Look at any automated production line in the food and pharmaceutical industries and you're likely to find one operation that is still carried out manually: case packing. Quin's new case packer can readily achieve 100 cycles per minute, putting it far ahead of conventional solutions.

A compact system which is usually mounted above the production line in space which would otherwise be wasted, the new Casepacker is easily scalable, allowing stroke lengths for the motions to be selected to match the exact requirements of individual applications, thereby ensuring optimum performance. Its versatility is further enhanced by the ability to accommodate a variety of end effectors, including vacuum suckers, pneumatic grippers and electromagnetic devices.

The system is supplied pre-programmed, and simply requires the user to enter details of the required movements and end-effector timings via an intuitive touch-screen interface. Programs for multiple products can be created and stored, so that the machine operator can subsequently call them up as required with a single touch of the screen.

Quin's Casepacker has also been designed to allow easy integration with other parts of the production process. It can, for example, be easily interfaced with external product detection sensors, and it has integral networking facilities which allow it to exchange data with any modern automation system.

Much more cost effective than far less capable robot-based systems, R-Theta™ technology provides the basis of the first truly viable automated case packing solution for the food and pharmaceutical industries.

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