Unilever infeed the Personal Care and Hygiene Dosing lines with bottles provided from external suppliers. Three (3) shifts a day Operators were required to pick, decant, and collapse cartons of various-sized bottles. Issues in finding and retaining staff to complete this repetitive task were leading to reduced output.
Applied Robotics developed a custom Gripper to allow the pick and collapsing of Cartons. The Robot Cycle was tested and developed to allow smooth unload without bottle displacement.
Development of Custom Technologies
Flexible Programs to suit varying Products
Small Footprint with Full Functionality
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Define
Analyse processes to deeply understand the issues and objectives
Design
Develop a proposal detailing hardware, software and services
Prove
Create a proof of concept to demonstrate exactly how it will work
Build
Commission, test and optimise the cell in the production environment
Support
Deliver manuals, training and ongoing support and maintenance
Delivered a 50% freight volume reduction, which dramatically cut freight costs
More efficient packing processes accelerate distribution and increase capacity
Significantly reduced production costs and higher margins
With intelligent data-driven processes, Capral also have the data they need to feed into ordering, inventory and reporting systems to further optimise and streamline systems
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