Packaging Type: Stick packs

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Tekpak’s 3-Axis Pick and Place Flow Packs Cartoner Loading Robot automates the process of loading flow packs into the infeed conveyor of a cartoner, handling four different flow pack sizes. The system uses a multi-pick vacuum gripper to pick and place three flow packs at a time, ensuring efficient, high-speed operation. It seamlessly integrates with the cartoner’s HMI, enabling easy format selection and flexible product configurations.

The system features Flow Pack Receiving and Transport Conveyors, Pace & Launch Conveyors, and a Single Pocket Servo Collator for precise product alignment. An overflow system manages excess flow packs, maintaining smooth operations.

Constructed from stainless steel 304 and designed for pharmaceutical specifications, the system complies with GMP standards and is suitable for cleanroom environments. It includes fail-safe sensors and a robust safety control system to protect both products and operators. The system is fully compliant with 21 CFR Part 11 and ready for SCADA integration, ensuring complete traceability and monitoring.

This solution enhances cartoning efficiency, reduces manual intervention, and maintains high safety and quality standards.

The 3-Axis Robotic Pick & Place Cell is a versatile system designed to handle a broad range of food products with precision and speed. It is ideal for loading and stacking individual items into trays, cases, cartons, or directly into a thermoformer or flow wrapper infeed, making it suitable for a variety of food packaging applications.

The system can pick products from a controlled pick position, where items are pre-prepared, or from a random pick position using advanced vision technology to detect and locate products with minimal preparation. This flexibility allows for seamless handling of irregularly shaped products and ensures that product integrity is maintained throughout the process.

Built for food production environments, the system is perfect for high-throughput operations and is particularly effective in areas where space is limited. Its modular design ensures smooth integration into existing packaging lines, offering quick format changeovers and consistent performance for a wide variety of products such as biscuits, bakery items, flexible pouches, and flow packs.

Product Stacking to Multi-Pack Flow Wrapper Infeed Conveyor

The Robotic Pick and Place System is designed for handling fixed-size, primary wrapped pillow bags and stacking them into the infeed conveyor of a multipack flow wrapper. The system seamlessly receives bags from a primary bagger, with the bags delivered narrow edge leading, fin-side up, and oriented within +/- 10 degrees. This system efficiently manages four formats for loading into multipacks, offering flexibility for high-volume food packaging operations.

The system is capable of handling gaps in product flow and accommodating speed surges of up to +20%, ensuring consistent throughput even during fluctuating production speeds. The process includes a 3-Axis Delta Robot with a multi-pick vacuum gripper that provides precise handling and stacking of the pillow bags.

The system features include Receiving and Transport Conveyors, Pace & Launch Conveyors, and a Fixed-Pocket Servo Collator to ensure precise and reliable product handling. Designed with 304L stainless steel construction, the system is built for hygienic food applications, featuring a polished, fabricated finish and hygienic levelling feet for easy cleaning.

Equipped with fail-safe sensors and a safety control system, this system is optimized for food production environments, meeting GMP design standards and ensuring safety and product integrity throughout the process.

3-Axis Pick and Place - TD3-R Pharma Multi-Cell

The 3-Axis Robotic Pick & Place Multi-Cell is a highly flexible system, designed to handle a wide range of products across the food industry, including jars & tubs, bottles, sachets, spout pouches, large flexible pouches, flow packs, stick packs, and bakery items. This versatile solution is ideal for high-speed environments, offering precise loading and stacking of individual products into trays, cases, cartons, or directly into a thermoforming machine or flow wrapper infeed.

The system can pick products from a controlled pick position where preparation has been done, or from a random pick position using vision technology to locate products, minimizing the need for product preparation. This makes it especially useful for irregularly shaped products from multiple infeeds, ensuring consistent and accurate handling even for products that vary in size and shape.

Built for food production environments, the system is capable of handling high throughputs, optimizing efficiency while maintaining product integrity. Its compact design makes it ideal for use where space is limited, and the system’s quick changeover capabilities allow for easy adjustment between different product formats, ensuring maximum flexibility. Whether it’s packaging biscuits, flexible pouches, or stick packs, the 3-Axis Robotic Pick & Place Multi-Cell ensures seamless integration into existing packaging lines, boosting productivity and reducing downtime.