Robot Packaging & Palletizing Cell

MWES provided this firm with a robot packaging cell that consists of two collaborative robots (cobots), a carrier disassembly station, a part bagging station, a flat box infeed fixture, a case erecting and sealing station, part outfeed areas and a label print-and-apply system.  The packaging cell performs several operations simultaneously, with one of the robots handling the incoming parts and the second robot handling the boxes.  The sealed and labeled boxes are then stacked inside a large cardboard gaylord.

The packaging cell starts by performing two simultaneous robot operations.  The Universal Robotics UR10e case-handing cobot picks a flat box from one of the two flat box infeed fixtures, runs the box through a box erector and tape seals the bottom of the box.  The case handling robot then presents the box to the instruction manual infeed device for reception of the instruction manual.  The robot will then transfer the box to the part-handling robot for the insertion of the air-on-demand part cushioning sheet.

The part-handling robot will then pick the part from the bi-directional 10-lane infeed part hopper and bring it to the barcode scanner to confirm the part.  The robot then runs the part through the carrier removal fixture where the carrier is removed from the part utilizing pneumatic actuators.  Once this operation is complete, the part-handling robot places the part inside the box being presented to the case-handling robot.  The case-handling robot then top seals the box and presents the sealed box to the labeling system for the label application.