Flexi Pro Robotic Vision Picking Cell
'Adept' at fast robots.
What is said to be "the world's fastest Adept robot"
has been incorporated by cartoning machinery maker R.A. Jones & Co.
Inc. into the Flexi Pro Robotic Vision Picking Cell, a highly flexible
product handling and collating unit.
The high-speed machine sorts, collates, orients and precisely
places products at speeds up to 180 picks per minute. When its vision
system senses the orientation of randomly placed products moving rapidly
down eight-foot conveyors, the robot picks up the product, properly
reorients it and deposits it into a bucket conveyor, cartoning operation
or other downstream machine. The picking cell performs its functions in
a smooth, organized fashion, and integrates seamlessly with other
machines on the production line.
End-user flexibility is a core feature of this machine. With
minimal or no changeover, the picking cell can handle a wide array of
products as well as create variety packs. The redeployable cell can
easily be retooled to serve a different line, product application or new
production need. It also can eliminate traditional hand loading of bulk
product.
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For more information, contact Lisa Pitzer, marketing project
manager, at R.A. Jones & Co. Inc., 2701 Crescent Springs Rd.,
Covington, Kentucky 41017, USA; telephone: +1 859-578-4497; fax:
859/341-0519; e-mail: Pitzer.l@rajones.com.
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