simplifies maintenance and
operation as well.
Cost
The prices of robots
have dropped a lot in the recent years. There are top brands offers foodpacking machine robot, that is suitable for a bottle orienter or small filler,
for as low as $8,000. Even the larger robots, like those used for capper and FG
filler, is priced at around $50,000. Compare this to the actual cost of
building the similar packaging machine right from scratch.
Reusability
60 – 80 percent of
all the new products tend to fail. And when they do fail, it might be hard to
sell that purpose-built machine that you don’t need any longer. A robot that’s
used for filling could be easily repurposed to be a case packer simply by
making certain changes on the end of the arm tooling.
These are simply a
few examples of how robots in packaging machines can benefit brands. Robots are
here and are efficient and machine builders need to be more open about
converting their packaging machine into robots.
