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Packaging
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Task
The task was anything but trivial: the specifications stated, 50 different types of control cabinets with partially high weight and bulky dimensions to be packed and palletised by machine. But nsomething It's the bulky shape and high variance that make the control cabinets tricky to pack. Their powder coating is susceptible to scratches and requires a delicate touch when handling. The aim is to get the control cabinets into the cardboard packaging with as few „manoeuvres“ as possible.
Furthermore, the dimensions of the control cabinets often deviate from standard box sizes. The challenge was dimensions of a minimum of 300 mm x 675 mm and a maximum of 1340 mm x 1450 mm, divided into approximately 60 sizes, and a weight of up to 80 kg.
The performance is 3 products per minute. Palletisation was to be carried out on Euro, industrial, special, and slip-sheet pallets. The palletising patterns were very complex and had to be realised individually for each product.
Our solution
Today, six ABB IRB 6700 robots and two IRB 1200 robots ensure smooth, fully automated packaging, palletising and labelling of the control cabinets. The highlight of the system is the parameter-based software. In the past, robots were programmed point-to-point, which meant that the robot's path had to be programmed manually for each individual item. Transnova Ruf has found a time-saving, intelligent alternative: Using formulas, the system at Striebel & John quickly calculates the optimum path for each robot without any additional manual effort. When an enclosure is fed into the system, the overall system control also transfers an article number to the ABB robots. The article data it contains provides the robots with all the information they need for parameterisation. The system operator only has to enter the dimensions of the package - length, width, height - as well as the formation structure and the robot calculates the packing scheme independently on this basis. This not only saves time and programming effort, but also gives users a high degree of independence.
As the system is duplicated, twice the number of pieces can be produced in the same amount of time – or two different types of control cabinets can be processed simultaneously.
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